Visit Pointe-Denis beach

Quiet beaches and nesting turtles.

Laid-back pair of jungle islands with clear water and cheap beachfront snorkelling.

Three tiny car-free islands off Lombok — turtles, reef bars and no traffic at all.

Golden cliffs and beaches in the south.

Zanzibar’s liveliest beach, dhow builders and turquoise shallows.

Seventeen kilometres of white sand and casuarina trees south of Mombasa, with kite-surfing and colobus monkeys in the trees.

White-sand beach south of Mogadishu, popular for Friday picnics.

Crescent bay of palms and surf on the south coast, with the Coconut Tree Hill viewpoint and whale-watching boats.