Visit Varela beach

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

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

Quiet palm-backed coastal beach.

Remote islands of saltwater hippos.

The gateway island of the Bijagos, with the Bruce beach, a small museum and boats to the wilder islands.

Wild, empty rainforest beaches.

An 8-km beach with no hotels at all, reached by boat through Jaragua National Park — the wildest sand in the Caribbean.

Golden cliffs and beaches in the south.