Visit Silver Beach, Buchanan

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.

Remote palm-backed Atlantic beach near the Senegalese border.

Atlantic surf town of long left breaks.

Golden cliffs and beaches in the south.

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

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

Quiet beaches and nesting turtles.