Visit the beach at Aného

Quiet white-sand beach at the western tip of Majuro atoll, with the clearest water on the island.

Wake over a turquoise lagoon with steps down into the reef — the Maldives invented the overwater villa.

Lagoon island of white sand.

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.