50 Best beaches in Africa

Boulders Beach is a beach with penguins being the only one in Cape Town, South Africa. The colony arose in 1982 only, but now it has several t… / read more » /

Royal Beach is a coastline between the beaches of Nungwi and Kendwa in the northwest of Zanzibar island, Tanzania. This is the only place o… / read more » /

Praia Cabana is a great beach in the south of San Tome island. The beach is almost wild - except for Restaurante Salutar (Ney) Praia Cabana.… / read more » /

Nungwi - the best beach in Zanzibar. Located in the north of the island. Unlike most of other beaches in Zanzibar there is no problem … / read more » /

Bazaruto is the largest island in Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique. There are many excellent beaches and sand dunes, you can walk, rid… / read more » /

Matemo is an island with the best beaches in the archipelago of Quirimbas in Mozambique. The island is large enough with a variety of … / read more » /

Micondo is the best beach in Sao Tome island. This is a wild bay with outstanding beautiful views. Swimming is also good - with smooth … / read more » /

Nosy Be - the most popular tourist island in the Madagascar. There are very good beaches and the most developed tourist infrastructure … / read more » /

Benguerra is the second largest island in the Bazaruto archipelago. The beaches are almost perfect, but generally the same as in the nebo… / read more » /

Ushongo is an excellent beach in the north of mainland Tanzania. It is almost as beautiful as Zanzibar, while prices are much cheaper, … / read more » /

Pwani Mchangani is a beach in the northeast of Zanzibar island, Tanzania. Coastline is very nice and cozy - especially in front of good resorts… / read more » /

Kendwa - one of the best beaches in Zanzibar island. This popular beach is beautiful and has no defects. / read more » /

Jambiani is a great beach in the southeast of Zanzibar island. This is quite a typical beach for the island - with strong tides, seaweed… / read more » /

Bom Bom - the best beach in the island of Principe in Africa. Shore belongs to the hotel of the same name. Palm trees bay form a perfec… / read more » /

Michamvi is a beach on the east coast of Chwaka Bay in Zanzibar island, Tanzania. This place is somewhat unique. This is the east of the… / read more » /

Lamu is an old town in Kenya featured in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It has iconic attractions, as well as the beach with dunes … / read more » /

Vamizi is a private island in Quirimbas archipelago in Mozambique. The island is large enough with many good beaches. There are also a… / read more » /

La Pointe Denis is a popular beach near Libreville, Gabon. It is also known as Pongara National Park. You can get here only by boat from Librev… / read more » /

Kilimajuu is a secluded beach in the east of Zanzibar island, - not far from Mnemba islet famous for its outstanding snorkeling. The sea … / read more » /

Ile Sainte Marie is the second popular beach destination in Madagascar. It is also good here as in Nosy Be, but without crowds. However, keep in… / read more » /

Kigamboni is a popular beach in the southern suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In reality, it is a long coastline including areas of Ma… / read more » /

Uroa is a beach on the east coast of Zanzibar island, Tanzania. This is an ordinary Zanzibar beach being good enough by the island's… / read more » /

Tropicana is a great local beach near Libreville international airport, Gabon. There are a lot of picturesque palms, entry into the water… / read more » /

Mussulo is a popular beach near Luanda, Angola. This is a barrier island (in fact a peninsula 30 km long) with diverse and beautiful co… / read more » /

Medjumbe is a a small private island in Quirimbas archipelago in Mozambique. As for the advantages we may note long sandspit stretching … / read more » /

Shanzu is one of the best beaches in Mombasa, Kenya. As everywhere around, there is a problem of strong low tide, but sea bottom is sa… / read more » /

Dakhla is an iconic kite beach in the Western Sahara - de facto the south of Morocco. It's not as comfortable as similar Sotavento bea… / read more » /

Sete Ondas is a beach in the east of Sao Tome island. The beach is almost wild and very beautiful. However, there is a bar with some ameni… / read more » /

Kigomani is a beach in the northeast of Zanzibar island, Tanzania. The killer feature of this place is its proximity to Mnemba island (b… / read more » /

Baia Azul is a good beach in the suburbs of Benguela, Angola. In fact, this is just a south (and more quiet) of the urban beach of Morena… / read more » /

Santana is a beach in the east of Sao Tome island. There is a wild tropical forest around. It is beautiful. But on the other hand, it i… / read more » /

Diani Beach is a popular beach to the south of Mombasa in Kenya. The beach is very long and rather heterogeneous. While there are palms and… / read more » /

Kilifi is an excellent beach in Kenya, located far away from the crowds. Kilifi creek offers many places for a secluded beach holiday.… / read more » /

Manda is an island near Lamu in Kenya. For most tourists this is just a place where Lamu airport is located. However, there are good … / read more » /

Paje - beach in Zanzibar island. As everywhere in the east coast beach is not suitable for swimming at a low tide. However this plac… / read more » /

Pingwe is a beach on the east coast of Zanzibar island in Tanzania. There is fine white sand ashore, as well as trees and palms. Of co… / read more » /

Mitsamiouli - is the best beach in Grand Comore island. In fact, it is rather a group of small bays, which makes it possible to find a secl… / read more » /

Quirimba is an island in the archipelago of Quirimbas in Mozambique. It is inhabited by some locals, so don't expect that privacy as on … / read more » /

Playa La Ferme is a private beach club located to the south of Bata city in Equatorial Guinea. It has a great restaurant, a swimming pool, sun… / read more » /

Sunshine is a beach located right in front of Mnemba islet - in the northeast of Zanzibar island, Tanzania. It is also known as Muyuni -… / read more » /

Mbudya is an island near Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The beach is beautiful with clear water and without any trash. There are a lot of … / read more » /

Port-Gentil is a popular beach resort destination in the northwest of Gabon. Please note, that no one swims in the open waters of Atlantic … / read more » /

Nyali is an upscale suburb of Mombasa with great beach. During the low tide sea water goes far away making the swimming impossible. B… / read more » /

Watamu is a popular beach resort area in Kenya. This is an extremely diverse place. There is Mida Creek, a lot of bays, sandbanks, roc… / read more » /

Mnemba is a small private island near the coast of Zanzibar in Tanzania. Despite of some rewards, the beach is rather mediocre, even b… / read more » /

Melia Zanzibar is a beach of an iconic resort in the east of Zanzibar island, Tanzania. While everything is clear with the hotel, the beach it… / read more » /

Coco beach (Oyster Bay) is the central beach in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sea water is dirty, and it becomes very shallow during the low ti… / read more » /

Mambrui is a beach in Kenya, famous as a great spot for kitesurfing. There are also a lot of sand dunes, which can be rarely met in the… / read more » /

Takaungu is a coastal village in Kenya. The ocean beach is rather typical for this region - with white sand and shallow water during the… / read more » /

Magaruque is a small private island in the Bazaruto archipelago in Mozambique. There is a great snorkelling near the island, but beaches … / read more » /