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Indian Ocean spice islands, Atlantic surf coasts, and the Red Sea's reef edges — Africa's beaches are wildly under-rated.
TOP 60 BEACHES IN AFRICA
Diani Beach
Diani, Kenya
Misali Island Beach
Chake Chake, Tanzania
Kiwengwa Beach
Kiwengwa, Tanzania
La Mansourah Beach
Kelibia, Tunisia
Matemwe Beach
Matemwe, Tanzania
Maziwe Island Beach
Maziwe Marine Reserve, Tanzania
Mnemba Island Beach
Mnemba Island, Tanzania
Muyuni Beach
Muyuni, Tanzania
Paternoster Main Beach
Paternoster, South Africa
Bazaruto Island Beach
Bazaruto Island, Mozambique
Benguerra Island Beach
Benguerra Island, Mozambique
Bwejuu Beach
Bwejuu, Tanzania
Camps Bay Beach
Cape Town, South Africa
Chale Island Beach
Chale, Kenya
Fanjove Island Beach
Fanjove Island, Tanzania
Galu Kinondo Beach
Galu, Kenya
Garoda Beach
Watamu, Kenya
Jambiani Beach
Jambiani, Tanzania
Lazy Lagoon Island Beach
Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Maziwe Island Sandbank
Maziwe Island Marine Reserve, Tanzania
Mbudya Island Beach
Kunduchi, Tanzania
Misali Island Beach
Wete, Tanzania
Paje Beach
Paje, Tanzania
Petit Paris Beach
Kelibia, Tunisia
Ponta do Ouro Beach
Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique
Praia da Ilha dos Portugueses
Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Praia de Chaves
Rabil, Cape Verde
Praia de Santa Maria
Santa Maria, Cape Verde
Praia de Santa Mónica
Povoação Velha, Cape Verde
Santa Carolina Island Beach
Santa Carolina Island, Mozambique
Santa Maria Beach
Santa Maria, Mozambique
Turtle Bay Beach
Watamu, Kenya
Ushongo Beach
Ushongo, Tanzania
Utende Beach
Utende, Tanzania
Watamu Beach
Watamu, Kenya
Zinkwazi Beach
Zinkwazi Beach, South Africa
Andilana Beach
Nosy Be, Madagascar
Azura Benguerra Beach
Benguerra Island, Mozambique
Baixo Pinda Beach
Memba, Mozambique
Bamburi Beach (Pirates Beach)
Bamburi, Kenya
Barra Beach
Barra, Mozambique
Bekbaai Beach
Paternoster, South Africa
Bofa Beach
Kilifi, Kenya
Bojo Beach
Bortianor, Ghana
Bongoyo Island Beach
Msasani, Tanzania
Bongoyo Island Beach
Kunduchi, Tanzania
Carrusca Beach
Mossuril, Mozambique
Charrana Beach
Bni Chiker, Morocco
Chocas Mar Beach
Chocas Mar, Mozambique
Chole Bay Beach
Chole Bay, Tanzania
Clifton 4th Beach
Cape Town, South Africa
Dongwe Beach
Dongwe, Tanzania
Eastern Beach
East London, South Africa
Fundu Lagoon Beach
Mkoani, Tanzania
Fundu Lagoon Beach
Wete, Tanzania
Funzi Island Beach
Funzi, Kenya
Grotto Beach
Hermanus, South Africa
Hammam El Ghezaz Beach
Hammam El Ghezaz, Tunisia
Jacaranda Bay Beach
Watamu, Kenya
Kigomani Beach
Kigomani, Tanzania
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