18 Best islands in Africa

Madagascar - African island in the Indian Ocean. It is the country of baobabs and lemurs, as well as excellent beaches. Keep in mind that … / read more » /

Bazaruto is an archipelago near the coast of Mozambique. It has excellent beaches, as well as sandbanks, high dunes and unique African f… / read more » /

Rolas is a small islet to the south of Sao Tome major island. It is exactly the place where Equator Monument is located, while the ge… / read more » /

Zanzibar is an island in the Indian Ocean, located near the mainland of Tanzania. Excellent white beaches are the main goal of the islan… / read more » /

Mafia is a small island in the south of Tanzania. As well as on Pemba there are no good beaches, because the water is very shallow, m… / read more » /

Bioko is an island located 200 km to the northwest of the continental Equatorial Guinea. Unfortunately, there are almost no good beac… / read more » /

Quirimbas is an archipelago in the northern Mozambique. There are about a dozen islands with nice beaches, though not the best in the cou… / read more » /

Pemba is an island in Tanzania located to the north of Zanzibar. Unlike Zanzibar, there are no good beaches. The main tourist attract… / read more » /

Sao Tome - island near the west coast of Africa. There are some good beaches, but for a beach holiday it's better to visit the neighbori… / read more » /

Grande Comore - is the largest of the Comoros islands. The island almost has no normal beaches, but there is the most dangerous volcano in th… / read more » /

Sal - island with the best beaches in Cape Verde. In general, the island is flat with poor vegetation. / read more » /

Anjouan - is the second largest island of Comoros. There are no beaches at all, though it is possible to find small spots of coastline … / read more » /

Principe - african island in the Atlantic ocean. There are no lots of attractions here, but beaches are the best in the country. / read more » /

Grand Giftun - is a "Paradise island" located east of Hurghada in the Red Sea. The island is uninhabited, and used as a day trip destination… / read more » /

Moheli - is the smallest and the most undeveloped of the Comoros islands. The beaches are not the strongest feature of this place. The… / read more » /

Boa Vista - island in Cape Verde with plenty of deserted beaches. However, the overall quality of beaches is rather mediocre. / read more » /

Djerba - luxury tourist island in Tunisia. However beaches and the sea on the island are rather mediocre. It makes sense to get here o… / read more » /

Tiran - is an uninhabited island near Sharm el-Sheikh. There are no good beaches on the island. In addition, some areas of the island… / read more » /