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Choosing a coast
Where you stay shapes the trip more than the hotel does.
- Nungwi and Kendwa — swimmable at every tide, lively, best for short stays
- Matemwe and Pwani Mchangani — reef-fringed, quiet, closest to Mnemba diving
- Paje and Jambiani — kitesurfing, wide tidal flats, younger and more relaxed
- Pemba and Mafia — remote, reef-first, for divers and honeymooners who want nobody around




