The best beach bars Tanzania

Here's one of Dar es Salaam's most popular places to go for a drink or a late night out. This beach bar is frequented mainly by Tanzanians, but also by expatriates and tourists. Well placed for sipping a cocktail or nibbling on a plate of seafood (fish, squid, prawns) with your feet in the sand, with the tip of the Msasani peninsula in your sights. Clubbing every evening and swimming during the day (at high tide to avoid damaging your feet on the coral).

If you're looking for a Swahili break in the heart of the old town, Café Africa offers all the Zanzibari coffees bought from a small cooperative on the island and flavored with spices, which you'll find on the stalls: coffee with dried mango, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, banana, vanilla... and the same goes for the teas. Smoothies, avocado toast, cheesecakes... The café also sells little African zodiac dolls, made by mothers in difficulty via the NGO Vassalam (www.vassalam.org). The room is beautifully decorated.