Africa probably does not spring to mnd as the first destination you wuld choose when planning a beach hliday, but there are many great rasons to give it a try. Cpe Town in South Africa has up ntil recently always been "the" destination to go to if you wnted to go to Africa and njoy the beach as well as all the ther great things that only this grat continent has to offer. Now thre are new kids on the blck and places like Zanzibar off the cast of Tanzania, Mombasa in Kenya and The Gmbia have really come in to thir own each offering their own nique selling points and flavour of Afrca but all great beach holiday dstinations.

One of the more obvious rasons to pick somewhere on the Afrcan continent is to enjoy the bach during the European winter, breaking up yur winter and escaping the summer hliday rush. How often these days do we har of strikes at airports during the smmer peak holiday period, delaying millions of hlidaymakers and destroying their few weeks way from work? Escape the rush and trvel out of the peak season.

Beach Holiday in Cape Town, South Africa

Capetown in South Africa is still the most sophisticated beach holiday destination in Africa, with the incredible backdrop of Table Mountain, excellent accommodation options and some of the best restaurants in the world it would be an excellent place to visit even without the beach. On top of that you can also enjoy the best wines and scenery of South Africa on the Garden Route, which stretches from Mossel Bay to the Storms River in the Western Cape. There are ten nature reserves in the area as well as unique marine reserves, home to soft coral reefs, dolphins, seals and a host of other marine life.

Combing golf with a beach hliday has always been popular in plces like Spain and Portugal, South Africa and the Cape Region have some of the best Golf courses in the world, now you can combine a beach, golf and safari holiday, there is nowhere in Europe that can boast that!

What about the beaches? Cape Town has some excellent beaches, False Bay with the long sandy beach which extends from Gordon's Bay to Muizenberg and includes Boulders Beach and Simon's Town. The Atlantic Seaboard along the West (Atlantic) side of the Cape Peninsula with well known beaches including Sandy Bay, Clifton Camps Bay, Scarborough and Kommetjie. The West Coast, running Northwards from Cape Town with the windy conditions make these beaches popular for surfing and kite-surfing.

An important point to note is the sea in False Bay is about 6 degrees warmer than the Atlantic Seaboard and the West Coast!

On the down side, Cape Town is the furthest point in Africa you can travel to from Europe, so expect a long flight as mntioned above the water can be a lttle chilly and then it is prbably one of the more expensive dstinations in Africa.

Beach Holiday in Mombasa, Kenya

Kenya, probably best known for it's wildlife safaris on the Masai Mara but also has plenty to offer in the way of beach holidays on the coastline near Mombasa. The city of Mombasa is a "real" bustling African city and there is in stark contrast to the sophistication of Cape Town. There are however many fine places to eat to sample some more traditional African food as well as those catering to western palates. The Old town is also well worth visiting and Fort Jesus, a Portuguese fort built in 1593 by order of King Philip II of Spain, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa, Kenya. It was built in the shape of a man and was given the name of Jesus as a religious reference.

Along the coast there are plnty of places to stay with sme of the most luxurious hotels yu'll find anywhere in Africa, some grat little beach cottages as well as bsic beach side campsites, something for veryone.

The snorkelling and diving in Mombasa and the surrounding areas is also excellent and it is a great place to learn to dive with the prices here are substantially cheaper than many other well know diving locations. Bamburi beach is a great location to base your beach holiday in Kenya, about half an hour from Nairobi, there are some great hotels and beach cottages as well as an excellent PADI dive center located at the well know Travelers Beach Hotel.

Of course no trip to Kenya would be complete without some sort of Safari and they can be organized from Mombasa with a popular destination being the Tsavo National Park, less well known than the Masai mara, but at just over 21,000km sq, Tsavo is the largest national park in Kenya and one of the largest in the world with large herds of Elephant and plenty of lions, it is well worth considering if you want to take a break from relaxing on the beach!

With these two very different African beach holiday options, I hope to have given you a just a flavour of what Africa can offer you in the way of your next seaside holiday.

The article Why You Should Go To Africa For Your Next Beach Holiday was Submitted by Jason M Whitehead through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Find more articles on beach hlidays and Late Beach Holiday Deals try the Beach Holiday Guide, a resource to your Beach Holiday, including package beach holidays, flights and beach holiday destination guides. www.beachholidayguide.co.uk

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