Kendwa Beach

This guide to Kendwa Beach in Zanzibar City starts with the quirk of geography that sets it apart from the rest of the island: a deep channel close to shore that keeps the sea swimmable at every tide, so it never empties into bare sandflats like beaches elsewhere. It follows how that one feature shaped local life, from hotels elsewhere posting tide charts to the monthly full-moon parties that a beach bar called Kendwa Rocks throws right on the sand. Stand at the waterline after dark and you'll feel why nobody here bothers checking a tide table.