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Top 10 Marinas in Nicaragua
Fewer than 200 ocean-going yachts clear in through Nicaragua each year — the marinas that serve them know every offshore passage nuance along this forgotten coast.
Top 10 Marinas in Belize
Sailing Belize means threading a 300-kilometre reef before you can anchor — the marinas that line this coast know exactly how to help you do it safely.
Top 10 Marinas in the Dominican Republic
Most cruisers race past Hispaniola — but those who slow down find a marina scene that rivals anything in the Lesser Antilles.
Top 10 Marinas in Cameroon
Sailing under the shadow of Mount Cameroon — a 4 095 m active volcano whose lava flows reach the sea — is an experience that belongs on every serious offshore sailor's list.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Nigeria
The Lagos Yacht Club has watched the city grow around it since 1928 — and today its members sail within sight of Africa's largest skyline.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Senegal
The Casamance River stretches 300 km inland through mangrove tunnels and riverside villages — and Foundiougne on the Saloum delta is the gateway most sailors overlook.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Seychelles
Mooring in the lee of a 400-million-year-old granite boulder while a white tern glides overhead: the Seychelles delivers a sensory encounter unlike any other marina in the world.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Mauritius
Grand Baie's turquoise lagoon hides one of the most efficiently run check-in procedures in the Indian Ocean — under four hours from anchor to cold beer.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Mozambique
A dhow silhouette against the pink Bazaruto sunset is one sailing image that stays with you forever — and now you can actually berth there.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Madagascar
Nosy Be's Le Marina and the Crater Bay anchorage put lemurs and baobabs within dinghy distance of your boat.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Tanzania
Zanzibar's Stone Town anchorage smells of cloves and diesel — two centuries of Indian Ocean trading in a single breath.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Kenya
Kilifi Creek cuts 12 km inland through red sandstone bluffs — one of Africa's most dramatic natural anchorages.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Tonga
Sail through a maze of limestone islands in Vava'u and you may hear humpback whales singing beneath your keel.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in New Caledonia
Port Moselle offers full-service Mediterranean-style berths inside a barrier reef that stretches 1,600 km — longer than the Great Barrier Reef.
Read more →Top 10 Marinas in Vanuatu
Anchor off an active volcano — in Vanuatu, that is simply Tuesday sailing.
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