Description: At its height, Kilwa Kisiwani was the single most important trading center on the East African coast, and the ruins here include several mosques, a fourteenth-century palace (in its time the largest stone structure in sub-Saharan Africa) and a well-preserved Omani fortress. This is also a terrific place to go game fishing.

Location: Southern coast, reached by daily flights from Dar es Salaam.

Things 2 Do: Game Fishing, Snorkeling, Diving, Sunbathing, Swimming, Birding

Time: Minimum 3 nights.