Product Description

Discover Africa

Watch the sun set over the Niger at Mopti, where Malians trade fish for salt with the desert Tuareg.
Wake up to the tug of a trunk as elephants wander through your campsite in the Serengeti National Park.
Dip your oar quietly into the Okavango Delta as you drift towards a pride of lions lounging on the water's edge.

In This Guide:

24 authors, 49 countries, 1 delicious giant rat.
Covering more countries than any other Africa travel guide.
Feature chapter on Africa's development by veteran Africa journalist and best-selling author Michela Wrong.
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96935 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1184 pages

Review
…the book was once designed purely for travelers on a shoestring, but the new edition also has listings for more sophisticated or affluent travelers who prefer not to go the do-it-yourself hostel route.' --USA Today

From the Publisher
Who We Are
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What We Believe
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Customer Reviews

love to travel
The book gives me very good information for my travels, sometimes not enough, but always accurate and reliable.

Good planning book
I did not travel with this book, in fact, I have not gone to Africa yet (except for Morocco and Egypt).

However, I think this guide is very good for planning the trip, routes, which countries to visit and which ones to leave out.

Since it includes every country on the continent (even the 3 areas of Somalia) it provides a general idea of what to expect in each country and what might be of interest for you. It also let's you compare country by country, although given the size of the book every chapter contains somewhat limited information about them.

The bottom line is this: In my opinion, it is a very good book, and I guess it is useful depending on how much information you might want during your trip. If you want to have everything in control, I suggest you to buy this book to plan ahead and then buy a regional one (or a country guide) with more information, to go with. Otherwise, if you are a little bit of and adventurer, grab this one and discover the continent.

Not as detailed as the previous edition
I was traveling with the LP Africa on a Shoestring 6 months ago. I purchased this new edition to see how LP has updated it and I'm not impressed. I don't think they did much for the Southern Africa section except remove a few things like places to stay and cities that they didn't feel tourists would get to (ex: Barra in Mozambique, Nata and Ghanzi in Botswana). Don't even think about just taking this book when you're traveling (and I have seen travelers with only this book!). If you're planning just to do Southern Africa and/or East Africa, get the books LP has out for these two regions because they will be more detailed and meet friends along the way for more recent advice/info. I was surprised to find that some of the places I visited and enjoyed in Southern Africa were no longer in the new edition. The general country info and other advice in this book are still as good as the last edition (with more current events added) and I recommend it to anyone thinking about doing a multi-country trip to Africa. It is great for planning your travel destinations.