Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa and is the capital of the Western Cape Province, as well as being the legislative capital of South Africa (the Houses of Parliament are here). It is located in the south-west corner of the country near the Cape of Good Hope, and is the most southern city in Africa. It is a stone's throw from South Africa's world-famous Cape Winelands around Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek. The Essential Guide For Travelers! This book provides an illu...
Releasedatum: 2011-09-15 25,00 kr
== Your essential companion to South Africa's première wildlife destination == Full details, practical info, maps and stunning photos. Everything you need for the safari of your lifetime, all updated for 2013! -- Why Get This Guide? -- * With more than forty national park rest camps and luxury private lodges to choose from, we'll help you find the right accommodation for your budget * Kruger has more than 2,300 km of road to explore, our suggested itineraries will make sure you pick the best ro...
Releasedatum: 2013-02-20 39,00 kr
Londolozi, derived from a Zulu word meaning the ‘protector of all living things’ , has become fertile ground for enkindling aspirations for a better future for all, for a planet abounding in open spaces, wild animals and people thriving in dignity and harmony. Our aim is to ensure sustainable conservation, focusing not only on the many qualities of the natural system but also on creating a true connection between our guests, the local people and the environment.
Releasedatum: 2012-11-19 59,00 kr
Socialhite Luxury Travel Guides are your best companion when travelling the world in style. Islands, jungle, beaches and the Serengeti. Tanzania is a small country, but home to some pretty impressive sights, the Serengeti and the Zanzibar archipelago to name a few. The Northern part of Tanzania is home to some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities in the whole of Africa. With the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and game reserves all adjoining, this region has a natural abundance of wildlife. I...
Releasedatum: 2012-08-10 9,00 kr
Kruger National Park is one of Africa’s crown jewels. A wilderness area of massive proportions where you can see unspoiled landscapes and Africa’s incredible wildlife. You will meet some of the friendliest people and experience wild, open spaces that have disappeared from most of the planet. It’s an amazing natural resource that everyone should have the opportunity to experience. Kruger is a large park covering a land mass nearly equal in size to the state of New Jersey. It...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-22 69,00 kr
A Hitch-Biker's Guide Through Africa is about a unique journey from Cairo to Cape Town using folding bicycles.
Releasedatum: 2012-03-23 49,00 kr
Beryl Markham's West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership as the work of her contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Isak Dinesen. If the first responsibility of a memoirist is to lead a life worth writing about, Markham succeeded beyond all measure. Born Beryl Clutterbuck in the middle of England, she and her father moved to Kenya when she was a girl, and she grew up with a zebra for a pet; horses for friends; baboons, li...
Releasedatum: 1942-12-10 75,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Fill your days with beaches and wineries in Cape Town, spot wildlife galore in Kruger National Park, and hike past majestic mountains in the Drakensberg region – all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of South Africa, Lesotho & S...
Releasedatum: 2018-11-01 125,00 kr
The British author embarks on an awe-inspiring trek through 1930s West Africa in “ one of the best travel books [of the twentieth] century ” ( The Independent ). When Graham Greene left Liverpool in 1935 for what was then an Africa unmarked by colonization, it was to leave the known transgressions of his own civilization behind for those unknown. First by cargo ship, then by train and truck through Sierra Leone, and finally on foot, Greene embarked on a dangerous and unpredictable 350...
Releasedatum: 2018-05-15 85,00 kr
An “exciting” true account of battling the elephant poachers of Zambia by the author of Where the Crawdads Sing and her fellow biologist ( The Boston Globe ). Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet, in the 1970s and 1980s, about a thousand of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Del...
Releasedatum: 1993-10-29 115,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Southern Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Clamber up the world’s oldest sand dunes in Sossusvlei, step back in time on Mozambique Island, or enjoy world-class wildlife-watching in Etosha National Park; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Southern Africa and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet So...
Releasedatum: 2017-08-24 229,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Botswana & Namibia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Spot jackals and black rhinos in Etosha National Park, explore the German colonial town of Luederitz; or marvel at mighty Victoria Falls; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Botswana & Namibia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Botswana &am...
Releasedatum: 2017-08-24 199,00 kr
Located 2,400 kilometres from the southeastern coast of Africa, Mauritius is an island nation and tourist paradise in the Indian Ocean. The island is part of the Mascarenhas Archipelago along with Rodrigues Island and French Réunion, sharing with them a common geologic origin. The official language in Mauritius is English with French being in common everyday usage. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to Mauritius - Mauritius Map - Planning Your Stay - Climate & Weather - Sightseeing - Beaches of Mau...
Releasedatum: 2015-08-11 45,00 kr
This book contains over 150 stunning photographs of South Africa showing the diversity of this wonderful country. Since it includes images of the most representative places of South Africa, the book is not only a collection of photographs of great artistic beauty, but also an excellent visual guide to visit this incredibly beautiful country. Some of the places included in the pictures are the following: - Cape Town - Cape of Good Hope and Cape Peninsula - Stellenbosch - Swellendam - De Kelders -...
Releasedatum: 2014-01-10 5,00 kr
Soon to be a major motion picture The first close-up look at the hidden world of Somali pirates by a young journalist who dared to make his way into their remote havens and spent a year infiltrating their lives. For centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. The recent ragtag bands of pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion-dollar tankers owned by international shipping conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. ...
Releasedatum: 2011-07-19 119,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike through the wild and remote Cirque de Mafate on Reunion, relax amid tropical waters on the coral island of Denis Island on Seychelles, and dive to the underwater rock formations and schools of fish off the west coast of Mauritius – all with your truste...
Releasedatum: 2019-12-01 169,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Cape Town & the Garden Route is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak in the view from the summit of Table Mountain, take a boat to Robben Island for an insight into the country’s history, and explore the beaches, forests and verdant mountains along the majestic Garden Route – all with your trusted travel companion. G...
Releasedatum: 2018-10-01 125,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Kenya is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Travel through ancient lands to witness some of the world's greatest wildlife spectaculars, climb a volcano or two, or sail in a magnificent dhow to seemingly unknown islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Kenya and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Plan...
Releasedatum: 2018-06-01 149,00 kr
#1 best-selling guide to Tanzania* Lonely Planet Tanzania is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch East Africa's greatest natural dramas play out on the Serengeti plains, sip sundowners near Mt Kilimanjaro, or explore the narrow alleyways of Zanzibar; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Tanzania and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Tanzania Travel Guide: ...
Releasedatum: 2018-06-01 149,00 kr
Overland Travel in West Africa became popular in the 80s and 90s with the Camel Trophy and Bamako Rallies. Much of the information available today is still based on conditions at that time, though much has changed in this unique corner of the world. Overlanders continue to make decisions about the West Coast route based on outdated information and myths that are now more than twenty years old! Overland Travel Essentials: West Africa puts these commonly-held myths to rest once and for all, and pr...
Releasedatum: 2018-02-25 49,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Ethiopia & Djibouti is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore underground churches in Lalibela, spot rare and beautiful animals in the Bale Mountains, or get to know Ethiopian cuisine in Addis Ababa; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Ethiopia and Djibouti and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Ethi...
Releasedatum: 2017-08-24 199,00 kr
South Africa has been described as "A World in One Country" and a "Rainbow Nation." Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of the Highveld plateau, and the subtropical bush of the Lowveld. Its ethnic makeup is equally varied. There are eleven official languages, nine major black African tribes, two major white tribes, as well as a representation of all the world's major religions. It has a free market economy while communist...
Releasedatum: 2018-02-01 79,00 kr
Join a top safari guide for hair-raising and hilarious tales of South Africa, animals and close escapes. It shouldn't be fun to be charged by an animal that could easily crush you, but top safari guide Peter Allison gets an odd thrill every time an elephant charges his beaten-up Jeep or a peckish crocodile looks at him sideways. By now you'd think the bestselling author of DON'T RUN, Whatever You Do would know how to keep out of trouble. But from avoiding territorial hippos and hungry lions to d...
Releasedatum: 2010-12-07 Genre:Resor och äventyr 39,00 kr
A Vintage Shorts Travel Selection As British rule came to an end in Ghana, Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski journeyed to the country to witness the birth of a new republic. Here Kapuscinski shares stories and insights about the time he spent crisscrossing Ghana in 1957. From meeting with the charismatic Kofi Baako, then Minister of Education and Information, to discussing witchcraft and clan structures with a fellow reporter in Kumasi, Kapuscinski investigates what it means to...
Releasedatum: 2016-01-26 5,00 kr
Identify all the animals, using your smart phone or tablet. Most of us, on our first or even second safari, struggle to identify all the animals. The Kenya Animal Checker gives you, on your tablet or smart phone, all the animals you might encounter on safari. Each species has a colour photo, a simple description relating to its size and weight, together with information and details about the animal’s habits - all you need for quick identification during your game drive. Download be...
Releasedatum: 2015-01-15 25,00 kr
Identify all the animals, using your smart phone or tablet. Most of us, on our first or even second safari, struggle to identify all the animals. The Tanzania Animal Checker gives you, on your tablet or smart phone. all the animals you might encounter on safari. Each species has a colour-photo, a simple description relating to its size and weight, together with information and details about the animal’s habits - all you need for quick identification during your game drive. Download before your...
Releasedatum: 2014-11-15 25,00 kr
A Guide to Southern Africa's Iconic Safari Destinations provides potential travellers with a detailed description of what to expect on their safari. Through interactive maps, scrollable galleries, video material and a multitude of custom-designed content, readers are transported to some of Southern Africa's most spectacular sights and destinations. Anthony Cavill-Taylor , in his 20 years of experience in the safari industry, shares many well-kept secrets of the safari w...
Releasedatum: 2012-11-26 19,00 kr
This is the official Holiday FM Guide to Cape Town. This handy bitesize guide gives you everything you might want for the ideal trip to the big city. Background information about the history of the City will hopefully give you a better understanding of its origins and make your visit more enjoyable. Get local information about the must see sightseeing places to visit to help make your trip amazing and memorable. The guide also covers tips on where to eat and drink and what to expect...
Releasedatum: 2012-02-29 15,00 kr
A personal experience of Namibia in the year that it gained Independence. …VIPs slowly start arriving. Colonel Gadaffi arrives late as he has insisted on having his camels flown in to provide him with fresh camel milk every day. Sam Nujoma, the New President draws up in a car surrounded by high security and wailing sirens. The ceremony begins at five minutes to midday, just under half an hour late. De Klerk says his bit and then Sam is sworn in. A runner comes into the stadium carrying a flami...
Releasedatum: 2011-11-07 65,00 kr
AFRICA’S TOP WILDLIFE COUNTRIES highlights and compares wildlife reserves and other major attractions in the continent’s best countries for game viewing – making the planning of the journey of a lifetime easy! African countries, and the wildlife reserves within them, vary greatly as to the types and quality of safari experiences they offer. This is the only guidebook that effectively assists readers in choosing the best destinations for the kind of wildlife experience they would most enjoy...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-28 259,00 kr
Robert D. Kaplan is one of our leading international journalists, someone who can explain the most complicated and volatile regions and show why they’re relevant to our world. In Surrender or Starve , Kaplan illuminates the fault lines in the Horn of Africa, which is emerging as a crucial region for America’s ongoing war on terrorism. Reporting from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea, Kaplan examines the factors behind the famine that ravaged the region in the 1980s, exploring the ethnic,...
Releasedatum: 2003-11-11 109,00 kr
Vine-covered slopes, rugged peaks, gorgeous beaches, colonies of penguins and the culture and cosmopolitanism of one of Africa's most vibrant cities - welcome to Cape Town and the Winelands. Your DK Eyewitness Top 10 travel guide ensures you'll find your way around Cape Town and the Winelands with absolute ease. Our updated Top 10 travel guide breaks down the best of Cape Town and the Winelands into helpful lists of ten - from our own selected highlights to the best parks and reserves, places to...
Releasedatum: 2021-11-25 49,00 kr
The legendary travel writer's thrilling and dangerous account of his journey across Africa A rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances. Gauging the state of affairs, he talks to Africans, aid workers, missionaries, and tourists. What results is an insightful meditation on the history, politics, and beauty...
Releasedatum: 2004-04-05 105,00 kr
Searching for even more wild places and new experiences, Dan became determined to explore 'off the map' in Africa. From the mighty Sahara Desert in the north to the dense equatorial jungles of the Congo and the open grasslands of Southern Africa, Dan turned his biggest dream into reality. Over the course of three years Dan's second major expedition spanned fifty-four thousand miles through thirty-five unique African countries.<br> <br> <b>THE ADVENTURE WAS A THOUSAND TIMES BIGG...
Releasedatum: 2020-12-19 105,00 kr
Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of Congo In this extraordinary debut – called ‘gripping’ by The Times of London – Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congo’s ‘silent quarter’ where peace is finally being built after two decades of civil war and devastation. Ignoring the advice of locals, reporters, and mercenaries, he travels by foot, bike, and boat, introducing us to Colonel Ibrahim...
Releasedatum: 2012-06-01 99,00 kr
Immersion au coeur de la culture malgache pour mieux la comprendre et l'apprécier. Voici un livre-métis, de réfl exion pour comprendre, et de conseils pour (bien) se comporter. Métis encore avec des histoires, toutes vraies, pour illustrer cet essai de compréhension interculturelle franco-malgache. La force des traditions, le poids des ancêtres, la pression familiale, le statut social, modèlent le Malgache de toutes conditions, de tout milieu de vie, jusque dans son métissage culturel ob...
Releasedatum: 2019-03-13 95,00 kr
Culture Smart! Rwanda gives you the tools for a successful visit to this beautiful land. It guides you through daily interactions, cultural dos and don'ts, traditions and cultural practices, etiquette, and the ways in which business is conducted. It provides a brief overview of Rwandan history, and practical suggestions for safety and travel. "The Land of a Thousand Hills," is known for its abundant natural beauty and iconic wildlife, from chimpanzees in the Nyungwe Forest to the returning lions...
Releasedatum: 2019-01-02 79,00 kr
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s East Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Feel the pounding of hooves as wildebeest stampede across the plains of the Serengeti; get close to gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda; and hike on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. All with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of East Africa and begin your journ...
Releasedatum: 2018-07-01 179,00 kr
Uganda and Rwanda are small countries, but they are BIG on adventure. Options are plentiful, ranging from jet boating to bungee jumping. They also offer unique wildlife safaris, such as gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking. You’ll also find many other primates, hundreds of species of birds and butterflies, and dozens of mammals. Many of these animals cannot be found anywhere else in the world. There are lots of historic sites too, including the Rwanda Genocide Memorial, Lubiri Palace, Ugan...
Releasedatum: 2018-02-28 99,00 kr
The first and only full length travel guide book exclusively dedicated to Liberia. Hundreds of pages packed with tips, facts and tales on every one of Liberia’s counties. It covers towns from Harper to Foya, Zwedru to Bo Waterside. It is a guide created for those seeking to explore the forests of Gola, creep along the monkey bridges of Loma, climb the iron mountain at Lisco, swim in the waterfalls of Nimba, see the house art of the Kpelle, understand secret societies and extend a heart a...
Releasedatum: 2016-10-16 199,00 kr
Ethiopia is one of only a handful of countries that shock the traveller with their unique perspective. These places awaken a deep sense of wonder and offer a rare opportunity to observe the world from a different angle, to see things anew. Ethiopia: through writers’ eyes is the perfect companion to any exploration of this idiosyncratic country, be it from the precarious saddle of an Abyssinian mule, or the comfortable folds of an armchair. A compendium of all things Ethiopian, with excerpts tr...
Releasedatum: 2016-09-10 95,00 kr
The Sahara: a dream-like, far away landscape of Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, The English Patient and Star Wars , and home to nomadic communities whose ways of life stretch back millennia. Today it's a teeth-janglingly dangerous destination, where the threat of jihadists lurks just over the horizon. Following in the footsteps of 16th century traveller Leo Africanus, Nicholas Jubber went on a turbulent adventure to the forgotten places of North Africa and the legendary Timbuktu. Once t...
Releasedatum: 2016-09-08 Genre:Resor och äventyr 75,00 kr
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu...
Releasedatum: 2009-03-01 79,00 kr
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu...
Releasedatum: 2008-10-01 79,00 kr
Ron McGregor is a South African tour-guide and writer. This book - now in it's 4th edition - was written in response to popular demand for a book about South Africa that isn't too weighty or academic. Until recently, there was no such single book, so Ron sat down and wrote it. And, because it was written to entertain as much as to educate, he stuck to his raconteurial style. It's an easy read, but not a shallow one. Maps and diagrams to accompany the text were produced by graphic-designer Lisa, ...
Releasedatum: 2015-12-19 45,00 kr
This book is an account of three years' of East Equatorial Africa ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo natives of the Lorogi mountains. It describes the adventures, the country and the game in great detail and includes a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. It was originally published in 1898, and will appeal to those interested in the history of hunting and travel in Africa. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely ...
Releasedatum: 2013-01-10 95,00 kr
Morocco is a sunshine-rich, North African tourist destination with a peaceful mix of religions, cultures and age-old traditions. Morocco is geographically close to southern Spain but its culture and religious traditions transport the visitor far from Europe. The country has endured years of French and Spanish colonialism and its heritage. Morocco’s imperial city of Marrakech is characterised by its fortified walls and is known as the rose city because of the red earth and colours that permeate...
Releasedatum: 2015-08-29 55,00 kr
Exotic yet modern, Morocco offers visitors to this North African country a diverse experience with its vast Sahara desert, the towering Atlas mountains and its coastline filled with beautiful, sandy beaches. The country’s major cities include the cosmopolitan Casablanca, Tangier, the gateway to Europe, Fez, the heartbeat of the nation's spirituality and Rabat, stately capital of the royal family. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to Morocco - Planning Your Stay - Climate & Weather - Sightseeing -...
Releasedatum: 2015-07-31 45,00 kr
¿Vas a viajar a Marrakech? ¿O quizás a Fes o Tánger? El creador del famoso método Assimil ha diseñado para ti esta indispensable compañera para tu escapada por Marruecos. °Iniciación al idioma: 21 lecciones de árabe marroquí °Palabras y frases indispensables °Toda la pronunciación °Todas las situaciones de viaje
Releasedatum: 2015-01-22 39,00 kr
¡Atención! ¡Libro digital ampliamente enriquecido! ¿Vas a viajar a Marrakech? ¿O quizás a Fes o Tánger? El creador del famoso método Assimil ha diseñado para ti esta indispensable compañera para tu escapada por Marruecos. °Más de 2 horas de audio °Iniciación al idioma: 21 lecciones de árabe marroquí °Palabras y frases indispensables °Toda la pronunciación °Todas las situaciones de viaje
Releasedatum: 2015-01-22 95,00 kr