Enter a world of tender friendships, staunch loyalties, violent jealousies--and enduring love. As a child, Sheri Speede ......more
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Lonely Planet: The world s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Madagascar is your passport to the most relevant......more
John Platter returns With the same simple approach to wine which made him a household name in South Africa, he tells the......more
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing other creatures and other cultures, from her own backyard to th......more
Living in one of the most inhospitable and pitiless environments on earth, the Tuareg have been the guardians of the Sah......more
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The Nile, one of the world s great rivers, has long been an object of fascination and obsession. From Alexander the Grea......more
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The warm tropical waters and coral reefs teeming with fish mean that Seychelles is a hugely popular diving destination. ......more
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Tangier, the white city poised atop the dark continent which turns out to be the continent of light. Tangier in the 60......more
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Bonobos have captured the public imagination in recent years, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less wel......more
Over the past 20 years, the perception of tourism as an effective contributor to socio-economic development in the devel......more
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After backpacking her way around India, Sarah Macdonald decides she hates the country with a passion. When a beggar at t......more
What makes a working mother and average athlete decide to take on a massive physical and mental challenge to run, cycle,......more
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Join John Dwyer on his epic travels across South Africa, from vibrant Cape Town to wild Kruger Park. Through his engagin......more
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A place of haunting natural beauty and captivating urban charm on Africa s southernmost peninsula, Cape Town is one of t......more
Wildly beautiful, this ancient land is one of the finest destinations for wildlife viewing in southern Africa, and its o......more
Land of Dark and Sun chronicles author Lindsey Clark s nine-month journey through fifteen countries in southern and east......more
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One hot day in July, Jonah Tobias was plucked from the audience by a strange and mystic sound- the harp like kora. Fou......more
Part of the Walk & Eat series, this pocket-sized guide to Cape Town is designed for short-break holidays. It describes......more
As the Egyptian revolution unfolded throughout 2011 and the ensuing years, no one was better positioned to comment on it......more
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Published a year following the passing away of legendary South Africa photographer Gerald Hoberman, South Africa - a vi......more
Although Madagascar represents less than 7% of the land mass of the most primate-rich country in the world, Brazil, this......more
113 Things To See And Do In Africa Before You Die Chapwani Island, Chobe Chilwero Lodge, Chobe National Park, Chole Miji......more
A beginners guide to wildlife safaris, camping trips and expeditions to Africa. This handy book is a complete African wi......more
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With his 19-year-old daughter, a collection of maps, and the help of an opinionated GPS, Peter Midgley sets out across N......more
Once notorious for the tyranny of Idi Amin, immortalized in the film The Last King of Scotland, Uganda has, for the last......more
Gabon, the land of the surfing hippo, is a West African country home to truly exceptional biodiversity. 30,000 gorillas ......more
Beautifully situated in the Indian Ocean to the south of the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives is a group of over a thou......more
Book of the Year, The Royal African Society (UK) In the powerful travel-writing tradition of Ryszard Kapuoeci ski and V.......more
This revised and expanded edition of Birds of Western Africa is now the most up-to-date field guide available to the 1,2......more
Where was it taking us? In or out of society? I had no fixed address now, didn t want one, didn t need one. It all bega......more
Many of the modern passes in South Africa still follow ancient animal migration routes; others are engineering masterpie......more
Marooned off the coast of Gabon, the volcanic islands of S o Tom & Pr ncipe are a largely undiscovered, uniquely rewardi......more
The author has been visiting the same village in Mauritania on the remote edge of the Sahara for over twenty years. This......more
Wallpaper* City Guides are a ruthlessly‐researched, design&hypen;conscious guide, for the discerning traveller who wants......more
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Cairo is Egypt s capital city and is the largest city in both Africa and the entire Arab world. The historic Pyramids ar......more
Located 2,400 kilometres from the southeastern coast of Africa, Mauritius is an island nation and tourist paradise in th......more
The definitive guide for adventurers crossing the continent since its first edition in 1991....more
Ronald Trigg, a retired U.S. diplomat, chronicles his encounters in Africa over a twenty-year period. His thirty-six sto......more