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Africa (Lonely Planet Multi Country Guides)
 
 
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  • Paperback: 1184 pages
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 12th edition edition (23 July 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1741049881
  • ISBN-13: 978-1741049886
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 102,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.
What We Do
- We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
- We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
-We update our guidebooks by visiting thousands of places in person to get the details right and tell it as it is.
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- We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive.
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Nobody knows Africa like Lonely Planet. Our 12th edition takes you on a Serengeti safari, reveals the best spot to view Victoria Falls and tells you where to see surfing hippos. Whether you re after big-name highlights or lesser-known adventures, this guide has got it all covered.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
Wildlife guide reveals the continent 's top spots for animal encounters
Explore with itineraries covering Cairo to Cape Town and everywhere in-between
Green Index helps to make your travels more eco-friendly

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's got to be difficult to cover 50+ countries in 1000 pages, and to be fair LP have a pretty good stab at it. However having just returned from a year-long, 20-country jaunt through the dark continent, this book was after a while not often consulted, as it's information was outdated or just plain wrong. We took to calling this book the 'Lonely Liar'...

Bear in mind that although it was supposedly published in 2004, from when the information was actually collected it is now 3 or 4 years out of date. Whole countries have had coups, revolutions and free elections in that time (for example Congo, which gets very little space in this book because in 2002 it was pretty dangerous).

If you want to find the hip and happening backpacker ghettoes then this book will certainly help you. You will find a large number of other hip backpackers toting the same book around, in fact you might as well go on an overland truck together because you'll be going to all the same places.

In a nutshell there are two problems with this book: 1. Africa is too big and diverse a place to be condensed into one book, and too difficult to keep such a weighty tome up to date. 2. the usual LP problem of if you follow their advice, you are just travelling from one backpacker hangout to the next, and missing out on much of what makes Africa so fantastic.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you're going to several countries in Africa then get this book. very helpful and useful, though much was out-of-date when i arrived at certain locations - but is it possible to have a book on 52? countries and keep it up to date?

Helpful general guide.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
aka the Bible 6 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
Objectively, this is the most hardcore guidebook in the world. Covering nearly 50 countries, a dozen war zones, a thousand languages - it's Africa in 1000 pages.

This will give you the very basics: how to get to/from a country, lots of details on crossing borders overland, transport options, basic accomodation and eating solutions. Think of it as a normal Lonely Planet guide but covering only the highlights, with far fewer maps (only capitals) and much less history and background.

It's not perfect, of course, but if you're covering large swathes of the continent than it's by far your best option. Some people may be better off with a Southern/East Africa guide (from LP or others), but if your backpack can't accomodate multiple guidebooks, this is the one for you.

have fun on the trip.
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