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Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (Traveller's Guide) [Paperback]

David Hosking (Author), Martin Withers (Author)
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Publication Date: 3 Jan 2007 | Series: Traveller's Guide

The perfect companion for the safari enthusiast, this complete traveller’s guide to the wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda features 475 species of bird, mammal, snake, lizard, insect and tree. A must-have for all those considering a trip to the game reserves of this highly popular region.

This series is designed to give visitors to far-away places a handy identification guide to the wildlife they might see as they travel around.

Written and illustrated by wildlife experts who have been leading safaris in the region for over 20 years, each species is illustrated with a full-colour photograph and features a full species description.

It includes information on wildlife photography such as the best type of camera, film and lenses to use, information on techniques and codes of conduct.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Collins (3 Jan 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007248199
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007248193
  • Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 19 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 39,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Written and illustrated by wildlife experts who have been leading safaris in the region for over 20 years, each species is illustrated with a full-colour photograph and features a full species description.

It includes information on wildlife photography such as the best type of camera, film and lenses to use, information on techniques and codes of conduct.

About the Author

David Hosking is a wildlife photographer who, together with his wife Jean, runs the Frank Lane Picture Agency, one of Britain’s old natural history photo libraries. He also runs Hosking Tours Ltd., a company that specialises in nature photographic holidays. Martin Withers is one of Britain's finest nature photographers. He has travelled extensively throughout the world in pursuit of nature subjects for his photography and as a tour leader with the UK based tour operator Hosking Tours.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars WILDLIFE OF KENYA, TANZANIA AND UGANDA 2006 2 Dec 2007
By Dr. S. S. Nagi TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
This small book with 248 pages deals with photography in the first few pages. Explains lenses you need, cameras, exposure,lighting and posture to take pictures of moving subjects. Covers over 475 commonly-seen species including birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and plants. Each species is illustrated with a full-colour photograph and features a detailed description. It is written by wildlife experts with extensive knowledge of the area.
Then the book moves on to beautiful photos of birds. The pictures are on the right pages and writing on the left pages. Nearly the 2/3 rd of the book is on birds of East Africa, which has nearly 500 different birds. Then the book explains in similar fashion about mammals, reptiles, flowers and trees.
It is an excellent book to take with you on safari to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The size of the book is just right for travel.
Having born in Kenya and travel there on safari frequently, I would reccomend this book, so that you may enjoy and spot the wildlife easily. Your guide/driver will also show you the wildlife. Other small books with similar theme are:-
(1) Birds of East Africa, Dave Richards 1995 (2000)
(2) Mammals of central and East Africa, Chris and Tilde Stuart 1992 (2001)
(3) The Beautiful Plants of Kenya, John Karmali 1988 (1993)
(4) Collins Birds of Eastern Africa, Ber Van Perlo 1995
(5) The Wild Flowers of Kenya, Michael Blundell 1982
(6) The Lion and the Lily( A Guide to Kenya), Kenneth Bolton 1962
Read and ENJOY.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Useful but a bit of a lightweight 10 April 2010
By Barry Sandell
Format:Paperback
This provides an outline of of wildlife in East Africa, mainly covering birds and mammals (150 pages and 70 pages respectively out of 250 in all), with a few pages each (just a token gesture, really) on trees, reptiles, insects and flowers. Nothing on fishes or marine life (useful if you're visiting Zanzibar). Useful to have a book that covers everything in a single volume, but in addition to the drawbacks noted by other reviewers, I'm not convinced of the photo approach for identification. For instance, most of the species have just one photo, in some (particularly of birds) the light has somewhat washed-out the colours, and there are several photos where it looks like the photographer just gave up: the photo of the African Palm Swift is over-enlarged to the extent that graininess masks all the detail, and the Black Heron is preening, completely hiding its breast, neck and head! For birds, this is not even in the same league as "Birds of East Africa" (Helm Field Guides) by Terry Stevenson, which uses artwork for identification much more effectively (and, it must be said, much more attractively). Nevertheless for a single-volume easily-pocketable guide to what is presumably the most common wildlife you'll encounter on safari, it "does what is says on the tin". If it were comprehensive it would weigh kilos and need a wheel on each corner to move it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars A liitle too simplistic 6 Feb 2009
By Edmondo
Format:Paperback
At a simple level, this guide does what it purports to: picture of animal and brief description. Big drawback though is that these three countries constitute a huge area and there is little information about where you are likely to see such species - a small thumbnail location map for each would have been very useful. Geographically it's largely biased to Tanzania and Kenya - particularly for birdlife. As I'm going to Uganda, it's not going to be particularly useful unfortunately. Photography tips at the front a bit on the limited side also.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Covered all the wildlife we saw
Great for identifying wildlife. It had all the wildlife in it that we actually saw on safari. Unfortunately it didn't arrive in time for our trip but our safari guide had an even... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lotli
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Excellent photos and good descriptions. All the animals we saw were in the book. Essential if you're going on safari.
Published 1 month ago by AS
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful book
We bought this book after returning from a holiday in Tanzania, and it was great for identifying the birds whose names we had forgotten. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Yvonne Chapman
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
This is a very easy book to read. It is full of useful information and will be invaluable when I go on safari in September. It is just the right size.
Published 2 months ago by Roy
5.0 out of 5 stars Wildlife of Kenya
We were recommended this book by one of our expert Masai guides on a recent safari holiday to Kenya. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rodney Callow
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
Brlliant book for the safari-go'er. My absolute favourites are, in my opinion, Jonathan Scott's Animals en Birds books. But they are very hard to find and incredibly expensive. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Wiets
4.0 out of 5 stars A good little book.
I like this book.The book is split into six sections,the introduction including some very handy photography and travel tips, then a section on birds, one on mammals, then... Read more
Published 8 months ago by gmiester
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to take on safari
I bought this book to take on safari to Kenya. I have a number of wildlife books with far more detailed information in them, but they are larger and heavier and therefore ideal... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Lucy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for the generalist
Nice book, well laid out, nice sized photos. This book is a great travel companion, used twice on safari, its a good size, not heavy, covers mammals to birds to trees to insects,... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dan Costa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, I would highly recommend for safari in Kenya
Out of all the books I bought to take on an Overland trip on safari in Kenya, I would recommend this one. Read more
Published 14 months ago by A Owen
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