Product Description

This guide to West Africa explores all the visitable countries in West Africa, from Mauritania and the Cape Verde Islands in the west, to Niger and Cameroon in the east. The colour introductory essay highlights the regions attractions, picks out the various route and travel options and touches on some of the great range of cultural and scenic impressions that any visit will make. Each chapter covers the relevant country with attention to detail, including special attention to the practicalities of travel, thoroughly researched hotel and restaurant listings, and a carefully researched background on wildlife and the environment, culture, history, politics and music.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #328674 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1200 pages

Daily Telegraph
The best guidebook on the area

West Africa Magazine
A marvellous guide, packed with hard-nosed advice and information, streets ahead of any other travel guide.

Financial Times
The best guidebook

Customer Reviews

Very helpful. Worth buying.
This version has been updated but when I recently travelled from Brighton down to Capetown on a motorbike I made space for this book and I wasn't disappointed. It has good detail on plenty of major and minor towns, festivals, helpful details on currency, culture and things to see. The maps are extremely helpful too and I was sad to not have a similar guide once we'd left Cameroon!