Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65249 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Turtleback
• 992 pages

Synopsis
A tour of African wildlife covers the climates, landscapes, and creatures of Africa's fifty-eight countries; profiles 480 species; and includes maps that show country borders and park locations. 75,000 first printing.

Customer Reviews

A field guide to African Wildlife
This is an excellent pocket guide for taking on safari, as it covers most animals you are ever likely to see and those that you're not. Unusually it covers not only the mammals but reptiles and birds also, and it fits snuggly in the pocket. With this book you will need no other guide to arm you for an exciting and informative african safari - excellent! Well done to the author and publisher.

A very helpful book
I love this book. I took it from Kenya to Botswana and it was the most often refered to book in the group I was travelling in. It was so good that the tour leader (an very experienced African guide) kept using it and I left it for him at the end of the trip. I am now buying another copy to replace it!
In Kenya and Tanzania it never let me down, I was able to find every bird and animal I saw. As we went further south there were variations of the species which were not photographed but the descriptions were good enough to enable me to identify the animals.
Fantastic photographs and really good descriptions of appearance, distribution, breeding, habitat etc. Also a very useful section which gives an overview of all the main national parks.
Useful size and hardwearing covers (not sure why it has the small paper cover though, leave that at home!!)

Excellent safari companion
This book is perfect for the safari for two reasons. Not only is it fairly compact so does not take up much space in your luggage, it is also incredibly comprehensive across a broad spectrum of African wildlife. There is a bountiful section of colour photographs of both birds and animals followed by a reference section with the most detailed background for any creature you are likely to see. The book is also boosted by an early section on the geography and geology of Africa including yet more colour photographs. A highly recommended addition when taking a safari in Africa.