Lonely Planet Africa (Multi Country Travel Guide)

Lonely Planet Africa (Multi Country Travel Guide)

Stuart Butler

Language: English

Pages: 1185

ISBN: 1741049881

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


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Whether you're a hardened African veteran or a wide-eyed first timer, this is a continent that cannot fail to get under your skin. 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.

  • The only guidebook that covers the entire African Continent
  • 251 maps
  • 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 ecofriendly

Lonely Planet gets you to the heart of a place. Our job is to make amazing travel experiences happen. We visit the places we write about each and every edition. We never take freebies for positive coverage, so you can always rely on us to tell it like it is.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham, Kate Armstrong, James Bainbridge, Tim Bewer, Stuart Butler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Paul Clammer, LucyCorne, Emilie Filou, Matthew D. Firestone, Mary Fitzpatrick, Katharina Lobeck Kane, Adam Karlin, Nana Luckham, Tom Masters, Alan Murphy, Helen Ranger, Nicola Simmonds, Kate Thomas, and Donna Wheeler.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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pharmacy. Polyclinique André Fouda (off Map; 222 6612) For medical emergencies; in Elig-Essono, southeast of Carrefour Nlongkak. Money There are ATMs at most of the major banks; see the maps for locations. As always in Cameroon, travellers cheques are problematic to change in banks – try the following: Bicec Bank (Map; Ave Ahidjo) Has an ATM. Crédit Lyonnais (Map; near Place Ahmadou Ahidjo) Express Exchange (Map; Ave Kennedy) Also accepts US dollars. Post Central post office

of this great African city. Robertsport Join the surfers and sun-worshippers at this little slice of beach paradise and stay for a couple of days at Liberia’s coolest hotel. Sapo National Park (boxed text, Click here) Really get off the beaten track and wander under the lush, humid canopy of one of West Africa’s last remaining rainforests. Harper Kick back in this out-of-the-way town, an elegant reminder of Liberia’s wealthy past. Return to beginning of chapter CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO

only buy tickets at N’Dolo Airport since travel agencies don’t do business with the smaller airlines. Typical one-way fares from Kinshasa are US$260 to Kisangani and US$290 to Goma. Boat River traffic on the Congo has restarted. See Crossing Congo, Click here, for details. Road Although there’s still much work to be done, DRC is on a road-repair binge, which is making getting around the country easier for those who don’t want to fly. Most roads remain dirt; however, so rainy season

accommodation. The better term if you’re looking for somewhere to sleep is nyumba ya kulala wageni – or, less formally, pa kulala. Rooms (with private bathroom) are widely referred to as ‘self-contained’ or ‘self-container’ rooms. Many lodges and luxury camps in or near national parks quote all-inclusive prices, which generally means accommodation plus excursions such as wildlife drives, short guided walks or boat safaris, and sometimes also park entry fees and airport transfers. Return to

all Africans. The break from Africa into the wider world occurred around 100,000 years ago, when perhaps as few as 50 people migrated out of North Africa, along the shores of the Mediterranean, and into the Middle East. From this small beginning came a population that would one day cover almost every landmass on the globe. * * * For a highly readable account of millennia of African history, from Africa’s human origins to the Rwandan genocide (no small task), pick up a copy of John Reader’s

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