African Safari Field Guide

The perfect book to take on safari—a wildlife/botany guide, phrase book, safari diary, color map directory, and wildlife checklist all in one.

This new edition of the African Safari Field Guide is the perfect book to take on safari. With often strict baggage limits, this FIVE BOOKS-IN-ONE journal provides all the information a traveler to Africa is going to need in one complete guide. It puts key safari information at the reader''s fingertips and allows them to record unforgettable memories of their African adventure.

This revised and up-to-date guide includes the following valuable features, all designed to make the reader an instant authority while on safari:

• More than 500 COLOR illustrations and detailed descriptions of mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and trees for easy identification.
• Illustrations of Africa''s vegetation zones
• The most comprehensive checklists of mammals and birds for recording sightings in reserves
• 12 COLOR maps of Africa’s top wildlife countries
• Country Highlights with “Best Time to Go” charts
• Swahili, Tswana, Shona, Zulu and French words, phrases and mammal names (with phonetics)
• Constellation maps of the Southern Hemisphere — and a stargazers guide
• Safari tips
• Photography on safari
• Glossary of safari terms
• World Heritage sites
• Suggested reading list
• 19 journal pages to record their personal safari experiences