East African Wildlife (Bradt Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Philip Briggs (Author)

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"A handy beginner's manual to the region's varied creatures."Wanderlust

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The wildlife of east Africa is the major attraction for visitors to this region, with the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This new visitor's guide provides a colorful overview of the region’s variety of large mammals together with an insight into their habits and habitats. The book also provides an excellent introduction to the region’s less heralded variety of ‘small stuff’ – including1,500 bird species and butterflies.
Accessible and beautifully illustrated, the guide will appeal both to the first-time visitor and to the serious naturalist seeking a compact volume to carry around. It will also make a great souvenir after the trip.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1st edition (February 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841622087
• ISBN-13: 978-1841622088
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #134,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

  #98 in	Books > Outdoors & Nature > Fauna > Wildlife
  #18 in	Books > Travel > Guidebook Series > Bradt Travel Guides

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good balance between pictures and informative text, August 28, 2009

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This review is from: East African Wildlife (Bradt Travel Guide) (Paperback)

Too many wildlife guidebooks simply display pictures of each species and identifying information. This Bradt's guide is a nice improvement over other books in that I found the text genuinely informative. The book covers birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians by family, with the natural history of each family or species. It goes into the evolution of certain groups and provides interesting insights into the behavior of some of the more famous animals. Indeed, the text reads more easily than most other guidebooks. My wife found herself reading this book during our long drives to different parks and enjoying it immensely.

Note: you might want another more traditional guidebook to help you identify species in the field (I liked Wildlife of East Africa (Princeton Illustrated Checklists)). The Bradt's guide had good pictures, but for some of the less popular animals it might not have enough to help with identification. In particular, Bradt's guide doesn't cover birds in the detail birders might wish (try The Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi (Princeton Field Guides) for birds). However, I think any safari would benefit by combining these books with Bradt's to really understand the wildlife you'll see on safari.