Footprint: Namibia Handbook 3 Ed [Paperback]

Sebastian Ballard (Author), Nick Santcross (Author), Gordon Baker (Author)

Book Description

Series: Footprint Namibia Handbook | Publication Date: November 9, 2001

This updated handbook contains practical information to get around and explore Namibia, a wild and uninhabited area of southern Africa. It has been written by a team of Africa enthusiasts who have lived, worked and studied in Namibia for several years. The coverage of the guide is broadly based, encompassing the widely spread, established sights such as the Etosha game reserve in the north and the Fish River Canyon in the south, and the many less well-known areas of interest. It includes: full details about transport including timetables and costs; details on how to get around the Etosha game reserve; background information on culture, history and the German colonial legacy on the Atlantic coast; information on how to hike the six-day Fish River Canyon trial; what to take and what to leave behind; and how to explore and understand the Namib-Naukluft desert - an area of grandeur and fascination. A 16-page colour wildlife section is included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Easily readable, well-researched and very up-to-date. I always keep it close at hand. -- Namibia Tourist Board --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

Dear Fellow Traveller

Thank you for checking out the Namibia Handbook. Footprint are an independent British publisher (based in Bath). We specialise in providing travellers with guidebooks that are second to none in terms of accuracy, recency and especially coverage. You will find that most of our guides are simply the most comprehensive available with in-depth information on history, culture and customs as well as practical travel information. Our major titles are updated ANNUALLY to ensure you have the best information to hand. If there are no reviews for this particular title we recommend you check out the reader reviews for the Peru and South American Handbooks which give a good flavour of how useful our guides are. You might like to know that we also publish East Africa and South Africa Handbooks and an extremely useful general guide to travelling: The Traveller's Handbook. Finally, whichever guidebook you choose, we would like to wish you an exciting, illuminating and above all enjoyable trip.

Best wishes
Footprint --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; 3rd edition (November 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900949911
• ISBN-13: 978-1900949910
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,700,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Travel > Africa > Namibia

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely useful guide to tour this magnificient country wit, November 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Namibia Handbook (Footprint Namibia Handbook) (Hardcover)

The Namibia handbook is a very useful, up-to-date travelguide, giving you all the necessary information. The size is ideal for backpackers and the hardback prevents the book from damaging. All hotels, restaurants, camp-sites, safari-companies etc. are mentioned, together with their telephone-numbers and if available, a short description based on travel experiences by earlier readers of the book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous country, great guidebook, July 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Footprint Namibia Handbook: The Travel Guide (Paperback)

I usually buy Lonely Planet guides but have been getting bored with their formulaic structure so I thought I'd give Footprint a try. On the whole, I thought the guide was quite well-written. I also liked the organization of the book (better than Lonely Planet) -- beginning with a brief overview of the regions, highlights and possible itineraries, following with essential information and regional listings and ending with the background info (history, culture, wildlife) that you can read after the rush to organize a trip or while you're on the road.

The information is ample, there are many maps throughout with impressive amounts of detail, and it's a reasonable size and is durable and well-bound. The only drawback is the limited number of photos... but Namibia is so gorgeous, you'll have plenty of your own!