Customer Reviews

Great African Adventures: A Guide to the Mother ContinentÆs Ultimate Outdoor Adventures

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Great African Adventures: A Guide to the Mother Continent's Ultimate Outdoor Adventures By Jacques Marias This beautiful book completely changed my impressions of Africa. Although Westerners think of it as third world dark continent ONLY, there are many, many modern travel adventures of highly sophistocated nature, just waiting for the bold traveler to grab. Marias, who thrives on adrenaline pumping adventures of the extreme extreme, lives in Africa and writes about his own adventures and experiences in every kind of sport you can imagine, especially those which test endurance, strength, and brave hearts. Only a few of the adventures and photographs are from other contributors. The sports include running, mountain biking, paddling, climbing, sailing, swim racing, trekking, rafting, skiing, water sports, snowboarding, game tracking, canopy walks, zip lines, abseiling, mountain climbing, rock climbing, kiteboarding, hot air ballooning, paragliding, shark cage diving, kayaking, dirt road tripping, donkey trekking, elephant riding, running rivers... How does one person excel in and find time and strength to do so many adventures?? The maps, survival guides, and information about finding the best outfitters and guides for each sport cover over twenty places all over the continent. The author is not only a respected adventure writer, this being his fifth book, but also and incredible photographer who stops action with his perfectly sharp photographs that you'll enjoy on every page of this book. This is terrific, even if you could never do one of the extreme sports yourself. Enjoy!