Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar (Bradt Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Philip Briggs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2006 | Series: Bradt Travel Guide

This tightly focused guide reflects the area that is most popularly toured by first-time visitors to Tanzania. Featuring all the relevant detail of Philip Briggs' full Bradt guide to Tanzania, it also incorporates expanded coverage of the wildlife and natural history of the region plus extra environmental information, making it the indispensable companion to a safari in northern Tanzania's renowned national parks.

Features include:
>Choosing a safari--the hows, whys, and wheres of northern Tanzania
>The best accommodations in every price bracket, from luxury lodges to simple hotels
>Wildlife and natural history in depth
>Health and safety
>Swahili--an introduction to the language

Editorial Reviews

Review

‘[Briggs] has done an outstanding job for the North. His clear style, balanced judgments and immense knowledge alone make the book worth reading. Briggs’ love for Africa, and his deep respect for its people, inform and illuminate the whole experience.’ Travel Africa

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Ecologically diverse and outstandingly beautiful, the north of Tanzania brims with must-see sights. Admire the fiery sunsets and profuse wildlife of the Serengeti Plains, trek alongside the luminous glaciers that cap Mount Kilimanjaro, and trundle Jeep-bound among the lions, elephants, and zebras that roam freely across Ngorongoro Crater.

 

In the brand new Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide Philip Briggs provides in-depth coverage of these well-known sights, as well as information on rarely visited locations such as the active volcano of Ol Doinyo L'Engai and beautiful Lake Eyasi. Adventure awaits . . .

 

*Detailed descriptions of the wildlife, with full-color wildlife guide

*In-depth information on how to organize a safari

*Conquering Kilimanjaro

*Where to chill out on Zanzibar Island

*Language section with KiSwahili and Maa, the Maasai dialect

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1st edition (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841621463
• ISBN-13: 978-1841621463
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,084,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > Travel > Africa > Tanzania

More About the Author

African travel specialist Philip Briggs has been exploring the highways, byways and backwaters of the world's most challenging and exciting continent since 1986, when he spent several months backpacking on a shoestring from Nairobi to Cape Town. In 1991, he wrote the Bradt Guide to South Africa, the first such guidebook to be published internationally after the release of Nelson Mandela.

Over the rest of the 1990s, Philip wrote a series of pioneering Bradt Guides to destinations that were then - and in some cases still are - otherwise practically uncharted by the travel publishing industry. These included the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana and Rwanda (co-authored with Janice Booth), all of which are now in their 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th edition.

Philip has visited more than two dozen African countries, and written about most of them, whether it be for guidebook publishers such as AA, APA-Insight, Berlitz, Camerapix, Dorling Kindersley, Frommers, Struik-New Holland and 30 Degrees South, or for specialist travel and wildlife magazines including Africa Birds & Birding, Africa Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa and Wanderlust.

He still spends at least four months on the road every year, and spends his rest of the time battering away at a keyboard in the sleepy dorp of Bergville, in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg region of South Africa. He is married to the travel photographer Ariadne Van Zandbergen and lives with three dogs and a cat. When not obssessing over some or other aspect of African history, culture, wildlife or travel, Philip's interests include music, reading and walking.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read and take book for the Tanzania Safari-Goer, October 21, 2007

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Eugene Loopesko "wildlife enthusiast" (los angeles,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar (Bradt Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I recently returned from a Safari to Tanzania, mainly centered around animal and native peoples visiting. I found this book invaluable as a background read before the visit, and also during the visit.It is well written and covers the highlights in a very succint and informative manner. It is portable as well, and I referred to it many times during the two week trip. Afterwards I also used it frequestly in organizing the myriad of photos taken on the trip.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars better than lonely planet, May 28, 2008

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DD - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar (Bradt Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I read this as well as the lonely planet guide. between the two, the bradt guide provides more details about lodging, places, etc. and is much better than the lonely planet guide

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Book You'll Need, December 27, 2009

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Rebecca C (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Tanzania, 2nd: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar (Bradt Travel Guide Northern Tanzania) (Paperback)

Forget other travel books if you want to go to Northern Tanzania. This is the only one you'll need. It covers everything.

Supplement this with information from reputable websites, and you'll easily be able to discover the best way to plan your trip.

I've succesfully planned a 2 week Northern Tanzania safari using this book and a couple of websites.