Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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

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.

I've guided several trips to Tanzania (climbing Kili and Serengeti safari) and I found this book very helpful (especially since I had no prior experience in the region). I appreciated the author's short essays on culture & tourism and encouraged the people in my group to read them.

I used this guide extensively in my 3 day safari to Ngorogoro, Lake Manyara and Tarangire as well as my 1 week business trip in Arusha. It was an invaluable resource for all things N Tanzania from pre-trip medical planning to safari/hotel/restaurant choices to shopping to local customs. The book came highly recommend from previous travelers to the region, and I was not disappointed by it. I cannot compare it to other books, but I have no reason to think there are better similarly sized books on the region.

This book was extemely helpful for navigating in the Arusha/Moshi region. I used this book nonstop to identify hotels and animals on my safari. While I was on guided tours, I could follow right along with this guidebook-very helpful

Used the guide for our Kilimanjaro climb and Serengeti safari in Oct 2006. Excellent resource. Fun to read too. I highly recommend.

This book is chock-full of excellent guidance on tailoring your Tanzania wildlife safari. It gives enticingly lushious descriptions of the various parks and reserves (how can you not visit them all?), tells you what wildlife you can expect to see when/where, describes the camps and lodges in sufficient detail to help you choose, and also provides very practical advice on structuring your adventure. Even if I decide to go elsewhere for my safari (doubtful!), this was a wonderful read.

This was an excellent book for anyone going to Tanzania. It included customs, what to wear, weather information, safari guide, etc. Very informative.