Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Chris Scott (Author)

Book Description

Series: Trailblazer Overland Guides | Publication Date: April 15, 2000

The most complete survival guide for budget travelers in 34 Asian countries and the Russian republics. A whopping 452 maps, town plans, and transportation routes--all in easy-to-use formats--makes this a definitive guide for a long-haul trip around Asia. Detailed visa information is given on hard-to-enter countries and the latest news on border crossings. 16 color photos.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A good chunky guide that gets right to the heart of desert travel."
--Michael Palin

"I ran across your Sahara Overland book in a bookstore in Sacramento, California and bought it without a second thought. Thank you for putting together the most useful book I've ever encountered on travelling in this part of the world."
--Lawrence Beck

"The essential Sahara guide."
--The Sunday Times (United Kingdom)

"Desert Bible."
--Land Rover International

"I'm not going to mince words here, this book is THE essential desert companion for anyone
planning a Saharan desert trip."
--Trailbike Magazine (United Kingdom)

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher

Other 'Overland' Trailblazer titles include 'Asia Overland' and 'Istanbul to Cairo Overland'. And we even have a 'Honeymoon Guide' too!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Trailblazer Publications; 1st edition (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1873756267
• ISBN-13: 978-1873756263
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,078,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #12 in Books > Travel > Africa > Algeria
  • #15 in Books > Travel > Africa > Tunisia

More About the Author

My most recent book is a Kindle version of my early Saharan memoirs for the price of a coffee:
'Desert Travels; Motorcycle Journeys in the Sahara and West Africa'. Go to the bloglink below or right for more.
Other than that, a revamped AMH is due next June.

Thanks for visiting

Chris S

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly excellent, traveler friendly guidebook., August 3, 2000

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide (Paperback)

Sahara Overland: A Route & Planning Guide is the first truly comprehensive guidebook to one of the world's most compelling and challenging environments, North Africa's Sahara Desert. Ranging from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains to the Red Sea, Sahara Overland is ideal for Saharan travelers whether for a weekend excursion, a week long vacation, or a season spanning safari. Thirty-five detailed itineraries are available, covering more than 15,000 miles through nine countries: Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Mali, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad and Egypt. The only Saharan guidebook covering all aspects of traveling the great desert by vehicle, Sahara Overland provides tips on how not to get lost, and what to do when things go wrong. Chris Scott's informative, "traveler friendly" text is enhanced with fifty maps and more than 300 b&w and color photographs. If you are planning a trip through the Sahara, begin with acquiring and throughly reading Chris Scott's Sahara Overland.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best guide to real adventure travel I've read, July 26, 2000

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J. Hanson (Tucson, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide (Paperback)

Chris Scott's book was worth the wait. I've been exploring the deserts of the United States and Mexico for decades, and my wife and I plan to ship our vehicle to Morocco and explore the Sahara soon. This book has left no question unanswered.

Chris's approach is always engaging, but exhaustive where necessary. He isn't afraid to be honest in equipment choices. For example, since he is from the U.K. I expected the vehicle selection chapter to be a Tom Sheppard-esque sermon about the perfection of the Land Rover. Instead, while pointing out the strengths of Land Rovers, he quite bluntly states that anyone needing the utmost in reliability should buy a Toyota Land Cruiser instead. The section on vehicle preparation is full of good, practical advice.

The route descriptions are excellent (and you can visit the author's web site for updates). However, I would recommend this book strongly to anyone considering traveling by vehicle in any desert in the world--there's that much information in it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every traveler should read, January 11, 2007

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Donald Riggs "Wrongway" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sahara Overland, 2nd: A Route and Planning Guide (Trailblazer) (Hardcover)

I bought this book out of curiosity after reading an excerpt on the internet. I was totally absorbed in the book for some time after recieveing it. If you have any notion of traveling in the Sahara on your own or in a guided tour you need to read this book. The amount of information boggles ones mind, especially when it's delivered in a format that doesn't bore one to tears.