South Africa, 8th (Footprint - Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Francisca Kellett (Author), Lizzie Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006 | Series: Footprint - Travel Guides

Playground of the fast and furious. The ‘tablecloth’ oozes over Table Mountain. Shoot (with a camera) the big five in Kruger. Up-to-the minute accommodation listings, whether you are looking for an exclusive luxury hotel or a self-catering apartment. The best sights. Wine route, Garden Route, Brandy Route. Surf the worlds' best right hander at J-Bay. Hike the serrated heights of the Drakensberg. Gamble in Sun City. Ride the 'Cape Doctor'. Lie in beautiful soft sand beaches at Plettenberg Bay. Where to sleep, eat and drink. Raft down the Orange River. Abseil down Table Mountain, bungee jump off Bloukrans Bridge. Whale watch at Hermanus. Uninhibited hedonism of Cape Town.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Great travelling companions, constantly entertaining and they know what they're talking about." Michael Palin "Excellent, best buy whether travelling independently or with a tour operator." Adventure Travel, UK "Invaluable - full marks to Footprint!" Travel Africa, UK"

About the Author

SEBASTIAN BALLARD After living in Africa for eleven years Sebastian went on to take a degree in African and Asian Geography at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. FRAN KELLETT Fran Kellett has written extensively for a huge variety of publications and websites on everywhere from France to South India. After travelling extensively across India, Nepal, Australia, Southern Africa, Morocco, Egypt, North America, Europe and Brazil, Fran now lives in Cape Town. LIZZIE WILLIAMS Lizzie 'Indian Jones' Williams long ago left the urban jungle of London for the excitement of Africa. She has led overland truck expeditions throughout Africa and the Middle East. She has written for various magazines in SA, Zimbabwe and UK and contributed to several adventure travel websites. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 850 pages
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; 8th edition (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904777678
• ISBN-13: 978-1904777670
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,244,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Originally from London, Lizzie Williams has worked and lived in Africa since 1995. Starting out on trips across the continent as a tour leader on overland trucks, she has sat with a gorilla, slept amongst elephants, fed a giraffe, swum with a hippo and is now something of an expert on border crossings and African beer. For Footprint she is author of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Cape Town Winelands & Garden Route. For Bradt, she has written the only country-specific guidebook to Nigeria and a city guide to Johannesburg. For AA Publishing, she has contributed to the AA Key Guide to South Africa, AA Spiral Guide to South Africa, and the AA Essentials Guide to South Africa. For Frommers she is author of Cape Town Day-by-Day and co-author of Kenya and Tanzania, and is co-author of DK's Eyewitness to Kenya. Lizzie also writes for numerous magazines and websites specialising in African travel. When not on the road, Lizzie lives in beautiful Cape Town.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you want to visit South Africa!, May 10, 2007

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This review is from: Footprint South Africa (Paperback)

I have to say that I had no real desire to visit South Africa until I got this book and now it's on my travel list of possible destinations along with Hawaii, Antarctic, Canada, Alaska, Italy, Spain, France, etc. The book is beautifully written, researched, and explained well by the co-authors Francisca Kellett and Lizzie Williams. On the cover, Michael Palin CBE said "Great traveling companions, constantly entertaining and they know what they're talking about." Anyway, the colored photos of nature and culture in this book are first rate. I used the pages about apartheid to teach my students about it in literature class. South African writers like Doris Lessing CH, Nadine Gordimer (Nobel prizewinner 1991) and J.M Coetzee (Nobel Prizewinner) are all wonderful to read but Lessing wasn't mentioned. I wished they had mentioned Rhodesia but this book is tour guide and not a history book but it does delve in the dark history of apartheid. It does give you warnings about how to be careful when you are visiting South Africa. I still would love to visit South Africa and desire one day to go and see not only the natural beauty, enjoy the beaches that look incredible, and see wildlife in it's natural environment.