Customer Reviews

Wildlife of East Africa (Travellers Guide)

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I've just returned from safari in Tanzania, where this guide proved extremely helpful. It's small and lightweight -- check out its dimensions and weight in comparison to others. Yet it seems indestructable after several weeks of heavy use, high humidity and occasional rains.

Nearly everything I wanted to identify could be found here: mammals and birds, not to mention reptiles, turtles and some trees. The index was simple for a novice to use (omitting most of the Latin names). The pictures and descriptions then helped make identifications fairly easy.

There are many guides available. Those who saw my Withers and Hosking, however, were quick to approve of its ease of use.

The Wildlife of East Africa was a most valuable asset to me while on Safari in Northern Tanzania. I was able to easily locate, identify, and review the bird and animal sightings and identify by name those that were not familiar to me. I was the envy of the rest of my group. No one else had a handbook that was quite as handy in information and size.

Excellent quality photographs. If you are going to Africa, you need to know how to identify animals other than lions and zebras. This book is a goldmine.

We just returned from our trip and loved having this book with us. The binding is weak but it was still very usable. We checked off the birds and animals we saw and added those that are not in this book. We took both this one and the National Audobon Society African Wildlife. This one is easier to look up in but the other is more complete. Loved having both books with us! Enjoy your trip!

This book was perfect for my three-week safari to Kenya and Tanzania. It had all of the 40+ animals and most of the 60+ (80? 100?) birds I saw. I wrote directly into the book: date of sighting, # of photo(s), where seen, etc. Others on the trip often asked to borrow it or to have me read about the animals/birds we spotted. It didn't have a few of the more unusual birds so it might not be right for birders or may only be an animal supplement for them but it is perfect for the rest of us. I had read one of the recommendations here before purchase and it was right on! Thanks!!

I am a travel agent, and have made 5 trips (and counting) to Africa. This book is the best portable field guide I have found, and I have bought about 5 or 6 different guides. I chose this one to give to each of my clients on the last trip I escorted to Kenya and Tanzania. It is quite complete and includes the birds as well as the animals we all love to see. Of course, it is not as complete in describing animal mating and social behaviour as The Safari Companion but the latter is a book usually in the Safari Vehicles with the guides. You can easily slip it in with your camera or large pocket along with a highlighter to check off your sightings.

We bought this book and National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife. The Audubon book was much better. I regret purchasing this book - I feel as though it was a waste of money and suitcase space. We only looked at this book to compare it to the Audubon book to see where this book was lacking. This book is slightly smaller than the Audubon book, but not enough to justify purchasing this one instead of the Audubon book.

My husband and I led photographic/natural history tours to Kenya. We like to recommend books for our travelers to take. This book is inexpensive and compact. It has all the commonly seen mammals, birds, plants, insects and reptiles which makes it the most comprehensive we've found. The only drawback is that the spine/binding is weak and the pages come lose easily. It is not for the serious birder or naturalist, but generally it is a good overall little field guide.

I did not have a field guidebook while traveling in Kenya and Uganda a few months ago. Now that I'm about to publish my trip pictures in a [...] book, I have been able to identify all the animals, birds, reptiles, trees and flowers in my pictures with the exception of one monkey. For such a small book, it is packed with clear photographs and plenty of descriptive information!! Next time, I'll check out this book publisher before traveling so that I can mark the pages as I photograph.

I am going to East Africa(Tanzania) in 2 weeks and wanted a small book on the wildlife to take with me. I wanted it to be complete,small and fairly light. This book seems to fit all of those requirements. I will know for sure when I return. I am basing what I have written on the fact that I was given no less than 6 older books on this topic by people in a hiking group I am in and this book is far and away better than any of them. It seems much more complete, localized to the area that I am going, and is small and light enough to carry on a daily basis.