World Travel: A Guide to International Ecojourneys (Nature Company Guides) [Hardcover]

Dwight Holing (Author, Editor), Ben Davidson (Author), Brian Jackman (Author), Christopher P. Baker (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1996 | Series: Nature Company Guides

Explore 68 of the world's most remarkable wild places and learn how responsible travel can keep endangered flora and fauna from vanishing forever. Beautiful photos and evocative text are combined with practical up-to-date facts on trip planning.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Tourism can have devastating effects on the ecology, so the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is promoting ecotourism, or traveling responsibly to avoid harming a habitat's delicate ecology of flora and fauna. The WWF has established projects around the world to help promote this idea and in this beautifully illustrated book shows how to put together a trip that is ecologically responsible. It describes 68 widely varied ecojourneys for the ecotraveler. These destinations span the seven continents and represent some of the world's most stunning natural terrain. The more than 400 photographs are spectacular. Whether or not the reader becomes a complete ecotourist, the book is an excellent reminder to all travelers that they need to help maintain our natural ecology and take note of our effect on the planet. There is also a detailed index and comprehensive sections on further reading, ecology organizations, and a glossary. For most collections.?Melinda Stivers Leach, Precision Editorial Svcs.s, Wondervu, Col.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Time Life Education (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783548044
• ISBN-13: 978-0783548043
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 6.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher P. Baker (1955-) was born and educated in Yorkshire, England, studied at universities in London and Liverpool, and has lived in California since 1980. He has since established himself as one of the world's leading travel writers & photographers and is considered the world's foremost authority on travel and tourism to Cuba and Costa Rica. He has authored and illustrated more than 30 books for such publishers as Dorling Kindersly, Frommers, Lonely Planet, Moon, and National Geographic, etc., including guidebooks, literary books, and his acclaimed coffee-table book, "Cuba Classics: A Celebration of Vintage American Automobiles." His writing & photography have appeared in more than 200 international publications, from National Geographic to Newsweek. His literary travelog "Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba," won both the Lowell Thomas Award as 'Travel Book of the Year,' and the North American Travel Journalist Association Grand Prize. In 2006, he won the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award 'Travel Journalist of the Year,' and has also been named 'Travel Journalist of the Year' by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (2005) and Jamaica Tourist Board (1998). He posts twice-weekly blogs at www.moon.com/blogs/cuba-costa-rica and promotes himself through his website: www.christopherbaker.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, October 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: World Travel: A Guide to International Ecojourneys (Nature Company Guides) (Hardcover)

Excellent guide with beautiful photos! Would make a wonderful gift for lovers of ecotravel. I've researched a number of ecotrips, and it covered almost every one I'd ever dreamed of taking, with the one exception of a trip to see the baby harp seals in Canada.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide!, September 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: World Travel: A Guide to International Ecojourneys (Nature Company Guides) (Hardcover)

Superb guide. Complete with nice photos, tips, practical information (like the best season to go, what to bring, etc) and many addresses of tourism offices, eco-travel tourism agencies, etc. I can assure that the information of the places I have already visited is accurate, including some tips that I could have enjoyed if I had bought this book before. Don't miss it!