Kruger National Park Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs) (Paperback)

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Product Description

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that the Kruger National Park has to offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy-to-carry and easy-to-read format that
is attractive and useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to the Kruger National Park by concisely highlighting the region’s ‘must see’ areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar region is compacted into useful and practical
‘At-a-Glance’ sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of the Kruger National Park is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the main map of the Kruger National Park, which highlights scenic routes, it features 3 detailed area maps and 12 camp plans.

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Practical, informative and user-friendly, this Globetrotter travel pack highlights all the major places of interest, describing their principal attractions and offering sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Globetrotter; 3rd edition (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184537522X
• ISBN-13: 978-1845375225
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,077,294 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent planning tool, March 25, 2008

By	M. Vanderhoof - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was excatly what we were looking for in planning our visit to Kruger National Park. It gives suggestions for different routes you can travel throughout the various sections of the park and the animals that are prevalent in each area. Since we have limited time in Kruger, this will help us choose which areas to focus on. It has a lot of useful info and is small in size and therefore easy to bring along.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good place to start, June 4, 2009

By	Pamela M. Stine - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kruger National Park Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs) (Paperback)

This guide includes a good planning map for self-driving through Kruger. It is the same map as the Globetrotter Travel Map - don't buy both. The map is large and could support more detail. The guide has good suggestions for 'best drives' which we will follow next week when we go there. Photographs are also good. I have not felt the need to buy another guide for planning purposes; I will wait until I get there to get a more detailed map.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of Kruger, February 1, 2008

By	Lee Kingsley (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

For the most part, I think this a great book for anyone considering a trip to Kruger National Park in South Africa. It gives some basic information on the park, then lists good places to stay and/or camp, and also lists the best drives to take while you're there. However, without having visited Kruger, I cannot tell you how accurate the map, or the book, is. Also, while it does give a basic history of the park's creation, nothing is mentioned of Paul Kruger- the man after whom the park was named! That seems like a fairly major oversight to me. Also, the attractions are starred with one, two, or three stars, but there's no key or legend that explains what each of these designations actually means. Again, that seems like big oversight, even if it is self-explanatory. However, I would say that it isn't reason enough to pass-up the book. On the whole it's a nice little book. It's concise, well-written, and has a lot of information for the price. I wouldn't, however, rely on this book alone. I would definitely pick out a couple of other books to take along.