Lonely Planet Kenya (Paperback)

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Product Description

With some of the world's best wildlife viewing, most intriguing tribes and striking scenery, Kenya will take your breath away. Let this guide lead you on the trip of a lifetime.

• Spotting the wild and furry: 16-page colour wildlife guide
• The last word on politics, history and culture, including a Swahili language chapter
• Camel, balloon, trek or 4WD? An invaluable chapter devoted to safaris will help you choose
• Camp under the stars or lap up the luxury – all the accommodation options you could hope for
• Over 60 detailed maps, including a colour country map

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 5th edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1864503033
• ISBN-13: 978-1864503036
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #876,378 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent investment for virtually everyone, May 7, 1997

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Kenya (3rd ed) (Paperback)

This book, and its relative, the guide to East Africa, got me (and my husband) comfortably through 8 weeks of travel in East Africa. It was equally useful for the trip where I was a woman traveling alone, and the trip I took with my never-been-to-the-third-world dyed-in-the-wool- American husband. The only travellers who PERHAPS might not benefit from this book are people on top-shelf tours that ensure that the travellers' feet never really touch the ground. But I truly think that everyone else will find it well worth the few dollars and the few ounces in their luggage, whether that luggage is a matched leather set or a backpack. the history, the explanations of local occurrences, the accurate and pragmatic tips and techniques for getting around/eating/shopping/sleeping/safari-ing/living are difficult to survive without

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE travel guide for Kenya, July 23, 2000

By	Jeanne Ukwendu "BellaOnline.com African Cultu... (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lonely Planet Kenya (Lonely Planet Kenya, 4th ed) (Paperback)

I was simply stunned by the number of detailed maps in this book. The amount of information for each region of Kenya is outstanding and well done. If you need to know it - it's in this book. Hotels, restaurants, parks, reserves, tribes, Swahili it's all here. Very nicely organized.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must for traveling in Kenya, January 18, 2000

By	Malinda Hoerster (Llano, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Kenya (3rd ed) (Paperback)

This book is perfect for traveling the roads of Kenya. I used it when I spent 9 months in Kenya. It lists every detail of the area very accurately. I would not travel without it.