Fodor's The Complete Guide to African Safaris: with South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Victoria Falls (Full-color Travel Guide)

Beneficial greatly informative guide

This book compliments another book which was purchased for an upcoming safari. What I like about this is that in true Fodor's style it gives great details about safaris all across the continent of Africa.

I purchased the book with great expectations. The introductory chapters provide lots of valuable information about health, luggage, equipment, travel and so forth. However, the book essentially tells you “Go all inclusive and don’t bother with planning yourself because it’s so complicated. So, just pick the country/park and let others do the job”. In my case, I went to Kruger in South Africa. The book mentioned some travel agencies and some ultra expensive lodges outside the park but skipped all information about the Sanparks camps which are very good. I rented a car, stayed in the camps and hired a few game drives and a bush walk. I saw lots of animals, some very rare, and could set my own pace.

We are going on a safari and wanted some tips. Printed books for travel are easy to haul around in locations where we won't have internet access.

I was skeptical about how helpful a safari guidebook could be when it covers 8 countries/destinations at only 520ish pages, but I was happily surprised! They provided a ton of helpful information on local and international tour operators, ways to save money that aren't your typical "visit in the off-season" tips, and laid everything out by country, region, and national park. Was prepared to have to return, but will definitely be keeping this book!

Bought this book because I was preparing for a trip to Africa. There are not a lot of great travel guides for Africa, and this was fine as a starting point, but this was not as useful as e.g. a Rick Steve's Europe book.

I am planning a trip to Africa -- specifically a safari. This book is great -- it includes most the countries. It provides a lot of detail regarding weather, time of year to travel for animals. What you should consider in choosing a safari tour operator I have been on several vacations internationaly but it seems overwhelming picking a safari with all the choices, countries, animals and weather conditions. This book is a great start.

Calling this a "complete" guide is a bit of an overstatement, but it really is a good starting point for someone who has never been on safari. It provides an overview of the prime safari areas with enough information to help decide which ones are of interest. It would be a mistake to think that this book provides enough information for the average traveler to book a trip. Most people will want to engage with a Safari Tour Operator (as the book itself recommends). However, even as one gets deeper into the planning process this book is a valuable resource is sorting through some of the details.

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Good advice and well partitioned into areas

Comprehensive and informative