South Africa

Full details on the country's superb national parks and remote regions, including hiking, mountain biking and mountaineering opportunities. Everything you need to know about dealing with the cities - including a comprehensive survival guide to Johannesburg and full listings for all the country's major conurbations. Background informed from an insider's viewpoint (Barbara is Zimbabwean. Tony South African and Gregory a recent British immigrant) with every nuance of the country's complicated history and extraordinary present circumstances vividly portrayed and analysed.