Namibia Handbook
The Travel Guide
Footprint Handbooks (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-900949-91-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This updated handbook contains practical information to get around and explore Namibia, a wild and uninhabited area of southern Africa. It has been written by a team of Africa enthusiasts who have lived, worked and studied in Namibia for several years. The coverage of the guide is broadly based, encompassing the widely spread, established sights such as the Etosha game reserve in the north and the Fish River Canyon in the south, and the many less well-known areas of interest. It includes: full details about transport including timetables and costs; details on how to get around the Etosha game reserve; background information on culture, history and the German colonial legacy on the Atlantic coast; information on how to hike the six-day Fish River Canyon trial; what to take and what to leave behind; and how to explore and understand the Namib-Naukluft desert - an area of grandeur and fascination. A 16-page colour wildlife section is included.
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Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bath
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Footprint Travel Guides
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
32pp colour photographs, 55 b&w and colour maps
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 124 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900949-91-0 (9781900949910)
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Lizzie Williams
Namibia
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Persons
Sebastian Ballard After living in Africa for eleven years Sebastian went on to take a degree in African and Asian Geography at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. He has visited Africa 35 times and travelled in all the countries between Nairobi and Cape Town. Nick Santcross Nick is a teacher by profession with many years experience working for VSO. He has been working in Namibia for this organisation for the past three years.
Content
A foot in the door; essentials; planning your trip - where to go, when to go, tours and tour operators, finding out more, language, disabled travellers, gay and lesbian travellers, student travellers, travelling with children, women travellers, working in the country; before you travel - getting in, what to take; money; getting there - air, road; touching down - airport information, tourist information, local customs and laws, safety; where to stay; getting around - air, road, train; keeping in touch - communications, media; food and drink; shopping; entertainment and nightlife; holidays and festivals; sport and special interest travel - safaris; health; further reading; Windhoek; the north; the northeast; the far north; the northwest; the coast; the Namib-Naukluft; the south; background. (Part contents.)