Botswana & Namibia (Multi Country Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Paula Hardy
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
List Price: $25.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 134750
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 424
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 1
ISBN: 1741047609
Dewey Decimal Number: 916.8830432
EAN: 9781741047608
ASIN: 1741047609
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Product Description
Discover Botswana & Namibia
Make peace with your creator and jump out of a plane over the dune fields at Swakopmund.
Brace yourself against the wind and fog on the Skeleton Coast.
Reconnect with your food by diving finger first into a steaming-hot plate of stew and pap.
Get a face-first view of the Namib Desert as you slide down a dune on a greased-up masonite board.
Scope some serious bling at Jwaneng, which produces 10 million carats of diamonds annually.
In This Guide:
Two dedicated authors, 146 days of in-country research, 84 maps, 41 Windhoek Lagers.
Victoria Falls special chapter, color wildlife section.
Incorporating 412 traveler tips and suggestions.
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 Not the best Namibia guide May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've used Lonely Planet guides for trips a number of times, and always found them to be the best for independent travelling. After finding out that I was going to be in Namibia for an extended period of time, I immediately bought the Lonely Planet guide to Namibia/Botswana. The book is OK - fine, but is not as extensive or accurate as Lonely Planet guides I've used before. I didn't get the sense that the authors are that familiar with Namibia, at least in comparison to the authors of other Lonely Planet books. I have since bought every other guide to Namibia that is out there, and now after being in Namibia and travelling extensively for awhile, I have to admit that the Lonely Planet is the last book I choose off the shelf when planning an excursion or just general curiosity about the country (Bradt guide is the first). I haven't been to Botswana yet, so cannot comment on how good this book is for this neighboring country. So, this guidebook is OK, but not great.
 Good resource December 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I always fear buying a guide book as most are out of date before they get printed. Fortunately this was released only a few months before my trip, so it was in much better shape. All the prices are out to lunch, but the listings themselves are pretty accurate. Maps are OK. Didn't check the Botswana part as I was just travelling in Namibia. Came across a few B&B's listed that don't do Breakfast... Still it was a good resource to carry along and I used Lonely Planet's online Thorn Tree for getting up to date info
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