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Featured book: The Impossible Five
(Issue 71, Summer 2015) The Impossible Five: In Search of South Africa’s Most Elusive Animals By Justin Fox, (Tafelberg, Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-920434-94-6) *Please be aware that this book is only available in Southern Africa at present* Most people go on...
Summer 2015 Reading List
(Issue 71, Summer 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 recommended African reads Biologist, former tour leader and Africa enthusiast Erik van de Ven picks his favourite books 1 Solitaire, by Ton van der Lee Dutch...
Spring 2015 Reading List
(Issue 70, Spring 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 Inspirational African Books Patrick Brakspear of Brisbane-based African Encounter, shares his favourite pioneer stories. Each of the people featured is a legendary figure in wildlife conservation...
Featured book: Insider’s Guide – How and where to photograph Birds in Southern Africa
(Issue 70, Spring 2015) Insider’s Guide: How and where to photograph Birds in Southern Africa By Isak Pretorius, (Jacana books, 140mm wide x 210mm tall, 380 pages) The first thing the reader of any photography guidebook looks for is evidence...
Featured book: Legendary Safari Guides
(Issue 69, Winter 2014) Legendary Safari Guides By Susie Cazenove (Bookstorm, Paperback, 352 pp, ISBN: 978-1-920434-94-6) As editor of Travel Africa, readers often ask me for ideas to help them plan their safari. One can have a lot of fun...
Autumn 2014 Reading List
(Issue 68, Autumn 2014) Books that have caught our eye this season: The one to read The Irresponsible Traveller: Tales of Scrapes and Narrow Escapes (Bradt Travel Guides) What happens when 40 of our most loved and adventurous travellers...
5 Inspiring African books
(Issue 68, Autumn 2014) Dave Southwood - guide and Africana collector, selects his favourite reads. 1 Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa William J Burchell, 1824 Naturalist Burchell invested his inheritance in travel, collecting over 50,000 specimens on...
Summer 2014 Reading List
(Issue 67, Summer 2014) Books that have caught our eye this season: Travel books Savannah Diaries By Brian Jackman (Bradt) Africa oozes from every page, Jackman’s exquisite writing bringing to life the sights, smells and sounds of the Africa he...
Featured Book: The Hunt for the Golden Mole
(Issue 67, Summer 2014) The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small and Why They Matter By Richard Girling (Chatto & Windus) Hardback, 312 pages, ISBN 978-0-701-18715-6). The clue to the broad thrust of Richard Girling’s...
Mike Unwin’s 5 inspirational African books
(Issue 67, Summer 2014) The travel writer and natural history and guide book author selects his favourite reads. Savage Paradise (Hugo Van Lawick, 1977) This fabulous early portrait of the Serengeti was the first coffee-table collection of African wildlife...
