Tanzania, 5th: with Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia (Bradt Travel Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Philip Briggs
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 239705
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 672
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1841621536
Dewey Decimal Number: 916
EAN: 9781841621531
ASIN: 1841621536
Publication Date: August 1, 2006
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Product Description
Bradt's ever popular Tanzania has the latest information on planning a trip, whether visitors are seeking advice on independent travel or all-inclusive safaris in luxury game lodges. The main attractions of the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and lakes Victoir and Tanganyika are covered in depth, with supporting advice on how to get the most out of photographic equipment, combating danger from hippos, crocodiles, and snakes, recommended ground tour operators, interaction with local cultures, and communicating in Swahili.
Features include:
>Coverage of every corner of the readily explorable country
>Comprehensive details of lodges, safaris, and the great wildlife-watching opportunities on offer
>Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, climbing Kilimanjaro, and exploring the national parks
>Tanzania's well-developed infrastructure
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 Take it with you... December 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great guide book. I think it does as much as a guide book can do in a time when things are changing very rapidly in East Africa. I was in Tanzania doing research for several months in 2008, and used the book for hotels and restaurants, for the most part. These entries become outdated quickly, but Mr. Briggs compiled many selections that have maintained.
 Tops for Tanzania June 16, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Philip Briggs KNOWS Tanzania. His insightful descriptions of the country's game parks and wildlife are matched by comprehensive accounts of accommodations. For Serengeti he details 20 camps and lodges compared with 15 in Lizzie Williams' "Footprint Tanzania" and only 10 in Jens Finke's "The Rough Guide to Tanzania." Although rates generally increase by the time a guide appears in print, Briggs gives actual costs in U.S. dollars, thus facilitating accurate comparisons. He also organizes coverage of Serengeti accommodations by regions of this vast park, including rationale for visiting each area by time of year for optimal wildlife viewing. While both Briggs and Williams, but not Finke, include Kijereshi Lodge as a moderately priced option in Serengeti's Western Corridor, only Briggs suggests Mbalageti Serengeti as a "relatively affordable alternative" in that area. Granted, Serengeti is not the whole of Tanzania, but it is arguably the gem of Tanzania and, as such, deserves priority coverage by any guidebook to the country. Having organized safaris in both the northern and southern circuits, I'm convinced that Briggs possesses the most intimate knowledge of the country. I know of no guidebook that does everything best, but of these three good Tanzania guides, the Bradt guide is tops.
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