Customer Reviews
Good in South Africa too - By: Graham Plant, 06 Jul 2008 
Took a copy to Pilanesberg Game Park, in Northern South Africa, near Sun City.
It was an excellent reference guide, with the majority of animals identifiable via the photos & very useful explanatory text. Its also easily portable & in my view one of the best books to take with you on game drives.
Good all round guide - By: Sanibla, 13 Apr 2008 Compact, easy to use field guide. Supplies useful information on individual national parks by country, species range with useful map of & with sp. descriptions & colour plates.
Animals covered in detail: mammals, birds & reptiles; also some information on insects.
Amazing - By: J. Middlehurst, 25 Mar 2008 This book is an up to date field guide, I took it out to Kenya with me when volunteering with the Kenya Wildlife Service. It is the exact book alll the vets & researchers use in the KWS. Brilliant Book
A very helpful book - By: Ms. S. Williams, 11 Nov 2006 I love this book. I took it from Kenya to Botswana & it was the most often refered to book in the group I was travelling in. It was so good that the tour leader (an very experienced African guide) kept using it & I left it for him at the end of the trip. I am now buying another copy to replace it!
In Kenya & Tanzania it never let me down, I was able to find every bird & animal I saw. As we went further south there were variations of the species which were not photographed but the descriptions were good enough to enable me to identify the animals.
Fantastic photographs & reallly good descriptions of appearance, distribution, breeding, habitat etc. Also a very useful section which gives an overview of alll the main national parks.
Useful size & hardwearing covers (not sure why it has the smalll paper cover though, leave that at home!!)
Excellent safari companion - By: R. Bowra, 04 Oct 2006 This book is perfect for the safari for two reasons. Not only is it fairly compact so does not take up much space in your luggage, it is also incredibly comprehensive across a broad spectrum of African wildlife. There is a bountiful section of colour photographs of both birds & animals followed by a reference section with the most detailed background for any creature you are likely to see. The book is also boosted by an early section on the geography & geology of Africa including yet more colour photographs. A highly recommended addition when taking a safari in Africa.
