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Lonely Planet Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander the cobbled streets and graceful pracas rimmed by once grand churches and stately colonial-era buildings, against a backdrop of turquoise seas, on the Unesco-listed Mozambique Island; drink your way around whitewashed Cape Dutch architecture and the endlessly photogenic hills and vines of South Africa's Winelands; or discover the wildlife of the acacia-studded savannah of the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Africa and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Africa Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, culture, wildlife, safaris, cuisine, music, environment Covers Egypt, Tanzania, Morocco, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cabo Verde and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Africa, our most comprehensive guide to Africa, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for just a few of the destinations included in this guide? Check out the relevant Lonely Planet destination guides, our most comprehensive guides that cover destinations' top sights and offbeat experiences.About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and
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South Africa
South Africa Highlights
Cape Town
Winelands
Stellenbosch
Garden Route
Knysna
Plettenberg Bay
Garden Route National Park (Tsitsikamma Section)
Sunshine Coast
Jeffrey's Bay
Port Elizabeth
Hogsback
The Wild Coast
Port St Johns
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)
Durban
Zululand
Drakensberg & uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
Free State
Bloemfontein
Gauteng
Johannesburg
Soweto
Pretoria
Mpumalanga
Nelspruit (Mbombela)
Graskop
Kruger National Park
Northern Cape
Kimberley
Upington
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Understand South Africa
South Africa Today
History
People
Religion
Survival Guide
South Africa
Why Go?
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Africa
- Africa's Top 20
- Need to Know
- First Time in Africa
- What's New
- If You Like
- Month by Month
- Itineraries
- Safaris
- Eat & Drink Like a Local
- Regions at a Glance
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Republic of Congo
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Sao Tome & Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Angola
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Burundi
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Somalia
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Victoria Falls
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Understand Africa
- Africa Today
- History
- Culture
- African Music
- Environment
- Wildlife
- Directory AZ
- Transport
- Health
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers