Adventuring in Southern Africa: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho
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1997
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| Beschreibung: | XVI, 526 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0871565935 |
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Southern /Africa
BOTSWANA
ZIMBABWE
ZAMBIA
MALAWI
NAMIBIA
SOUTHAFRICA
SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
ALLEN BECHKY
SIERRA CLUB BOOKS • SAN FRANCISCO
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Contents
Preface • ix
Acknowledgments • xiii
1 Af r ica :
The Land and Its People • i
An Overview of the Geography of Southern Africa i • Hu-
mankind in Africa 6 • Understanding the Africans 19
2» Into Africa:
Planning Your Trip • 22
Independent Travel 23 • Group Travel 31 • Thoughts Before You
Go 49 • Staying Healthy 62 • Personal Safety 74 • Living in the
Bush 77 • Traveler s Etiquette 86
3«The African Realm:
Tips on Watching Wildlife • 94
Biomes of Southern Africa 96 • Savanna: Africa s Prime Wildlife
Habitat 98 • Watching Wildlife 104 • Conservation Notes 125
4* Botswana:
A Desert and a Delta • 132
Safari Facts 144 • The Okavango Delta 146 • Moremi Game Re-
serve 162 • Chobe National Park 167 • Kalahari Ecology 177 •
Makgadikgadi Pans Game Reserve and Nxai Pan National Park
181 • Central Kalahari Game Reserve 1S5 • The Tsodilo Hills
and Other Attractions of Western Botswana 187 • The Reserves
of the Tuli Block and Eastern Botswana 192
5» Zimbabwe:
A Heritage in Stone • 194
Safari Facts 207 • Harare 210 • Victoria Falls 212 • Hwange Na-
tional Park 227 • Chizarira National Park 234 • Lake Kariba and
Matusadona National Park 236 • Zambezi Canoe Safaris 244 •
Mana Pools National Park 249 • The Eastern Highlands 254 •
Gonarezhou National Park 260 • Great Zimbabwe 263 • Matobo
Hills National Park and Bulawayo Area 267
6» Zambia:
Paradise Lost and Found • 273
Safari Facts 278 • The Luangwa Valley 281 • South Luangwa Na-
tional Park 288 • North Luangwa National Park 296 • The Bang-
weulu Swamps and Kasanka National Park 298 • Kafue National
Park 300 • Victoria Falls and Livingstone 306 • Sioma Falls and
the Parks of the Western Province 309 • Zambezi Canoe Safaris
and the Lower Zambezi National Park 310 • Lochinvar National
Park 313 • Lake Tanganyika and Sumbu National Park 314 •
Nyika National Park 315
7* Malawi:
Land of the Lake • 316
Safari Facts 319 • Lake Malawi 321 • Liwonde National Park
326 • The Shire Highlands, Zomba Plateau, and Mount Mulanje
328 • Lengwe National Park 331 • Nyika National Park 331 •
Kasungu National Park 334
8* Namibia:
Africa s Southwest Desert Country • 336
Safari Facts 348 • Windhoek 350 • The Skeleton Coast and the
Namib Desert 352 • The Kaokoveld: Damaraland and Kaokoland
369 • Etosha National Park 374 • The North: The Caprivi Strip,
Bushmanland, and the Kaudom Game Reserve 382 • The Water-
berg Plateau Park and Neighboring Private Reserves 385 • The
South: Red Dunes, Karakul Country, and the Fish River Canyon
9South Africa:
The Fairest Cape • 390
Safari Facts 410 • Gauteng Province 413 • Kruger National Park
and Neighboring Private Reserves 41 j • The Mpumalanga Drak-
ensberg Region 438 • KwaZulu-Natal and the Natal Parks 440 •
The Garden Route, Tsitsikamma National Park, and Parks of the
Eastern Cape 467 • Karoo Parks 472 • Capetown and the West-
ern Cape 473 • Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park and Parks of
the Northern Cape 482 • Golden Gate Highlands National Park
and Parks of the Free State 485 • Parks of the North-West and
Northern Provinces 486 • Swaziland: An African Kingdom 489 •
Lesotho: The Mountain Enclave 491
Appendices 495
Safari Tour Companies 495 • Southern African Embassies and
Government Tour Offices 504 9 Conservation Organizations
Involved in Southern Africa 504
Bibliography • 506
Index* 519
About the Author 527
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