Description

Depicting our journeys over more than four decades across the African continent, this pictorial guide brings to life the history and culture, geography and geology, and above all the people of Africa in a very personal way. An overland journey in Africa is high adventure, crossing the Sahara Desert and the arid Sahel, traversing rugged uplands and dense rainforests to reach the sun-blessed beaches of Cape Town. The sights are astonishing: exotic oases, whispering dunes, luminescent starry nights, rolling bushlands, towering mountain ridges and dark, eerie rainforests, where sticky mud is a way of life. Africa is much more, with enchanting ancient mud cities, archaeological sites, Neolithic rock art, enthralling wildlife and thrilling game parks. The people of Africa are extremely welcoming, with vibrant and colourful cultures across the continent. For more information about how to travel through Africa, please see our practical guidebook Africa Overland published by Bradt Travel Guides.