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South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Lonely Planet Country Guide)
by: Mary Fitzpatrick, Kate Armstrong, Becca Blond, Michael Kohn, Simon Richmond, Alistair Simmonds

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 916
EAN: 9781740599702
ISBN: 1740599705
Label: Lonely Planet Publications
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 680
Publication Date: November 01, 2006
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
Sales Rank: 9189

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Surprised at negative feedback - Was invaluable for me.
I am surprised at the negative feedback here. As a consistent user of Lonely Planet guides, I have to say that this ranked as one of the more useful country guides i have come across. Writing guidebooks must be a very tricky business - it is necessary to include such a vast quantity of information, while trying simultaneously to capture the feel and mood of a country in such a way that people know what to expect back home. This particular guide does an excellent job in this respect.

I spent one month travelling from Pretoria to Cape Town, taking a winding route through Swaziland and Lesotho. I had no schedule and went where I wanted when I wanted. And perhaps it is for this kind of travelling that this guide is most suitable - it ... Read More:

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- seriously flawed
I suspect the brief of the SA LP authors was the following: do the least amount possible to fill a couple of 100 pages and make sure that on each page, completely redundant information is included and useful, nay, vital data is kept out. To this end, the authors have succeeded, excelling themselves in every regard. For example, the maps are just terrible, rarely peppered with more than a few pieces of information. The Durban and KZN section is hopeless and indicative of a lazy author who couldn't be bothered to do more than the bare minimum.

I came back from Africa having had a great time, despite LP, having found some enjoyment in doing my own travel research. Pull your socks up LP, this is not your usual high standard that I ... Read More:

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- Useful guide but not the best
As Lonely Planet guides go, I must admit this one was a little disappointing. Certainly the usual details of history, maps, accomodation, sites and restaurants are included. But somehow the guide doesn't really pick up on what South Africa's about... The details of game reserves was very disappointing and certainly much of the area that I visited was not covered in as much detail as I'd have liked. For a country with the scenery of the Drakensburg, the beauty of Cape Town and the wonder of the game reserves that's really rather surprising.

Rating:

- Disappointing
I have been a fan of lonely planet books in the past and own quite a few of them. However, having just returned from a trip to South Africa where used this one heavily to plan the trip, I was pretty disappointed. In general there seemed to be too heavy an emphasis on the backpacking traveller and people who have lots of time for their travels (lots of details of 5-day hikes and things) as opposed to the general holiday(ing) traveller. I also think that there were just some significant misjudgments in their recommendations. There were several towns described as "choc-full" of activities that then proved to be pretty dull and others that were described as "historic" or "quaint" which had little to look at.

Finally, I also think that ... Read More:

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