On Safari in Africa: 101 Things to Know When You Go

Patrick Brakspear

On Safari in Africa, 2008 - Africa - 250 pages

Contents

• WHY DO PEOPLE GO TO AFRICA?: 13
• WHAT IS A SAFARI?: 15
• AFRICA looking back: 17
• The Early Explorers: 18
• The Scramble for Africa: 20
• AFRICA today: 23
• AFRICA looking forward: 25
• READ THIS BEFORE YOU GO: 31
• Travel tips: 34
• What to pack and why: 41
• The scary stuff diseases AIDS et al: 45
• Charity on safari: 51
• Final Checklist box when done: 52
• READ THIS ON THE PLANE: 55
• Observing Questioning: 63
• Other aspects of your safari: 70
• READ THIS ON SAFARI: 83
• A Whos Who of the safari world: 86
• Its not all about the Big5: 127
• The Mighty5 Little5 Stately5 et al: 128
• Animal behaviour: 143
• Animal physiology: 158
• FURTHER READING ON SAFARI: 165
• Africas trees: 169
• Insects grasses and wild flowers: 175
• The night sky: 176
• African Rock Art: 182
• AFRICA its people: 185
• The Africans of today: 187
• Africa conservation issues: 197
• Conservation issues: 200
• DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: 209
• Photographic Tips Traps: 211
• FOR YOUR REFERENCE: 215
• Animal checklist: 222
• Animal attributes tables spoor charts: 225
• Country maps information: 232
• READ THIS WHEN YOU GET HOME: 243
• APPENDIX A: 245
• Appendix B: 247
• GLOSSARY: 249
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 253
• About the author: 255

Bibliographic information

• Title: On Safari in Africa: 101 Things to Know When You Go
• Author: Patrick Brakspear
• Illustrated by: William Sykes
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: On Safari in Africa, 2008
• ISBN: 0980504805, 9780980504804
• Length: 250 pages