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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Common terms and phrases
Aardvark Acacia animals antelope areas Baboons Bat-eared Fox behaviour Big5 binoculars birds body Botswana Buffalo bush camera camps and lodges Cheetah Chimpanzee colour communities conservation continent countries Crocodiles cubs distinctive dominant dung East Africa Eland Elephant eyes feed female forests Game Reserves Gazelle Gemsbok Gerenuk Giraffe glands Gorillas grass grazers habitat herd Hippo Honey Badger horns human hunting Hyena Impala insects ivory Jackals Kenya Kudu leaves Leopard light Lion live look luggage males mammals mate Namibia National Park night nocturnal Oryx Pangolin photograph plants populations Porcupine predators prey protection referred Rhino river safari safari camps savannah scent season Serval smell sound South Africa southern Africa species Springbok stars survival tail Tanzania temperature termites territorial tourism trees tusks ungulates vaccine vehicle walking Warthog Waterbuck whilst Wild Dog Wildebeest wildlife Zambia Zebra Zimbabwe
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 |
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