Africa Guidebooks & Maps

Every great journey begins with a single step. If you’re an aspiring, world wise, globe trotter, you should make your first steps count with the Read This First series of travel guides from the people who bring you the Lonely Planet travel guides. Everything from obtaining a Visa, to planning an itinerary, to budgeting, to staying healthy is covered. Read This First: Africa by Mary Fitzpatrick combines advice, anecdotes, and factual information to be sure that you’re fully prepared for your journey before you ever leave your domicile.

The best way to deal with trouble is to be prepared before trouble ever has a chance to happen. With the Lonely Planet Healthy Travel series of guides, you’ll get answers to any health question you could possible ask as a tourist or adventurous traveller. Lonely Planet Healthy Travel: Africa has advice about how to find medical help, how to treat cuts, bruises, and sprains, and what to do if you’ve got a fever. You’ll even get advice on women’s health issues and what to do if you think you’ve got malaria. All material has been approved by travel health specialists so you know you’re in safe hands with the Lonely Planet Healthy Travel series.

This travel guide from the acclaimed Lonely Planet series is an indispensable tool for helping you get around in six of the Middle East’s most interesting countries. Wander through 400 rooms of the harem in Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, retrace the steps of Lawrence of Arabia, boogie the night away in a Beirut disco, swim in the dead sea and take a tour of the Pyramids of Giza. Istanbul to Cairo on a Shoestring is an ideal accessory to a educational, fun and safe holiday.