From Library Journal
Bechky (Adventuring in East Africa, Sierra Club, 1990), who has led many safaris in southern Africa, offers a comprehensive travel guide to a region that constitutes the southern third of the African continent. A wealth of useful information is crammed into these pages, illustrated with photographs by the author. An overview provides facts about the region a...

Amazon.com
They say love is blind, but Sekai Nzenza-Shand's devotion to her homeland of Zimbabwe is perceptive and penetrating. After spending years in Australia, she returns to her family's village and finds a world where polygamy and witchcraft still rule daily life, where drought and AIDS drain the land and people, and where old traditions live long. She records the daily buc...

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Practical, informative and user-friendly, the Globetrotter Travel Guide to Zimbabwe highlights the major places of interest, describing their principal attractions and offering sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax. This guide is ideal for the first time visitor with over 40 full-color area maps, town plans and locator maps as well as over...

From Publishers Weekly
After the wars fought by black nationalists for the liberation of Rhodesia ended in 1980 and the nation of Zimbabwe came into being, Lessing was able to return to the homeland that had officially exiled her 25 years earlier because of her opposition to the white government. The distinguished novelist ( The Fifth Child , etc.) details four trips she made to...

From Publishers Weekly
A brave and thoughtful Irishwoman, 60-ish Murphy (Transylvania and Beyond) specializes in treks through remote regions. Here she recounts a 3000-mile, four-month bicycle ride through southern Africa, at first seeking a ``carefree ramble'' but soon learning that most of her planned route included the region's ukimwi (AIDS) belt. Thus, Murphy's travelogue, w...

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Text: German

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The heart of this atlas is a 280-page gazetteer of the countries of the world, with an overview of maps, text, photos, flags, charts, and graphs touching on the history, politics, land, economy, and people of each country. But the extras are good, too, with sections on the universe, the world's longest rivers, highest mountains, most populous countries, and more. Thes...

Excerpted from The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe and ;Botswana (Rough Guides)) by Barbara McCrea, Tony Pinchuck. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
Where to go

Obviously, your own personal interests – and time – will dictate where you travel. The capital, Harare, is enjoyable simply to stroll about, taking in markets, park...

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Midwest Book Review
Any heading to South Africa for a holiday will appreciate a take-along tote which includes the best lodging and touring choices in the country. This provides an important key to moving around the country and joins only a relative handful of other guides on South Africa, making it an important take-along planner. --This text refers to an out of print or un...

Ingram
The most complete handbook to one of Africa's most beautiful regions offers advice on watching wildlife, information about Victoria Falls, the region's ancient sights--from the rock art of the Tsodilo Hills to the stone palaces of Great Zimbabwe--and sensitive discussions of environmental issues, music, history, and contemporary culture. Full-color wildlife guide.

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Whether you're seeking sedate pursuits or adventure activities, Zimbabwe is a rich and diverse playground for travellers. From fascinating ruins to the adrenaline-pumping extreme sports of Victoria Falls, this guide is your perfect companion.

• 49 detailed maps, including a full-colour country map
• special sections on traditional and contemporar...

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Ingram
Drawing upon the essays he wrote while in Zimbabwe, the author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water chronicles his reaction to severe poverty in areas hit hard by drought. Original.

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iJET Weekly Travel Intelligence® Report - Zimbabwe provides you detailed Travel Intelligence® that is updated weekly reflecting local conditions as of 7-15 days prior to purchase. Travel Intelligence® differs from typical destination information in that it is current, independent, unbiased knowledge focusing on potential travel concerns. Travel I...

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Ingram
From cosmopolitan cities to the rural splendor of the great Karroo and Mountain Zebra National Park, here's practical information on touring Southern Africa, compiled in a route-based format, with alternate rail transportation suggestions. 16 color photos. 60 maps & plans.

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Ingram
Featuring a wide range of options for restaurants and accommodations, practical information on health, visas, and transportation, itineraries for varying time frames, comprehensive overviews of the politics and culture of each area, plus comprehensive maps and a 32-page color safari section, this guide offers the best travel information available for Zimbabwe, Botswana, a...