Your guide will almost certainly be carrying his own field guide with him and will have detailed knowledge of the animals and birds you will see. You will also find some interesting books in our camps. However, you might like to bring your own safari guide or do some advanced reading before coming on safari with us, so we have compiled the following list to help you:

 

Safari Field Guides:

 

• Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa - Chris & Tilde Stuart

• Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa - Ken Newman.

• Field Guide to Larger Mammals of Africa - Jean Dorst and Pierre Dandelot.

• Birds of Prey of Southern, Central, and East Africa - David Allan

• Field Guide to the Snakes & Reptiles of Southern Africa - Bill Branch

• The Kingdom Field Guide to African Mammals - Jonathan Kingdon

• Wildlife of Southern Africa - Vincent Carruthers

 

Africa & Wildlife:

 

• Zambezi, The River of the Gods - Jan & Fiona Teede.

• The Behaviour Guide to African Mammals – Richard D. Estes

• Signs of the Wild – Clive Walker

• African Thunder: The Victoria Falls – Jan & Fiona Teede

• Africa’s Top Wildlife Countries – Mark Nolting

 

The African continent:

 

• Africa, Biography of a Continent – John Reader

• The Shackled Continent – Robert Guest

• The State of Africa – Martin Meredith

 

Maps:

 

• Michelin Map No 955 – Africa Central & South, Madagascar