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Posted by bradttravel on 27 November 2012

Release 27th November 2012 

New editions of top travel guides

Rwanda 5th edition
Philip Briggs

RwandaRwanda is the world’s premier destination for gorilla-tracking, made famous as the setting for the film Gorillas in the Mist. Yet the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ offers more than just magical gorilla encounters. Its highlights include Akagera National Park and its unique savannah wildlife; the stunning views of Lake Kivu, a mountain-ringed inland sea to which the locals retreat; and the picturesque crater lake at the summit of Mount Bisoke.
Bradt’s fifth edition of Rwanda focuses on eco-tourism, with separate chapters dedicated to each of its four diverse national parks, outlining all the practicalities: how to get there, how to get a permit, where to spot wildlife, how to identify flora and how to choose the best tour operators. Written by leading Africa expert Philip Briggs, who has 20 years of travel experience in Africa, this colourful and insightful guide is packed with personal anecdotes of people and places encountered across the country. It has been completely updated to include the newest hotels and tours. It remains the only English-language guide to the country and the most essential source of information.
 

Title:  Rwanda 5th edition
Author: Philip Briggs
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides     Publication:  29th November 2012
Price: £16.99    ISBN: 9781841624181 
 
 
Transylvania 2nd edition
Lucy Mallows
 
TransylvaniaTransylvania, literally ‘the land beyond the forest’, is a wild, wooded and intensely-romantic region, surrounded by the rugged Carpathian Mountains and filled with wolves, bears and possibly even vampires. Considered by many as the most beautiful country in Eastern Europe, its Saxon fortresses, untouched citadels and sinister lakes truly bring the mysterious legend of Dracula to life. Look beyond its dark and enthralling history though, and you will find colourful folk villages and Roma musicians, mouth-watering delicacies like păstrăv afumat and top-notch spa resorts.
Bradt’s hugely popular Transylvania has been fully-revised, with updated information on Prince Charles’ remote guesthouses, detailed coverage of the main Transylvanian towns and a section on the region’s art and architectural heritage. It also includes the full story of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration behind the Dracula myth. Written by European-culture expert Lucy Mallows, and updated by award-winning travel writer Rudolf Abraham, this personal guide takes visitors to the region’s cosiest homestays, lost-in-time villages and the breathtaking Retezat national park.
 
Title:  Transylvania 2nd edition
Author:  Lucy Mallows
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides     Publication:  29th November 2012
Price: £15.99    ISBN: 9781841624198
  
 
Sudan 3rd edition
Sophie Ibbotson & Max Lovell-Hoare
 
SudanWith more pyramids than Egypt, and rock gongs and engravings (petroglyphs) that are 7000 years old, Sudan has one of the richest and least-explored histories of the continent. Bradt’s fully-revised edition of Sudan provides the most practical advice on getting around, with additional maps, new photographs and the most up-to-date security information on all areas, including Darfur and Blue Nile states. As the largest country in Africa, it is often described by its people as being the whole of Africa in one. The Red Sea remains one of the world’s greatest diving sites, while the south continues to entice visitors with its exciting wildlife. Still the only guidebook dedicated to Sudan, it delves deeper into Sudanese culture with an expanded section on its people and languages, and with detailed coverage of Sudan’s archaeological sites. This guide focuses solely on North Sudan, as South Sudan will feature as a new Bradt guidebook in 2013. Sudan’s vivid cultural history had led to it being voted top emerging tourism destination for 2012 by Wanderlust magazine. 

Title:  Sudan 3rd edition
Author:  Sophie Ibbotson & Max Lovell-Hoare
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides     Publication: 29th November 2012
Price: £16.99    ISBN: 9781841624136
  
 
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Posted by bradttravel on 25 October 2012

New editions of top travel guides Ethiopia 6th edition
Philip Briggs
Ethiopia 6th edBradt’s Ethiopia challenges the multi-faceted misconceptions of Ethiopia and its turbulent past.  With this fully updated edition, Africa specialist Philip Briggs provides the intrepid traveller with the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of the country than is found in any other English-language guidebook. From the smallest village to the explosive Blue Nile Falls, he steers the reader along well-trodden routes and encourages off-the-beaten-track exploration.
 
The guide delves beneath Ethiopia’s surface highlighting the richest historical heritage in sub-Saharan Africa including the ancient city of Axum, rock-hewn churches of Lalibela and Judaic cultures of the highlands. Boasting the most extensive area of fertile land in east Africa, Ethiopia’s majestic landscapes provide a backdrop for its unique culture. From the animist people of the South Omo Valley to the colourful traditions of Africa’s richest variety of Christian, Islamic and animist cultures, Bradt’s guide covers culture, wildlife, national parks and trekking routes in greater detail than its competitors. The author also gives personal reviews of hotels and restaurants. Having explored Africa since 1986, Philip Briggs has visited over twenty African countries.
Title:  Ethiopia 6th edition
Author: Philip Briggs
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides     Publication:  September 2012
Price: £17.99    ISBN: 9781841624143

Nigeria - 3rd edition  
Nigeria 3rd edAuthor: Lizzie Wiliams
This guide is an invaluable companion for expats and adventurous travellers alike.  Lizzie Williams urges the reader to discover the delights of Nigeria including its impressive national heritage, ancient cultures and generous people. She encourages travellers to explore one of the Emir’s intricate palaces, lose themselves in the colonial town of Calabar, bathe in the Wikki Warm Springs at Yankari National Park and trek through Oshogbo Sacred Forest. Bringing to life cultural events such as the Abuja carnival and horse-riding Durbar festivals, the guide provides all the essential information on safety, travelling necessities and where to sleep, shop and eat. This updated guide remains the only English-language travel guide to the country.
 Published: September 2012    ISBN: 9781841623979  Price: £17.99

Mauritius • Rodrigues • Réunion  - 8th edition 
MauritiusAuthor: Alexandra Richards
The Mascarene Isles are renowned for their desert island charm  but those who look beyond the clichés will discover the unique cultural and ecological riches of each island. Now in its eighth edition, Bradt’s guide is unrivalled for practical advice and attention to detail and continues to be the most comprehensive English-language guide on the Mascarene Islands. This new edition contains in-depth information on flora and fauna, including updated information on the progress of the islands’ various conservation projects.  The guide covers the full range of accommodation and restaurants from budget to luxury, from staying as a guest in a modest family home in Rodrigues to being pampered in one of the world’s leading hotels in Mauritius.  With more and more people travelling to the island to exchange vows, information is included on getting married in Mauritius. Having lived in the Mascarenes, Alexandra Richards describes little-known villages, eateries, walking trails, waterfalls and viewpoints usually only discovered by those who live there.
Published: October 2012  ISBN: 9781841624105  Price: £16.99

Sierra Leone - 2nd edition
Sierra LeoneAuthors: Katrina Manson & James Knight
Written for both expats who come to the country to work and travellers looking to explore this scarred but vibrant nation, Bradt’s Sierra Leone takes them from the hidden beaches on the country’s Atlantic coast to the top of west Africa’s highest peak. It is the only English-language guide on the market dedicated exclusively to Sierra Leone. This country has seen a heartening recovery since emerging from civil war a decade ago, and is making a determined push towards eco-tourism. This new edition has been thoroughly updated with the latest details on hotels, restaurants, sights and tour operators. It includes an in-depth guide to the new national park in the Gola Forest and to the beaches of the Western Area, one of the country’s biggest draws. Nearby hiking trails are described in depth with maps. The adventurous traveller can explore the infamous diamond mines and rainforest-covered mountains or go in search of the elusive pygmy hippo. Those less daring can relax on one of the country’s many beaches each with a character of its own, from the colour of the sand to the quality of its waves.
Published: October 2012  ISBN: 9781841624129  Price: £16.99  

 
To request a review copy of any of the above titles or for more details contact Debbie Hunter press@bradtguides.com 
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New guide to Ethiopia’s top visitor attractions

Posted by bradttravel on 19 June 2012

Release: 19th June 2012

Ethiopia Highlights

Highly-praised author and Africa expert Philip Briggs turns his attention to Ethiopia’s top visitor attractions in this new guide. Ethiopia HighlightsEthiopia Highlights hones in on the most alluring historical and natural attractions of a vast country which ranks among the most scenically and culturally varied destinations in Africa.
 
Covering the country’s main highlights, the guide is aimed mainly at visitors who plan to join an organised tour.  Easily portable it is an informative travel companion for first-time visitors to Ethiopia. It concentrates on the renowned northern historical circuit, where more than 100 magnificent mediaeval rock-hewn churches vie for attention with the UNESCO restored castles of Gondar and ancient giant stelae of Axum. Other highlights include the sparkling Rift Valley lakes, the walled Islamic citadel of Harar, the traditional African ethnic cultures of the remote Omo Valley, the forbidding wastes of the Afar region (source of the oldest human fossils ever uncovered) and the green mountainous expanses of Simien and Bale National Parks, with their wealth of unique mammals and birds.

To request a review copy or for more details contact Debbie Hunter press@bradtguides.com
Tel +44 (0)1753 893444
 

Title:  Ethiopia Highlights      Author: Philip Briggs
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides     Publication: 22nd June 2012
Price:  £15.99       ISBN:  9781841624341

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Media Flash 19th March 2010

Posted by Nick Redmayne on 19 March 2010

Author Comment

Botswana - Chris McIntyre

BotswanaDespite the fact that the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is off our screens and the dust has long settled since Clarkson, Hammond and May cut a rut through  Makgadikgadi Pans, Chris McIntyre reports there’s still news from Botswana.

Okavango has had a very high initial flood this year, though the levels are already subsiding.  Over the last few months several rivers that haven’t flowed for many years now have water in them.  The Savuti Channel last held water in the mid-1980s but it has been gradually filling up, and the water reached the Savuti Marsh in February …  this should help game in that area considerably.

On a less cheery note Botswana is increasing VAT by 2% from 1 April … so prepare for prices to go up a little across the board!

Chile – Tim Burford

ChileA series of seismic events has shaken the world of late, some with catastrophic effects others mercifully without great loss of life.  Bradt author, Tim Burford, comments on the recent Chilean earthquake.

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake which hit Chile on February 27 was 500 times stronger than the one which hit Haiti on January 12, but the country has actually escaped relatively lightly – the death toll has in fact been revised downwards from 802 to just 452, due to some double counting, and Santiago, the capital, and all the main tourist areas have suffered little damage.  The main exception is the small seaside town of Constitución visited by tourists travelling on a scenic narrow-gauge railway, where many lives were lost due to a tsunami following the earthquake.  However, Concepción, which suffered most damage, is a port that is bypassed by almost all tourists.

Not surprisingly, the tourism industry has been reporting cancellations, but there’s little need for this.  Journeys down the Panamerican Highway south from Santiago towards Temuco may take longer than usual, but air services are largely back to normal; the country needs and deserves support at the moment, so don’t worry about going there!

The Falkland Islands – William Wagstaff

Falkland IslandsNewspaper columns have lately been occupied by coverage of renewed territorial claims over the Falkland Islands made by Argentina’s President Christina Kirchner. Fuelled by patriotic fervor and potentially equally combustible petroleum reserves, where is this dispute leading?  Bradt’s Falkland Islands author William Wagstaff makes an astute observation.

The recent changes in Argentine shipping regulations seem to be designed to cause maximum annoyance on the Falkland Islands which in turn will only encourage the antipathy felt by the islanders towards Argentina.  Thus making them more determined to continue the oil exploration and as such bring about the opposite effect to that which Argentina seems to be aiming for…

New Editions

Uganda – Edition 6 – by Philip Briggs with Andrew Roberts

UgandaThis new rendering of Uganda has as you’d expect been fully updated via first hand on-the-ground research – no desk updates for Bradt guides.  Andrew Roberts, a Uganda resident for over 17 years, working extensively with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, has made significant input on this sixth edition.  Of particular significance is the inclusion of recently stabilised areas in the country’s north – Gulu , Kitgum and Atiak.  Following the 2002 Khartoum peace accord insurgents of Joseph Kony’s LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) no longer found safe haven across the border in Sudan – as such there’s been no LRA activity in Uganda since 2005.  Uganda continues to be a hugely important destination for wildlife tourism and Bradt’s guide highlights the country’s wealth of natural history beyond the headline-making primates and ‘big five’ of the savannahs.  Designed to provide useful information for those travelling independently or with a tour operator Uganda maintains its position as the definitive country guide.

Ukraine – Edition 3 – by Andrew Evans

UkraineThe Orange Revolution may have turned a little red of late following the re-election of former Soviet era President Viktor Yanukovych.  However, Ukraine today is still a very different place than that which endured the disaster of Chernobyl under a shroud of Cold War denial.  This new edition of Bradt’s Ukraine details a destination that despite its wealth of attractions  still remains undiscovered by mass tourism.  Skiing, mountain biking and hiking all fall into Ukraine’s borsch bowl of activities.  Elsewhere, country homestay suggestions provide cultural insights combined with genuine Ukrainian hospitality.  Beyond, wildflowers and wildlife of the Carpathian mountains complement Crimean beaches and contemporary history in the most up-to-date, comprehensive and practical companion for all travellers.

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