Journey Through: South Africa

by Ganeri, Anita

• ISBN13: 9781445136844
• ISBN10: 1445136848
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-12-20
• Publisher: Franklin Watts

Summary

Journey Through offers young readers the chance to take a trip through exciting world countries using different modes of transport, from train and car to bicycle and private jet. Along the way the traveller visits highlighted places both well known and less known, and learns lots of exciting facts about history, language, culture and much more.

Journey Through South Africa offers a look at the geography landscape, culture and people of this country in southernmost tip of the African continent. Experience the exciting buzz of Cape Town, the spectacular national parks, mountains and plateaus, and the amazing coastlines as you explore this colourful and diverse country, finding out about its wildlife, people, geography and economy along the way.

Author Biography

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.

Table of Contents

• 1: Welcome to South Africa!
• 1: Journey Planner
• 1: Arriving in Cape Town
• 1: The Cape Peninsula
• 1: Cape Town to Namaqualand
• 1: Namaqualand to Pretoria
• 1: Pretoria to Johannesburg
• 1: The Kruger National Park
• 1: Swaziland
• 1: Swaziland to Durban
• 1: The Drakensburg Mountains
• 1: Durban to to Port Elizabeth
• 1: Port Elizabeth to Wilderness
• 1: Glossary & further information
• 1: Index