Lonely Planet Africa on a Shoestring

by Else, David; Anglin, Kevin; Blond, Becca; Carillet, Jean-Bernard; Chinula, Tione; Cornwell, Jane; De Lacoudraye, Pascale

• ISBN13: 9781740594622
• ISBN10: 1740594622
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

Grab that backpack and wave goodbye to routine and familiarity -- Africa calls. Wander the deserts, surf the waves, ogle the landscapes and laugh with the locals. Written for backpackers by backpackers, this guide lets you go further, stay longer and pay less for an adventure of a lifetime. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Responsible Travel	p. 4
The Authors	p. 8
Destination Africa	p. 11
Highlights	p. 12
Itineraries	p. 15
Getting Started	p. 19
Snapshots	p. 23
The Music of Africa	p. 32
North Africa	p. 35
Egypt	p. 36
Transport	p. 40
Cairo	p. 42
Around Cairo	p. 53
Nile Valley	p. 53
Western Desert	p. 62
Mediterranean Coast	p. 65
Suez Canal	p. 69
Red Sea Coast	p. 70
Sinai	p. 72
Egypt Directory	p. 76
Sudan	p. 80
Transport	p. 83
Khartoum	p. 85
Around Khartoum	p. 89
Eastern Sudan	p. 89
Northern Sudan	p. 90
Sudan Directory	p. 91
Libya	p. 94
Transport	p. 98
Tripoli	p. 99
Northern Libya	p. 102
Southern Libya	p. 103
Libya Directory	p. 104
Tunisia	p. 107
Transport	p. 110
Tunis	p. 111
Northern Tunisia	p. 116
Central Tunisia	p. 119
Southern Tunisia	p. 126
Tunisia Directory	p. 132
Algeria	p. 135
Transport	p. 139
Algiers	p. 141
Northern Algeria	p. 142
Southern Algeria	p. 142
Algeria Directory	p. 143
Morocco	p. 146
Transport	p. 152
Rabat	p. 153
Around Rabat	p. 158
Mediterranean Coast & the Rif	p. 158
Atlantic Coast	p. 177
Central Morocco & the Atlas Mountains	p. 187
Morocco Directory	p. 198
West Africa	p. 203
Mauritania	p. 204
Transport	p. 207
Nouakchott	p. 209
Around Mauritania	p. 212
Mauritania Directory	p. 214
Senegal	p. 216
Transport	p. 220
Dakar	p. 221
Around Dakar	p. 227
Northern Senegal	p. 228
Central Senegal	p. 231
Petite Cote & Sine-Saloum Delta	p. 232
Casamance	p. 233
Senegal Directory	p. 238
The Gambia	p. 241
Transport	p. 244
Banjul	p. 245
Serekunda & the Atlantic Coast	p. 248
Around Banjul & Serekunda	p. 252
Lower Gambia River	p. 252
Upper Gambia River	p. 253
The Gambia Directory	p. 254
Mali	p. 256
Transport	p. 260
Bamako	p. 262
Niger River Route	p. 268
Dogon Country	p. 275
Southern Mali	p. 280
Western Mali	p. 280
Mali Directory	p. 280
Niger	p. 283
Transport	p. 286
Niamey	p. 289
Northwest Niger	p. 292
Southwest Niger	p. 296
Southeast Niger	p. 296
Niger Directory	p. 299
Burkina Faso	p. 302
Transport	p. 306
Ouagadougou	p. 307
Southern Burkina Faso	p. 311
Northern Burkina Faso	p. 314
Burkina Faso Directory	p. 315
Guinea-Bissau	p. 317
Transport	p. 319
Bissau	p. 320
The Mainland	p. 322
Arquipelago dos Bijagos	p. 322
Guinea-Bissau Directory	p. 323
Guinea	p. 326
Transport	p. 329
Conakry	p. 330
Western Guinea	p. 335
Fouta Djalon	p. 335
Southern Guinea	p. 336
Guinea Directory	p. 338
Sierra Leone	p. 340
Transport	p. 343
Freetown	p. 344
Around Freetown	p. 345
Northern Sierra Leone	p. 346
Southern Sierra Leone	p. 347
Sierra Leone Directory	p. 347
Liberia	p. 349
Transport	p. 352
Monrovia	p. 353
Around Monrovia	p. 354
The Coast	p. 354
The Interior	p. 354
Liberia Directory	p. 355
Cote d'Ivoire	p. 357
Transport	p. 360
Abidjan	p. 360
The Eastern Coast	p. 362
The Western Coast	p. 363
The Centre & Northern Cote d'Ivoire	p. 364
Cote d'Ivoire Directory	p. 365
Ghana	p. 368
Transport	p. 372
Accra	p. 374
Coastal Ghana	p. 381
Central Ghana	p. 384
Northern Ghana	p. 387
Eastern Ghana	p. 389
Ghana Directory	p. 390
Togo	p. 393
Transport	p. 396
Lome	p. 397
Around Lome	p. 401
Southern Togo	p. 402
Northern Togo	p. 403
Togo Directory	p. 406
Benin	p. 408
Transport	p. 410
Cotonou	p. 412
Southern Benin	p. 416
Northern Benin	p. 419
Benin Directory	p. 421
Nigeria	p. 423
Transport	p. 427
Lagos	p. 428
Northern Nigeria	p. 430
Southern Nigeria	p. 432
Nigeria Directory	p. 433
Cameroon	p. 436
Transport	p. 439
Yaounde	p. 440
Southern Cameroon	p. 444
Western Cameroon	p. 445
Northern Cameroon	p. 454
Eastern Cameroon	p. 459
Cameroon Directory	p. 459
Central Africa	p. 461
Equatorial Guinea	p. 462
Transport	p. 465
Malabo	p. 465
Bioko Island	p. 468
Rio Muni	p. 468
Pagalu	p. 470
Equatorial Guinea Directory	p. 470
Sao Tome & Principe	p. 472
Transport	p. 474
Sao Tome	p. 475
Around Sao Tome	p. 477
Principe	p. 478
Sao Tome & Principe Directory	p. 479
Gabon	p. 481
Transport	p. 484
Libreville	p. 485
Around Libreville	p. 490
Northern Gabon	p. 490
Southern Gabon	p. 491
Eastern Gabon	p. 492
Gabon Directory	p. 493
Congo	p. 495
Transport	p. 498
Brazzaville	p. 499
Around Congo	p. 501
Congo Directory	p. 501
Central African Republic	p. 503
Transport	p. 507
Bangui	p. 508
Around Bangui	p. 509
Around CAR	p. 509
CAR Directory	p. 509
Chad	p. 511
Transport	p. 514
N'Djamena	p. 515
Around Chad	p. 519
Chad Directory	p. 521
Congo (Zaire)	p. 523
Transport	p. 526
Kinshasa	p. 526
Around Kinshasa	p. 528
Around Congo (Zaire)	p. 528
Congo (Zaire) Directory	p. 528
East Africa	p. 531
Rwanda	p. 532
Transport	p. 535
Kigali	p. 537
Around Rwanda	p. 540
Rwanda Directory	p. 543
Uganda	p. 546
Transport	p. 550
Kampala	p. 552
Western Uganda	p. 558
Eastern Uganda	p. 567
Northern Uganda	p. 571
Uganda Directory	p. 572
Burundi	p. 576
Transport	p. 579
Bujumbura	p. 579
Around Burundi	p. 581
Burundi Directory	p. 581
Tanzania	p. 583
Transport	p. 588
Dar es Salaam	p. 591
Around Dar es Salaam	p. 597
Zanzibar Archipelago	p. 598
Northern Tanzania	p. 609
Mount Kilimanjaro	p. 615
Northeast Tanzania	p. 619
Central Tanzania	p. 620
Southern Tanzania	p. 622
Lake Tanganyika	p. 625
Tanzania Directory	p. 626
Kenya	p. 630
Transport	p. 635
Nairobi	p. 637
The Rift Valley	p. 645
Central Kenya	p. 647
Northern Kenya	p. 651
Western Kenya	p. 653
The Coast	p. 655
Southern Kenya	p. 663
Kenya Directory	p. 664
Somalia	p. 668
Transport	p. 670
Mogadishu	p. 671
South of Mogadishu	p. 671
Somaliland	p. 672
Puntland	p. 672
Somalia Directory	p. 672
Ethiopia	p. 674
Transport	p. 677
Addis Ababa	p. 679
Northern Ethiopia	p. 685
Eastern Ethiopia	p. 689
Southern Ethiopia	p. 690
Ethiopia Directory	p. 691
Djibouti	p. 694
Transport	p. 697
Djibouti City	p. 698
Around Djibouti	p. 703
Djibouti Directory	p. 706
Eritrea	p. 709
Transport	p. 713
Asmara	p. 714
Northern Eritrea	p. 720
Southern Eritrea	p. 722
Eritrea Directory	p. 723
Madagascar	p. 725
Transport	p. 731
Antananarivo	p. 731
Around Antananarivo	p. 738
Central Highlands	p. 739
Southern Madagascar	p. 744
Eastern Madagascar	p. 748
Madagascar Directory	p. 754
Southern Africa	p. 757
Mozambique	p. 758
Transport	p. 762
Maputo	p. 764
Southern Mozambique	p. 769
Central Mozambique	p. 770
Northern Mozambique	p. 771
Mozambique Directory	p. 774
Malawi	p. 776
Transport	p. 779
Lilongwe	p. 782
Northern Malawi	p. 785
Southern Malawi	p. 790
Malawi Directory	p. 798
Zambia	p. 801
Transport	p. 804
Lusaka	p. 806
Eastern Zambia	p. 811
Northern Zambia	p. 813
The Copperbelt	p. 814
Southeastern Zambia	p. 815
Western Zambia	p. 815
Zambia Directory	p. 819
Angola	p. 822
Transport	p. 826
Luanda	p. 826
Around Angola	p. 829
Angola Directory	p. 829
Namibia	p. 831
Transport	p. 836
Windhoek	p. 837
Around Windhoek	p. 843
Western Namibia	p. 843
Northwestern Namibia	p. 849
Northeastern Namibia	p. 854
Southern Namibia	p. 856
Namibia Directory	p. 860
Botswana	p. 863
Transport	p. 868
Gaborone	p. 870
Around Gaborone	p. 874
Northern Botswana	p. 874
Eastern Botswana	p. 885
Botswana Directory	p. 886
Zimbabwe	p. 888
Transport	p. 891
Harare	p. 893
Around Harare	p. 899
Northern Zimbabwe	p. 899
Eastern Zimbabwe	p. 901
Central Zimbabwe	p. 904
Western Zimbabwe	p. 905
Zimbabwe Directory	p. 914
Lesotho	p. 917
Transport	p. 920
Maseru	p. 921
Around Maseru	p. 923
Southern Lesotho	p. 923
Eastern Lesotho	p. 925
Northern Lesotho	p. 926
Lesotho Directory	p. 927
Swaziland	p. 929
Transport	p. 932
Mbabane	p. 933
Around Swaziland	p. 935
Swaziland Directory	p. 939
South Africa	p. 941
Transport	p. 946
Cape Town	p. 950
Around Cape Town	p. 958
The Garden Route	p. 959
Sunshine Coast	p. 962
Transkei & the Wild Coast	p. 963
Kwazulu-Natal	p. 966
The Drakensberg	p. 972
Gauteng	p. 974
Mpumalanga	p. 984
Northern Cape	p. 985
Free State	p. 986
South Africa Directory	p. 987
Africa Directory	p. 992
Transport	p. 1014
Getting There & Away	p. 1014
Getting Around	p. 1019
Health	p. 1028
Before You Go	p. 1028
In Transit	p. 1030
In Africa	p. 1030
World Time Zones	p. 1038
Language	p. 1039
European Languages	p. 1043
Regional Languages	p. 1046
Glossary	p. 1051
Behind the Scenes	p. 1054
Index	p. 1060
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