Travel to Africa

Frommer's South Africa (Frommer's Complete)

Format: Paperback
Author: Pippa de Bruyn
ReleaseDate: 28 November, 2005
Publisher: Frommers
Rating:

A disappointing entry in the Frommer series
The volume on South Africa however, was a great disappointment. I travel extensively and am a fan of Frommer's guides which I generally find to have a nice assortment of options in varying price ranges. If Frommer's were to be believed, you had to pay $200 and up for a decent hotel room. Fortunately I have often traveled in South Africa, enjoyed its reasonably priced accomodations, and knew such prices were nonsense. I stayed in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and other top destinations in season for less than half that much. The guide also overlooked destinations a bit off the beaten path and proved of so little use to me that I didn't bother to pack it home with me. I strongly suggest the Eyewitness guide instead or just surf the web for tons of great information from the South African Tourism Board. .

South Africa Trip
We only found a few minor errors but the recommendations on where to go and what to see were very useful. An excellent reference book for anyone visiting Southern Africa.

We're looking forward to going again and will certainly take this book along. We didn't have enough time to see it all.

Don't Leave Home Without It!
Before we left we sat down at a large book store and reviewed all their South African travel books. We visited South Africa for 20 days in July 2000, driving from Cape Town to Kruger. This one looked the best and proved to be very useful, particularly for accomodations. Some of the prices had changed but the standards and services were exactly as described. This is a great book for travellers who are above the backpacker/budget level but not up to "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. ".

Related products:
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	South Africa (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
	Time Out Cape Town (Time Out Guides)
	Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
	The Rough Guide to South Africa Map (Rough Guide Country/Region Map)