Fascinating cultures, spectacular scenery and environmental treasures - Tanzania and the legendary 'spice islands' mix Eastern mystique with Africa's vibrancy and rhythms. Whether you want to trek the peaks or relax on a beach, this is your essential guide.
more than 40 detailed maps, including a full-colour country map
new dedicated chapter on safaris, listing a range of tours and operators
detailed coverage of the exotic islands of the Zanzibar Archipelago
tips on the best places to stay and eat
full-colour wildlife guide
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
consistent w/other Planet Earth, mostly favorable if you like the Planet Earth approach to written guides, then you should find this very helpful. For me, the goal was getting much more info on 2 towns, Moshi & Arusha. This was definitely helpful, albeit still coming up a bit short on these cities' information & details. But overall info is, as always, quite sufficient.
The book is full of errors This is one of the worst editions of Lonely Planet books I've ever read. The book is full of factual errors which probably is a result of poor research. I doubt that the researcher actually have been at some of the places, and that he has copied information from the Internet instead. I traveled this summer in Tanzania, and ran into errors in this guidebook time and again. The Rough Guide was far more accurate, even though that book is two years older. I can accept that phone numbers are... more info
bradt guide is better After having read both the Bradt and the Lonely Planet (LP) guide I can say that the Bradt guide, which is also available on amazon, is much better. Not that the LP guide is bad; in fact it provides a lot of information, which is why I give it 4 stars whereas I rated the Bradt guide 5 stars. The Bradt guide provides much more details about lodges/hotels it recommends and the presentation of information and maps are just much better
Lonely Planet vs. Rough Guide I was traveling with friends in Tanzania. I had the Lonely Planet and one of my friends had the Rough Guide. Lonely Planet is a good book but when it came down to the book that we REALLY found indespensible and would stay up at night reading -- the Rough Guide Tanzania won. Lonely planet is good, yes, but Rough Guide contained much more cultural information. It depends on what you are looking for. We are students and we were working in Tanzania. Rough Guide was better for the daily living and budget stuff.... more info
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