South Africa: The Rough Guide by Barbara McCrea
Full details on the country's superb national parks and remote regions, including hiking, mountain biking and mountaineering opportunities. Everything you need to know about dealing with the cities - including a comprehensive survival guide to Johannesburg and full listings for all the country's major conurbations. Background informed from an insider's viewpoint (Barbara is Zimbabwean. Tony South African and Gregory a recent British immigrant) with every nuance of the country's complicated history and extraordinary present circumstances vividly portrayed and analysed.