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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 916.780442 EAN: 9781741045550 Edition: 4 ISBN: 174104555X Label: Lonely Planet Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 392 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: Lonely Planet Studio: Lonely Planet Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Discover Tanzania Spy on vultures in their nests as you float over the Serengeti in a hot-air balloon Watch villagers slip by along the shoreline as you cruise down Lake Tanganyika Rest your elbow on a sack of vegetables as you rattle south on the Tazara train Jump off a dhow into Zanzibar's warm shallows, and snorkel among shoals of fish In This Guide: Give something back: packed with community tourism spotlights and sustainable travel recommendations Special chapters on trekking and safaris to help you choose the best operators New color wildlife section with all the facts about both predators and prey Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The book is full of errorsThis 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 ... Read More Rating:  - bradt guide is betterAfter 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 Rating: - Lonely Planet vs. Rough GuideI 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 ... Read More Rating:  - This was a great guide!!!I just returned from Tanzania and this book provided all the information I needed on the different safaris, Masai tribe, Zanzibar/Stone Town, places to eat, etc. It was a great guide! Rating: - Great guide bookLonely planet tops the genre. Really only good for if you are going or you want to understand what a friend or family member is likely to encounter there. 
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