"Out of these pages leaped the Nepal I know - the captivating charm of a people and their culture." - Sir Edmund Hillary. Buy

Labels: Nepal, Travel Guide

This handbook has everything a tourist needs to know while visiting Ghana, providing information about health facilities, telecommunications access, useful phone numbers, appropriate clothing, mailing and shipping options, local diet, electrical power, public transportation, and the cost of living. Buy

Labels: Ghana, Travel Guide

Lonely Planet is at its guidebook best when it's covering isolated regions where those little details of shelter, food, and transportation are of more than passing concern. The guide gives extensive information on hiking, kayaking, white-water rafting, fishing, cycling, and skiing, as well as a special section covering the state's spectacular wilderness areas and flora and fauna. Buy

Labels: Alaska, Travel Guide

Scale Mayan pyramids, worship the sun on palm-fringed shores and chill out in the shade of a smouldering volcano. Whatever your passion, Central America is jam-packed with possibilities. Written by experts who travel on your budget, this guide lets you go further, stay longer and pay less for the adventure of a lifetime. Buy

Labels: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Travel Guide

Just as the authors describe China as 'massive and endlessly fascinating,' so is the material they have collected in this guide. The 200-plus maps feature keys in English and Chinese script and there are essential details on transport options, a 12-page Chinese arts section, and a useful feature on the Chinese language. Buy

Labels: China, Travel Guide

Many Costa Rica guides provide hotel, restaurant, and arrival information, but Lonely Planet's stands out from the pack. Written by Rob Rachowiecki, an award-winning travel writer and naturalist, this guide delves into Costa Rica's flora, fauna, and nature reserves like no other.
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With more than 7,000 islands and countless coral reefs, the Philippines offers a plethora of diving opportunities. Whether it's snorkelling alongside whale sharks, cruising with mantas or thresher sharks, exploring WWII wrecks or simply hanging out near the kaleidoscopic walls and reefs, this tropical paradise will fascinate divers of all skill levels and interests. Buy

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Whether you choose to visit mountain gorillas in Rwanda, trek Tanzania's Kilimanjaro or join the beach parties at Lamu and Zanzibar, you'll have a wild time in East Africa. Buy

Labels: Rwanda, Travel Guide, Uganda

From the beautifully preserved colonial capital of Quito to remote Andean villages such as Chugchilan, Ecuador presents innumerable options for independent travellers. Whether you're interested in climbing the magnificent volcanoes of the Andean highlands, exploring the jungle of the verdant Oriente or swimming with sea lions in the equatorial waters. Buy

Labels: Ecuador, Travel Guide

Remarkable, bewildering, totally irresistible - India offers a million different experiences, all at once, all the time. If you seek spiritual enlightenment, the thrill of scaling the mighty Himalaya, or the buzz of a modern hyper-metropolis - or if you just want to lie on a tropical beach and count cows - discover the sensory overload that is India with this top selling guide. Buy

Labels: India, Travel Guide

'This book, and its relative, the guide to East Africa, got me (and my husband) comfortably through 8 weeks of travel in East Africa. It was equally useful for the trip where I was a woman travelling alone, and the trip I took with my never-been-to-the-third-world dyed-in-the-wool- American husband'. - Amazon review. Buy

Labels: Kenya, Travel Guide

This completely updated guide contains trekking information (including advice for those planning to trek with children), extensive background on people and cultures, and pre-trip guidance, including tips on being an ecologically sound traveller. Buy

Labels: Nepal, Travel Guide

Experience the infinite variety of New Zealand: sample the cafes and bars of Auckland, take a gravity-defying bungee jump pr tramp through some of the world's most spectacular wilderness areas with this bestselling guidebook. Buy

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The Philippines' extraordinary diversity and beauty in one comprehensive guidebook: kaleidoscopic local festivals, bustling cities, deserted islands, awe-inspiring rice terraces, erupting volcanoes, and great adventures under sea and in the hills. Buy

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Discover the Wild West of Eastern Europe, where untouched medieval villages, vampire legends, dramatic peaks and unspoiled forests await you. This indispensable guide helps you explore these diverse, culturally rich countries. Buy

Labels: Romania, Travel Guide

Grab your balalaika, turn off the samovar and meet up with Boris and Natasha at Lenin's tomb in Moscow, in the queue outside the Hermitage in St Petersburg, in any one of the Golden Ring's gorgeous historic towns and in the wildflower-filled meadows of the Caucasus. Buy

Labels: Russia, Travel Guide

Cosmopolitan Cape Town and exuberant Soweto, rugged coastlines and Drakensberg peaks, Winelands and grassy velds - discover the manifold delights of South Africa and the mountain kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland with this inspiring guide. Buy

Labels: South Africa, Travel Guide

Herds of antelope on the Serengeti, dhows on the Zanzibar coast, red-robed Maasai warriors, brilliant coral in sparkling seas - Lonely Planet shows you the best that Tanzania has to offer. Whether you want to watch wildlife, laze on the beach or ramble through Swahili ruins this guidebook is your indispensable companion. Buy

Labels: Tanzania, Travel Guide

Smell, taste and touch Thailand's diversity with the help of this award-winning guide. Immerse yourself in the frenetic pace of Bangkok or explore provincial Thailand's limestone cliffs and hidden lagoons, lush highland forests and ancient ruins. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

Everest, Annapurna, Kanchenjunga, Machhapuchhare, Makalu - a roll call of inspiration awaits trekkers in the Nepal Himalaya. Discover its famous peaks and unique culture in this authoritative guide by one of the region's most experiences trekkers. Buy

Labels: Environment, Nepal, Travel Guide

Sit down to a steaming bowl of pho on a bustling Hanoi boulevard. Kick back on a languorous boat ride down the Mekong Delta. Swim at a secluded highlands waterfall. Welcome to Vietnam. Endless attractions and adventures await. Make your own connection to this beguiling country with this best-selling guide. Buy

Labels: Travel Guide, Vietnam

Rewarding and rugged, West Africa's 17 countries have much to offer the adventurous traveller. Laze on golden-sand beaches, trek up cool Mt Cameroon or see Saharan caravans set off from Timbuktu - this updated guide leads you through this entire alluring region. Buy

Labels: Ghana, Travel Guide

Frommer's Vietnam is an detailed guide that takes the reader through the country with practical information, late-breaking bargains, cultural insights, user-friendly maps, etiquette tips, a language glossary, advice for business travellers, and practical advice on planning the trip and getting around. Buy

Labels: Travel Guide, Vietnam

Frommer's Costa Rica features colour photos of the lush rain forest, the amazing array of wildlife, and the spectacular beaches that await you. Researched by a long-time resident, it’s a guide that gives you in-depth coverage of this fast-changing country, with recommended accommodations in every price category. Buy

Labels: Costa Rica, Travel Guide

Frommer's Alaska features colour photos of the spectacular scenery and amazing wildlife that await you in America’s last frontier. This detailed guide is personally researched by a lifelong resident, who offers insights into how to discover the real Alaska. You’ll find complete details on whale watching, sea kayaking, hiking, salmon fishing, funky small towns, Gold Rush saloons, glaciers, scenic drives, and more. Buy

Labels: Alaska, Travel Guide

From the publisher of the legendary South America Handbook comes the fourth edition of the most practical and informative guide available to this remarkably diverse country and its breathtakingly beautiful island neighbour. Buy

Labels: Ecuador, Travel Guide

In this completely up-to-date guide experts who live in Thailand give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do – from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

In this completely up-to-date guide experts who live in New Zealand give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do. Buy

Labels: New Zealand, Travel Guide

Lose yourself in a gargantuan cloud forest, discover a deserted island, hike up the rim of a volcano's crater, navigate white-water rapids past toucans and iguanas or wander among ruins still tangled in jungle – Fodor’s Central America offers all these experiences and more. Buy

Labels: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Travel Guide

This colourful and thoughtfully arranged guide provides easy access to Thai history and culture, religion and politics, music, sports, and festivals. From Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Phuket to Ko Samui, the many pleasures, diversions, sites, and activities are detailed in a conveniently usable format. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand guide does full justice to New Zealand’s astonishing volcanic landscape, wildlife reserves and fjord-like coastline. More than 1,100 full-color photographs, detailed street-by-street maps, and listings of all major attractions help provide fun for any vacation. Buy

Labels: New Zealand, Travel Guide

"This book is a guidebook only in the broadest sense of the term. In 800 hefty, glossy, photo-filled pages you will find everything you need to know to make a trip to India an amazing experience. History, culture, art, religion, architecture, food are all covered, accompanied by photos, drawings and maps" - Amazon review. Buy

Labels: India, Travel Guide

Estes, who is affiliated with Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institute as a research associate, spent over eight years doing fieldwork in Africa and over 17 years leading safaris. His qualifications as an expert on the social ecology of African mammals are reflected in the text, which describes approximately 86 species of African mammals. Buy

Labels: Environment, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Travel Guide

The Traveller's Wildlife Guides are aimed at environmentally conscious travellers for whom some of the best parts of any trip are glimpses of wildlife in natural settings. The purpose of this series is to enhance enjoyment of a trip and enrich wildlife sightings by providing identifying information on the most frequently encountered animals in each of the represented countries. Buy

Labels: Ecuador, Environment, Travel Guide

This book is not a travel guide, although it describes places to visit; it gives a good historical overview of the Philippines, then spends much of its 168 pages explaining daily life and cultural issues. Buy

Labels: Culture, Philippines, Travel Guide

Culture Smart is a new series of travel guides written for the traveller on the go. Each volume is a quick, accurate guide to customs and etiquette; all the essential cultural and etiquette points are covered, making you confident in a variety of situations. Buy

Labels: Culture, India, Travel Guide

This guides deliver solid science without growing stilted or boring - as evinced by sections with such titles as "Avian Mating Systems and Birds That Cheat" and "Frugivory: Animals That Eat Fruit and the Trees That Want Them To." Buy

Labels: Costa Rica, Environment, Travel Guide

"Cameron Burns has filled a void with the publication of this climbing and trekking guide for Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya. While much is probably written about Kili, there is very little practical literature about Mount Kenya. The introductory pages are full of useful hints for travelling in Kenya that, from my recent experience there, all ring ttrue" - Amazon Review. Buy

Labels: Environment, Kenya, Travel Guide

This tightly focused guide reflects the area that is most popularly toured by first-time visitors to Tanzania. Featuring all the relevant detail of Philip Briggs' full Bradt guide to Tanzania, it also incorporates expanded coverage of the wildlife and natural history of the region plus extra environmental information, making it the indispensable companion to a safari in northern Tanzania's renowned national parks. Buy

Labels: Environment, Tanzania, Travel Guide

From exploring mist-shrouded Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve marvelling at Arenal Volcano's spectacular eruptions to visiting artisan cooperatives and Indian reserves, Moon Handbooks Costa Rica is the guide to the best this country has to offer, both on and off the beaten path. Buy

Labels: Costa Rica, Travel Guide

You can't find a better guide to the ever-changing country of Ecuador. Author Julian Smith has rigorously updated this second edition and packed in recreation options for novices or adrenaline junkies, the low-down on beach culture, colonial cities, the Galapagos Islands, and the Amazon basin... Buy

Labels: Ecuador, Travel Guide

Honduras Handbook has extensive coverage of hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, snorkelling, and boating; reviews of hundreds of restaurants and hotels; 35 detailed maps; a Spanish glossary with Honduran slang; plus articles on the ruins of Copan, the Bay Islands, and the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. Buy

Labels: Honduras, Travel Guide

This is a typically well designed and beautifully illustrated book from the National Geographic Society. It is great to flip through and grabs your attention. If you love nature, Alaska and beautiful photos, this might be a book for you. Buy

Labels: Alaska, Environment, Travel Guide

On Your Own in El Salvador is the first traveller's guidebook to cover the country inside and out. It's the book of choice for exploring El Salvador, whether you're going on your own, passing through, or just thinking about visiting. Buy

Labels: El Salvador, Travel Guide

A guide to the sacred places of China, a country with centuries of religious tradition. The authors exhibit an impressive knowledge of the sacred sites, and provide historical and political background, anecdotes, and details of the daily life of the people who live in there. Buy

Labels: China, Culture, Travel Guide

With vital information on the practicalities of travel in China, this handbook features special sections on Chinese opera, calligraphy, and painting, and opportunities for seeing wildlife. The Guide focuses on less well-known locations in China, making it a useful resource for those wishing to explore off the beaten track. Buy

Labels: China, Travel Guide

This book looks at over 300 places to visit and stay in 60 countries. It allows you to find hundreds of inspiring new ideas for your next holiday and visit amazing communities not listed in other conventional guidebooks. It also offers alternatives to the "Tourist Traps" and "Guilt Trips" and show you where you can have a positive impact on local people and their environment. If you are interested in responsible tourism this is a great book to read. Buy

Labels: Educational, Travel Guide

The Philippines Travel Guide includes a varied selection of pre-planned travel routes and useful information on transportation, loads of good-value accommodation, selected local and international restaurants, comprehensive language chapter, illustrated sections on flora, fauna and culture, details on outdoor activities including cycling, diving, hiking and surfing, e-mail directory and 179 maps. It's the most extensive travel guide on the Philippines. Buy

Labels: Philippines, Travel Guide

Home to fantastic fjords, breathtaking coastlines, rushing rivers, temperate rain forests, majestic mountains, glorious glaciers, a wealth of wildlife, and a rich cultural heritage, Alaska hosts 1.3 million tourists a year. Best Places Alaska offers these adventure-seekers newly updated recommendations on the finest sights and attractions of the Last Frontier. Buy

Labels: Alaska, Travel Guide

Preparing for a trip where there could be sunshine, cloud, rain, or even an earthquake is a daunting task. Discovering Denali is a compendium of all things Denali, including hiking and climbing maps, summer and winter activities, wildlife, local towns, and state parks. Buy

Labels: Alaska, Environment, Travel Guide

From the basics of which airlines to choose to a detailed analysis of the tour operator network, Barry Boyce describes the rules and tells the reader how to play the Galapagos adventure travel game. Buy

Labels: Ecuador, Travel Guide

This handbook has everything a tourist needs to know while visiting Ghana, providing information about health facilities, telecommunications access, useful phone numbers, appropriate clothing, mailing and shipping options, local diet, electrical power, public transportation, and the cost of living. Buy

Labels: Ghana, Travel Guide

The Blue Guide offers in-depth historical and cultural information about each city and site as well as the regular information about hotels and restaurants. Buy

Labels: Romania, Travel Guide

Stephen Bezruchka's guide to trekking in the Nepal and Everest region offers practical advice from years of personal experience for anyone thinking about a trip to the area. Bezruchka also creates a much needed ecological awareness and offers substantial insight into the culture of Nepal. Buy

Labels: Environment, Nepal, Travel Guide

With more than 200 scintillating full-color photos, "Spectrum Guide to Uganda" is an in-depth guide to this land of abundant wildlife, flowers and plants as well as cascading waterfalls and rushing rivers such as the Nile. Buy

Labels: Environment, Travel Guide, Uganda

How cold does Alaska get in the winter? How do you tell a cheechako from a sourdough? Are iceworms for real? From airplanes to zip codes, you'll find all the answers right here. This annual guide to America's vast northern state is chock-full of amusing and informative details, sidebars, history, maps, recipes, and tips on living in the Far North. Buy

Labels: Alaska, Travel Guide

This guide has been expanded and fully updated for this second edition. It contains information on where to stay, eat, and how to get around; Ghanaian culture, from social traditions to kente cloth weaving; natural history and national parks and over 50 clear maps and town plans. Buy

Labels: Ghana, Travel Guide

This guide contains information on: natural history, conservation and culture in depth; where to see wildlife, from national parks to lesser-known regions; A to Z of activities, special interests and events to help create a personal safari; detailed coverage of accommodation, including eco-lodges; adventure options, from gold-panning to sky diving. Buy

Labels: Kenya, Travel Guide

Janice Booth's Rwanda guide not only is the most updated travel guidebook on Rwanda, but it also goes cuturally/historically where the other guidebooks do not go. Due to the genocide, and subsequent arrival of international aid, the entire infrastructure of the country, especially Kigali, had changed, and so the nuts and bolts information of hotels, transport, and other practicalities found in the Bradt guide are of great use. Buy

Labels: Rwanda, Travel Guide

In this book Africa specialist Philip Briggs provides fully updated information on every aspect of the country's tourist infrastructure, from national parks and gorilla reserves to Lake Victoria and the Ssese Islands. Uganda's attractions for the natural history enthusiasts are almost legendary. Buy

Labels: Travel Guide, Uganda

What we now know as China began to emerge four to five thousand years ago, in the fertile flatlands of the middle Yellow River. In the second millennium BC first the shadowy Xia, then the Shang, and finally the cultivated Zhou dynasty created an integrated, expansive kingdom that spread north, east and south. Buy

Labels: China, History, Travel Guide

Corrugated by mountains and studded by volcanoes, Central America reaches from Mexico towards South America like a hooked, tentative finger. Its geography - seven piecemeal nations stacked on top of each other in a narrowing isthmus - is in many ways its destiny: a distinct region caught between two larger realities. Buy

Labels: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Travel Guide

The Rough Guide gives all-embracing coverage of the country, past and present. The maps are excellent, and important phrases (hotels, destinations) are written in Chinese characters. And as a backpacker bonus, the book weighs a mere 1.3 pounds despite the thoroughness of its content. Buy

Labels: China, Travel Guide

The handbook to this small but amazingly diverse country features information on accommodation, tourist attractions, outdoor activities, and Ecuadorian history. Buy

Labels: Ecuador, Travel Guide

The Rough Guide to India is the essential handbook to this extraordinary country. The 24 page full-colour introduction includes stunning photography of the country's many highlights. The guide has comprehensive accounts of every attraction, from fast-paced Delhi and the sacred sites of the Ganges plain to the Moghul splendour of Agra and the shell-sand beaches of the south. Buy

Labels: India, Travel Guide

The Rough Guide to Kenya is the ultimate guide to East Africa's best known destination. From the live music in Nairobi to the Turkana overland safaris, the 24-page, full-colour section introduces all of the country's highlights. The guide includes details for all the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit every budget, plus the new 'Author's Picks' feature to highlight the very best options. Buy

Labels: Kenya, Travel Guide

Nepal forms the very watershed of Asia. Landlocked between India and Tibet, it spans terrain from subtropical jungle to the icy Himalaya, and contains or shares eight of the world's ten highest mountains. Buy

Labels: Nepal, Travel Guide

"The Rough Guide to NZ is the most complete, accurate guidebook I've found during my 6 trips to NZ. As anyone familiar with the Rough Guide series knows, it's not a simple, "highlights only" style guidebook. The RG offers in-depth coverage of the Kiwi countryside, villages, parks, and cities, as well as introductory material on its people, culture and history" - Amazon review. Buy

Labels: New Zealand, Travel Guide

Travel in Romania is as rewarding as it is challenging. The country's mountain scenery and great diversity of wildlife, its cultures and people, and a way of life that at times seems out of the last century, leave few who visit unaffected. Buy

Labels: Romania, Travel Guide

Now in its 4th edition this Rough Guide has been fully updated and revised. Its 16-page full-colour section introduces the author's highlights, from the mysterious Drakensberg mountains to the winelands of the western cape, to whale watching on the southern Cape Coast and pony trekking in Lesotho. Buy

Labels: South Africa, Travel Guide

The Rough Guide to Tanzania is the definitive guide to one of Africa's most beautiful destinations. A 24-page, full-colour section introduces Tanzania's highlights, from the volcanic landscapes of the Ngorongoro Crater to the Indian Ocean beaches of Zanzibar. In addition, there are two, full-colour, 4-page inserts: A Year in Celebration and National Parks. Buy

Labels: Tanzania, Travel Guide

With over nine million foreigners flying into the country each year, Thailand has become Asia's primary holiday destination. Yet despite this vast influx of tourists and their cash, Thailand's cultural integrity remains largely undamaged - a country that adroitly avoided colonization has been able to absorb Western influences without wholly succumbing to them. Buy

Labels: Thailand, Travel Guide

The Rough Guide to The Philippines is the ultimate guide to this stunning archipelago. A 24-page full-colour section introduces the country and its highlights, from the remote sun-kissed islands off the East coast to the lagoons of Palawan and the tribal villages of the Cordilleras. Each region of the country is covered in-depth, with the pick of the sights and activities listed at the start of the chapter. There are detailed and opinionated listings providing essential information on where to stay, eat, drink, dance, dive, surf, trek, kayak and sail. Finally, an informative and accessible background is given to Filipino history, culture, society, music, politics and environment. Buy

Labels: Philippines, Travel Guide

Only twenty-odd years after the war's end, this incredibly resilient nation is beginning to emerge from the shadows: access is now easier than ever, and the country has re-invented its old-style communist system as a free market economy that encourages contact. As the number of tourists finding their way here soars, the word is out that this is a land not of bomb craters and army ordnance, but of shimmering paddy fields and sugar-white beaches, full-tilt cities and venerable pagodas - often overwhelming in its sheer beauty. Buy

Labels: Travel Guide, Vietnam

Some of the biggest pleasures of West Africa, however, are the small things. You'll encounter a degree of good humour, vitality and openness which can make the hard insularity of Western cultures seem absurd. Entering a shop or starting a conversation with a stranger without proper greetings and hand-shaking becomes inconceivable. Buy

Labels: Ghana, Travel Guide

By the time you read the first of these "Traveler's Tales," you'll be flipping to the back of the book to find out more about how to get to Nepal. The country's beguiling mysteries are revealed by teachers, musicians, photographers, poets, and authors such as Peter Matthiessen and Broughton Coburn. Buy

Labels: Armchair Travel, Nepal, Travel Guide

Adventuring in Southern Africa is a comprehensive guide to the geography, culture, natural history, and adventure opportunities in these eight countries. Buy

Labels: Environment, South Africa, Travel Guide

This guidebook covers cultural information such as history and famous sites, as well as practical information such as trekking and shopping. Buy

Labels: Nepal, Travel Guide

This guidebook covers background information such as history, culture, the economy, and the people, as well as practical information such as facts and figures, hotel and restaurant listings and language glossaries. Buy

Labels: China, Travel Guide

Well-seasoned Honduran travellers James Gollin and Ron Mader explain how "tourism is an integral part of environmental preservation" in Honduras, as they delve into the largest tract of remaining forest in all of Central America and swim along the longest coral reef in the Northern Hemisphere. Buy

Labels: Environment, Honduras, Travel Guide

Bursting with relevant and exciting information...a great new resource. Buy

Labels: Environment, Honduras, Travel Guide