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Lonely Planet West Africa
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 916.604
EAN: 9781740592499
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 1740592492
Label: Lonely Planet Publications
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 896
Publication Date: 2002-10
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
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Editorial Review:Rewarding and rugged, West Africa's 17 countries have much to offer the adventurous traveler. Laze on golden-sand beaches, trek up cool Mt Cameroon or see Saharan caravans set off from Timbuktu this updated guide leads you through all of this alluring region.
Covers: Bein, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Ashanti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. - More than 170 maps, including a colour map of the region.
- Full-colour Arts & Craftwork special section
- Dedicated sections on West Africas music and peoples
- Stay safe and healthy the lowdown on hotspots and health issues
- Eat your fill, rest your head places to eat and stay, to suit all budgets
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Decent info, but presented awkwardly.
This is an adequate guide, but was disappointing in a few areas. Firstly, it is not geared to someone making a comprehensive West Africa trip but rather reads like a collection of individual country guides. It's OK if you are going to just fly in a hang out in a single country, but planning cross border itineraries is a chore. There could be better integration for the area.
Secondly, using the maps and references to them is a bit taxing. Place names that would likely be obsure ... Read More
Rating:  - From a returned Peace Corps Volunteer
This book is practically the bible for W. Africa travel. I lived and worked in W. Africa for 3 years (2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer) and I never went anywhere without consulting LP. The information is as accurate as anything out there. It offers you suggested itineraries and "off the beaten path" suggestions as well as the traditionally touristy destinations. Many parts are less objective than other parts and the writers tend to harp on corruption. But W. Africa is a pretty corrupt ... Read More
Rating:  - SMEARED BY DEROGATORY PHRASES
Indeed, this book ("Lonely Planet West Africa") did a good job in outlining many of the popular tourist attractions that are located in this Sub-Saharan region of Africa. I also appreciated its details on several tourists' trails, accomodations, means of transportation, and so on. However, I was very disappointed to note that (just like the "Lonely Planet Africa on a Shoestring") this book is full of discouraging comments. Some of the phrases Lonely Planet used in this book are quite ... Read More
Rating: - Good for a shoestring traveller, one-sided at times
I once said I would never buy a Lonely Planet guide again, so disappointed I was with their Iceland and Greenland book which was poorly researched, inaccurate and full of rabid anti-American rhetoric.
For my trip to Ghana, it was, however, a choice of only three books available: a semiprofessional Bradt's Ghana (not a guidebook really, more an amateurish newsletter), supremely boring Rough Guide or Lonely Planet. I bought them all in the name of research.
I would say Lonely Planet is best of them ... Read More
Rating: - Best written Lonely Planet I've read
I really enjoyed this book. I feel it is the best written LP I've ever read (and I've read and traveled with many LP titles). I used the Sénégal section and found the hotel listings current and the maps very accurate. I really liked the special boxes with additional information on dangers, scams, and personal safety. I personally witnessed many things that I had read about in this book, making me ready for would be scam artists. One guy approached me and said "Remember me from the hotel lobby?" ... Read More
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