West Africa (Lonely Planet Multi Country Guides) (Travel Guide) - Softcover

Anthony Ham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1741048214 ISBN 13: 9781741048216

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

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Keen to experience the best of West Africa but not sure where to start? Take a slow boat to Timbuktu, camp under the Sahara's starry skies, hike through ancient Dogon Country, discover cosmopolitan Abidjan and kick-back on Ghana's palm-fringed beaches.

This guide covers: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

• 165 detailed and easy-to-use maps
• Essential safety information
• Unrivalled activities and courses information
• Green index to make your travels eco-friendly
• Tailored itineraries to ease planning

Lonely Planet gets you to the heart of a place. Our job is to make amazing travel experiences happen. We visit the places we write about each and every edition. We never take freebies for positive coverage, so you can always rely on us to tell it like it is.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham, Tim Bewer, Stuart Butler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Paul Clammer, Emilie Filou, Katharina Kane, Adam Karlin, Tom Masters, and Kate Thomas.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1741048214
• ISBN 13: 9781741048216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 904