Better than ever! We’ve reinvented this guidebook with all new highlights & planning sections, customized itineraries, a dedicated food & drink chapter, cross referenced maps, and a practical directory.

Grab that backpack and wave goodbye to routine and familiarity – Africa calls. Wander the deserts, surf the waves, ogle the landscapes and laugh with the locals. Written for backpackers by backpackers, this guide lets you go further, stay longer and pay less for an adventure of a lifetime.

49 COUNTRIES - no other guidebook covers Cairo to the Cape and everything in between
EAT CHEAP AND SLEEP EASY - fully updated coverage of the best cafés, street stalls and places of respite
GET THE LOWDOWN on current events, history and culture in our new Snapshots section
FIND YOUR WAY with the help of more than 228 detailed maps, including a full-colour map of the continent
ROCK ON with our expert section on the music of Africa

Let this guide to 49 countries introduce you to the many rhythms of Africa. Mellow out to the sound of waves on a Mozambican beach, swing to the sounds of Sahel pop music in Senegal, marvel at the noise of the mighty wildebeest migration in the Serengeti, wake to an Egyptian imam's call to prayer or soak up the silence of the mysterious Sahara.

Covers: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (Zaîre), Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tomé & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.