WEST AFRICA - LONELY PLANET

Sturdy softcover ex lib with protective laminated covering

Lonely Planet Guidebooks are renowned as being the best of the bunch, and for having the most of everything for that Overseas Experience. Written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip and help you stay longer, pay less and experience more.

Salt caravans in the Sahara, imposing forts on the Ghanaian coast, urban buzz in Lagos, the steamy lushness of Casamance - West Africa's attractions are as diverse as they are intriguing. Whether you want to set out for Timbuktu, laze on a sandy beach or overland it from desert to jungle, Lonely Planet shows you the what, where and how!

Covers Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

• Move to the grove - expert music chapter tells who's who, where it's happening and what's hot
• Be inspired - highlights, itineraries and planning sections help you plot your path
• Get the background - with in-depth discussion of West Africa's history, manifold cultures and distinctive arts and crafts
• Talk the talk - Language chapter will have you greeting locals in 25 regional languages
• Go your own way - with detailed transport information and 150 user-friendly maps

6th Edition, 904 pages, published 2006