Explore on foot the full sweep of Southern Africa’s natural beauty. From relaxing nature walks to rugged wilderness adventures, more than 350 rambling, hiking and backpacking opportunities entice you, your family and freinds to go traveling.

Everyone’s Guide to Trailing and Mountaineering in Southern Africa is sure to awaken long dormant stirrings of the call of the outdoors in even the most sluggish city dweller, whet the appetite of the nature lover, and be indispensable to the keen hiker and mountaineer. For here in her meticulously researched guide, author Jaynee Levy describes more than 350 trailing and mountaineering opportunities throughout southern Africa, including Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The whole gamut of hiking is covered, from physically easy yet rewarding strolls to the excitement of backpacking and climbing in southern Africa’s  most dramatic wilderness such as the Cederberg and Drakensberg.

This book divides into three parts:

Part 1 – a comprehensive, common sense introduction to trailing which incorporates useful hints on equipment as well as a section dealing with emergencies while on the trail.

Part 2 – the directory of trails. Here, in eleven chapters each dealing with a specific ecological region, Ms Levy has grouped trails according to difficulty into short nature walks and rambles, wilderness and accompanied trails, hiking trails, and mountaineering. The result is a practical book presenting trails for any group or fitness level and catering for many special interests, included in the concise trail descriptions are: summaries of the main attractions , length, duration facilities, climate, and other pertinent information; easy to follow maps clearly placing the trails in their geographical context, and highlighting landmarks; details of wildlife, vegetation and terrain likely to be encountered en route including other items of natural and historical interest.

In addition 92 full colour photographs as ell as some 200 line illustrations create atmosphere and emphasize relevant features of each region.

Part 3 offers a wealth of concise, pertinent information including a tried and trusted trailing checklist of clothes and equipment, an invaluable address list of contacts, clubs societies and suppliers, scientific and common names of the animals and plants mentioned in Part 2, and an index, glossary and further reading list.