The Rough Guide to West Africa

by Jim Hudgens and Rough Guides

Book Overview

In a part of the world where you truly depend on your guidebook, the Rough Guide is designed to work as a life support system and cultural companion whether you're here on business, taking a short... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843531186
• ISBN13: 9781843531180
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Length: 1274 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Good book for planning multicountry itineraries

As most of the reviews point out, the battle here is between Lonely Planet and Rough Guide. I bought them both, as I usually do before a big trip, and after studying them both will take the RG. They are both good in terms of information on hotels and restaurants, I just found the layout of RG a bit better. Cultural and travel basics are better organized up front, the maps are larger and much clearer, and the references to the maps in the text easier to decipher. But for me the big plus is that the RG contains much better information about moving between countries, and information about specific transport options from area to area - boat, bus, train - is much more detailed. If you are planning a multi-country itinerary the RG is, IMHO, much better. They are both equal in terms of info, I think, I just feel like for me RG got the details right.