A pocket-sized safari guide featuring the birds of the Kruger.

Birding is becoming more popular than ever and this book will make it easier for readers to become familiar with the birds that are most often seen on game drives in the Greater Kruger area.

Kruger Birds is a comprehensive guidebook that covers 447 Greater Kruger species.

The Madikwe Game Reserve, situated against the Botswana border, just three hours' drive from both Johannesburg and Pretoria, is one of South Africa's prime safari destinations and its fifth biggest game reserve. Madikwe is a Big Five game reserve covering some 75,000 hectares. The rich diversity of vegetation ensures a wide range of game, and the topography offers ideal game viewing opportunities for wilderness safaris. Madikwe is also one of the few places where you can see the Brown Hyena and the Aardwolf, making it extra special.

The perfect companion to any foray into the savannah, Madikwe Game Drive includes not only beautiful photographs of a wide array of birds, mammals and reptiles, but informative text which is both extremely compact and highly comprehensive.

All statistics that could conceivably help a viewer to identify, catalogue and learn about each animal are provided in concise and clear format. The Latin and colloquial names for each animal are included, along with the Afrikaans, French, German and Zulu names. The listings are given ratings for rarity of sightings, and each animal a tick box for viewers to mark upon sighting.

Shades of nature is the black and white sequel to Art of Nature. Printed in dramatic duotone, this book succeeds in peeling away assumptions about colour photography, and reveals a fascinating, emotional world. As in Art of Nature, the photo captions are surprising and extraordinary, and enhance the images in unexpected ways.

HPH Publishing introduces Kruger Routes, the condensed version of the bestselling Kruger Self-Drive. Following requests for a travel companion book to the hard-cover Kruger Self-Drive, comes the smaller, soft-cover version covering suggested routes from camps, star ratings of roads, a complete map of the park; coupled as always with the awarding-winning images expected from the Van den Bergs, and many interesting facts. The book continues the Self-Drive legacy as the ultimate companion to the Kruger Park. It contains a full map of the Park, and descriptions of all routes, including amenities and recommendations on each. Readers will find the section on The Nine Best Drives most useful, whilst tips on park opening times, seasons, rainfall, and weather will help in planning an ideal trip into the Park. Distances, hotspots, and road ratings all add to the extensive knowledge and assistance this excellent travel book will bring to both new and seasoned park visitors alike. KEY FEATURES: Suggested routes from camps. Star ratings of all road. Extensive Kruger map. Beautiful imagery. Interesting facts. Notes on roads. Handy travel-size format.

This is a unique series that will help anybody, amateur or professional, to learn the unique skills of nature photography through a method that teaches by example: it is highly visual and avoids techno-babble. These days so many people own a digital camera. This makes it possible for literally anyone with the basic desire to do so to become a highly competent nature photographer. These stunning books offer the guidance of the world's leading nature photographers at a great price.

Black & White Phototips lets you learn the fine art of black and white nature photography from the masters. It is the fourth in the Phototips series, aimed at photographers who want to hone their skills to produce breathtaking images without having to wade through a mass of technical detail and jargon. Heinrich van den Berg takes you with him into the wild to photograph nature from a fresh perspective. The book begins with an introduction to monochrome photography, followed by a chapter-by-chapter introduction to the nine principal areas of expertise to master.

This book is fi lled with information on the environment, the fl ora & fauna and the practical necessities for staying on and travelling through the National Park. It is also packed with interesting facts about the history and development of the reserve, its geology and ecology. For example, did you know that Pilanesberg is the only nature reserve set in an alkaline ring complex (of which there are only three in the world). An ancient alkaline volcano erupted 1,200 million years ago to form the very hills that form the game reserve as it is today.

The Nature series consists of four books: Art of Nature, Shades of Nature, Reflection and now Moods of Nature. This book has evolved many times since its conception, as Heinrich's moods changed. It started full of colour, but in the end the only colour that remained was the mood colour of nature - the colour of sunsets. The book was printed using two diverse printing processes: Sepiana for black and white and Chroma Centric for the colour images. The Sepiana process uses four grey and black inks to print, and Chroma Centric employs a special. technique to enlarge the gamut of the colour it can print.

Self-Drive is the popular alternative to the guided tour safari - and the freedom it brings to do what you want when you want and stay where you like means it will continue to grow. Local knowledge is the cornerstone of any visit to a park, and this is what this book offers. Jaco Powell has been escorting guests to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park for the last 20 years. He knows every bend and cranny along the tracks, where to look and what animals to expect and when. Disclosing the special wonders of this world whilst escorting guests is not only his livelihood, but his passion.

Offers a visual record of all the mammals that may be seen on travels in Southern Africa. This large format, deluxe book is a visual record of all the mammals that may be seen on travels in Southern Africa and filled with the most stunning images that only the lens of the Van den Bergs can bring. However, while the main emphasis is on visual representation, species information is still important, and offered in bite sized snippets.

Stretching across 13,000 hectares of spectacular wilderness just west of the Kruger National Park, lies a sanctuary of pristine beauty and abundant wildlife. Kapama Private Game Reserve is one of South Africa's most prestigious wildlife destinations and is home to the Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhinoceros, as well as a myriad other animals and birds. Offering an authentic African safari experience, Kapama embodies a range of stylish accommodation across four sophisticated bush camps and lodges, and a wellness centre too.

This is the story of a plucky little Velvet monkey called Micky who gets separated from his mummy during a big thunderstorm and falls from the tree as the troop rushes off in fright. In the course of his journey he comes across a variety of animals, some friendly, others dangerous, like the leopard that can see in the dark. But just before he becomes a snack, the hyena is scared off and Micky is rescued by a kindly man and his wife. They find Micky?s troop, and soon he is reunited with his mummy! Filling 80 pages, this is a wonderfully educational hardcover

This is a book like no other. It is a book of vivid images woven together to bring us the true story of the rainbow nation as it strives to follow Madiba's legacy and face the challenges of the next stage on its long journey. Stunning, revealing, unforgettable.

Photo tips - Principles of Nature Photography covers the basicaspects of nature photography. The chapter photogear, deals with the importance of the right equipment, and how to use the equipment you have to its full potential. In photocapture all aspects of image capture are covered, and photolighting discusses the importance of lighting,and how to use light. In the chapter entitled phototales, readers will be entertained by some of the Van den Bergs’ first-hand accounts of experiences on assignment. And if the readers are still hungry for more, photodefinitions will certainly satisfy all your needs.