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.

Kruger Self-Drive, Routes, Roads and Ratings is not only the first comprehensive guide to all roads in Kruger National Park, but also suggests routes to drive from every camp.

The book rates every single road in Kruger according to the probability of predator and antelope sightings, scenic beauty and birding opportunities. The road descriptions feature a write-up of the vegetation, game viewing opportunities and history where applicable, as well as images taken on that specific road. The final section features the most common mammals, reptiles, birds and trees found in the Park. In addition, the book boasts detailed maps featuring the roads and routes of the Kruger National Park.

The revised and updated second edition features brand new maps, all new photographs and updated text.

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.

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.

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.