Travel Books: While looking for a beginning of a safari it is always great to start slow and in this there are some travel books that sightseers can get to read and get to know more about travels and what to expect on safaris and in this context, we deliver some of these travels that are so famous and thrilling to read and these include;
“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer:
This book is a narrative true story of Christopher McCandless who was known to be a young man that left behind his comfort Zone of his life and decided to travel into the Alaskan wilderness. In addition, his exploration has become a motivation and a great experience, which resonates deeply into all the people who have read his story hence encouraging them to travel and explore through the transformative power of adventure in the world.
“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho.
The story line of this book is like a timeless tale of self-discovery, which helps many people to get courage to follow their dreams. In addition, “the Alchemist” is a story that talks about Santiago, who was known to be a shepherd boy who loved embarking onto journeys just to find out hidden treasures. Therefore, this book grants readers to have insights and energy to travel and be their own personal legends.
“The elephant whisperer” by Lawrence Anthony.
This book talks about a story of how herd of rouge elephants was taken in by a South African conservationist in order to save them from being shot. He concurs, and here is the tale of how, following significant trauma, he was able to rebuild their faith in others. Therefore, by reading this book, it has helped many readers to learn a lot about life, freedom, and loyalty according from this story line.
“Killing for profit” by Julian Rademeyer.
This is another interesting, intense and unvarnished book, which help you to be aware of the struggle to preserve a species that have been in existence for over 50 million years. Therefore, following story line of this book helps one to learn more about the tracks the deadly path of the “rhino war” which happened within Southern Africa and the history of the covert trades. In addition, many other challenges that occurred such as; poachers, mercenaries, and gunrunners, to diplomats and government officials, wildlife trafficking kingpins, and the far-east pharmaceutical markets among others.
“Gorillas in the mist” by Dian Fossey.
The Gorillas in the mist is a story talks about one renowned primatologist’s remarkable, how she spent her daily life in a remote African rainforest and her efforts to keep mountain gorillas alive. This book is seen as a tale of personal exploration, which paints a vivid picture of one of our closest surviving relatives.
“An African love story. Love, life and elephants” by Dame Daphne Sheldrick.
Memoirs of an amazing life tale written by one of Africa’s most notable environmentalists. Dame Sheldrick lived her whole life in Kenya, where she and her husband David toiled ceaselessly to rehabilitate orphans of endangered animals, including zebras, rhinos, and elephants, and then released them back into the wild to be with their natural habitat.
“Vanishing Kings: The lions of the Namib Desert” by Philip Stander.
This book beautifully puts up together a sequence of several images showing the Namib lions and their trip through this hard yet enticing land. The only desert on Earth where a small population of lions that have adapted to life in the desert is the old Namib. Amazingly, these rare lions have persisted in survival in Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. However, until 20 years ago, they were elusive and rarely sighted; it was thought that they had gone extinct until scientist Dr. Philip Stander discovered them again in 1997. Subsequently, he started studying lions, an endeavor that has lasted a lifetime. He has succeeded in revealing the mysteries of these incredibly adaptable large cats, who appeared to flourish in this hostile habitat.
“The scramble for Africa” by Muriel Evelyn Chamberlain.
Given a chance to read the Scramble for Africa gives your overview to learn more about Africa’s amazing and its complex history from the Victorian era to the late 20th century in brief and concise form.
M.E. Chamberlain contrasts the Victorian perception of Africa with our current understanding of the continent’s history and civilization in her seminal review hence its helps the readers to analyze all case studies in great detail from Egypt to Zimbabwe hence making this book a case that has a lot knowledge of the African history and its background is just as crucial to comprehending European politics and diplomacy and the ‘scramble’.
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