Mozambique (Country Guide)
by Mary Fitzpatrick
from Lonely Planet
Discover Mozambique
Hear the Afro-Latino rhythms of Maputo's streets from the back seat of a vintage habana.
Climb barefoot up the misty heights of sacred Monte Gorongosa.
Watch the spirits of the dead come to life at a masked mapiko dance.
Hum to attract a humpback whale while snorkelling in Two Mile Reef with dolphins and dugong.
In This Guide:
One author, 2500km of coastline, 42 hilariously cramped bus rides and countless acts of kindness.
All new diving chapter - your cutting-edge guide to the best diving spots and wildlife experiences.
Mozambique, 4th: The Bradt Travel Guide
by Philip Briggs
from Bradt Travel Guides
*Watersports, first-class diving, pristine beaches and resorts
North of South: An African Journey (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Shiva Naipaul
from Penguin Classics
Mozambique Mysteries
by Lisa St.Aubin De Teran
from Virago Press Ltd
At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness
by Peter Stark
from Ballantine Books
Even in this age of extreme sports and made-for-TV survival games, there still exist places on earth where the most intrepid among us can plunge into truly unknown territory. The acclaimed adventure writer Peter Stark had waited all his life for just such an opportunity. But when he was invited to Africa to join a small expedition kayaking down Mozambique’s Lugenda River, he balked. The 750-kilometer rivercourse was largely uncharted–dotted with rapids, waterfalls, and home to deadly crocodiles and hippos; two of his four travel companions were not skilled kayakers; and he had a family to think of, (not to mention that at forty-eight, he himself was feeling a bit old for the life untamed). Suppressing inner doubts and driven by that most human of urges–to see what lies beyond the next bend–Stark signed on for the adventure of a lifetime.
At the Mercy of the River is Stark’s harrowing, insightful account of this venture into the unknown. “Why,” he muses between capsizes in the Lugenda’s croc-infested waters, “are humans compelled to explore?” The expedition’s five distinct–and sometimes clashing–personalities provide individual answers to that question.
Equipped with only the most rudimentary comforts and lacking the customary explorer’s gun, the party encounters breathtaking natural splendor, rich wildlife, and villages little affected by modern life. Ever aware that they are following in the metaphorical footsteps of great explorers of the past–Vasco da Gama, Mungo Park, Ibn Battuta, David Livingstone, and other men of adventure who bridged Africa and the West–Stark shares these explorers’ stories with us, finding a common thread linking his experience with theirs. Using their accounts, his travails on the Lugenda River, and the insights of wilderness philosophers such as Henry David Thoreau, Stark attempts to understand the very nature of “exploration” while pondering the question, Where will we go when our wilderness vanishes?
At the Mercy of the River is at turns inspiring, heart-thumping, and even amusing. But most of all, it is a riveting adventure story for a time when adventure is in danger of losing its meaning.
Mozambique Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs)
by New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.
from Globetrotter
and useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to Mozambique by concisely highlighting the region’s ‘must see’ areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar region is compacted into useful and practical ‘At-a-Glance’ sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of Mozambique is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the main map of Mozambique, which highlights scenic routes, it features 13 detailed area maps and 6 town plans.
Hunting trips in Northern Rhodesia: With accounts of sport and travel in Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa, and also notes on the game animals and their distribution,
Mozambique Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)
by Globetrotter
from Globetrotter
Mozambique Map (Country Map)
by Cartographia
from Cartographia
Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:2,000,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from motorways to tracks. Legend includes scenic roads, railways, ship routes, motorised/other ferry lines, ports, airports/airfields, National Parks, game reserves, swamps, mangroves, reefs, hotels, safari bungalows, camping sites, beaches, restaurants, gas stations, churches, mosques, museums, bus terminals, other points of interest, state boundaries, border crossings. Includes inset of Maputo (1:20,000), Beira (1:30,000). Legend in 5 languages, including English. Index listed on back of map.
Mozambique: A Visual Souvenir (Visual Souvenirs)
by Glynne Newlands
from New Holland Publishers, Ltd.
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