This new third edition of Bradt's Angola remains the only dedicated
English-language guide to this increasingly popular southern African
nation. Thoroughly updated, it includes full practical and background
information, everything you need to know about the capital city, Luanda,
plus coverage of the rest of the country in 16 chapters. Also featured
are 38 maps, including detailed city maps for all 18 provincial
capitals, plus a specific section devoted to the sometimes-tricky
process of applying for a visa.Bradt's Angola is written by expert
author Oscar Scafidi who lived and worked in Angola for five years, has
travelled to all the country's provinces, and who has successfully
completed a record-breaking kayak trip along the length of Angola's
Kwanza River. Thanks to his knowledge, Bradt's Angola is ideal for
everyone from independent surfers and bird-watchers on organised tours
to fishing enthusiasts, conservationists, surfers, NGO workers and
overlanders, not to mention adventurous travellers simply wanting to
discover this intriguing country. Angola continues to change at a rapid
pace and offers everything from colonial Portuguese ruins to
$100-a-plate sushi bars, landscaped waterfronts to grand public
buildings, Portuguese and Brazilian heritage to frontier diamond towns,
tropical rainforests to desert, and relaxed coastal resorts on 1,000km
of unspoiled beaches. It's also the site of the UNESCO World Heritage
listed Mbanza Kongo, once the centre of power for the Kilukeni dynasty,
who founded the city almost 100 years before the arrival of the
Portuguese. Whether wildlife watcher or surfer, business traveller or
pioneering adventurer, Bradt's Angola provides all the information you
will need to get the most out of this vast country.
