Guide Books

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

We have not done too badly in this country regarding guidebooks but it is also obvious that we could be doing a great deal better. Guidebooks vary a great deal in their scope, quality and accessibility.

Alec Campbell’s The Guide to Botswana published in 1968 and priced then at P3.95 was perhaps the first.

There followed a string of internationally published guides, Lonely Planet, the Rough Guide, and Bradt and others, less well know to me, such as Southern Book Publishers and surprisingly, Pula Press. Most of the big-name commercially published guides now are unfortunately well beyond my price range.

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