TRAVEL GUIDES

Welcome to the SOUTHBOUND Imprint, which has been specifically launched to capture and celebrate our southern African resources—our cultural and ecological heritage. With the launch in October 2006 of the World Heritage Sites of South Africa series, seven colourful, compact pocket guides with all you need to know on the sites, we took a decision that our heritage is so unique, so diverse, and so special that it warranted an imprint of its own.

And already the imprint is growing, with some exciting titles lined up , including The Baobab Book, a glossy pictorial coffee-table production that traces the anatomy and history, the myths, and uses of this legendary giant. Also coming is A Field Guide to the Waterberg, a comprehensive guide book being developed in conjunction with the Field Guides Association of South Africa; and A Novice’s Guide to Kilimanjaro, a collaborative effort between climbers and safari operators.

TRAVEL GUIDES

The South African Bushveld - a field guide from the Waterberg

This is the first comprehensive photographic field guide to be published in South Africa that covers a cross-section of the most prominent animals, plants, birds, insects and tracks and signs of a particular region. It includes a detailed natural history section for a greater understanding of the people, geology, habitats and ecology of the Bushveld.

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The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape + Namaqualand

In the far northwestern corner of South Africa lies the Richtersveld, recently inscribed towards the end of 2007 as South Africa’s 8th World Heritage Site. At first glance, it is a desolate and inhospitable place, with hot sandy plains and startling, jagged mountains of black rock. It is the world’s only biodiversity hotspot located in an arid region

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Okavango

After The South African Bushveld—A Field Guide from the Waterberg, this is the second comprehensive field guide to be published in southern Africa that covers a comprehensive cross-section of the most prominent animals, plants, birds, fish, insects and tracks and signs of a particular region. It includes a detailed natural history section for a greater understanding of the people, plus geology, habitats and ecology of the region. This book negates the need to carry more than one guide book when visiting the Okavango.

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The Whale Trail of South Africa

Whale-watching in South Africa—one of the most exciting activities in some of the most beautiful destinations in the world. The South African Whale Route stretches from Paternoster/Saldanha Bay on the West Coast (Atlantic), south around the Cape of Good Hope, and some 2,500 kilometres northeast to Kosi Bay in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (St. Lucia), a World Heritage Site, just south of the Mozambican border on the Indian Ocean.

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Swaziland

Discover the Kingdom of the Reed Dance

The kingdom of Swaziland is a friendly, compact and enchanting country to visit. Its landscapes range from dramatic mountain peaks to deep river valleys, from lush rolling hills to evocative bushveld plains. Add to this a thriving cultural heartbeat, a traditional monarchy going back hundreds of years and a proud national identity, and you have a really special vacation destination.

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Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

Let Southbound take you to the astonishing floral riches of the Cape—what Carl Linnaeus described as “this Heaven on Earth”—a vast area of...

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Cradle of Humankind

Let Southbound take you back to where we came from—The Cradle of Humankind in the Magaliesberg region of the Gauteng and North West provinces of...

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Greater St Lucia Wetland Park

Let Southbound take you to a very special place on the south-eastern coast of Africa—to the Elephant Coast of the Zulu Kingdom in the South African...

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Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape

Let Southbound take you back over 1,000 years—through the mists of time to a long-forgotten era of southern African splendour and prosperity—and...

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Robben Island

Let Southbound take you back in time and uncover the rich history of a South African icon—Robben Island—a desolate little island off that coast of...

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uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park

Let Southbound take you to a place of wonder and beauty that sprawls in breathtaking splendour between the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and the ice-capped...

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Vredefort Dome

Let Southbound take you to the Vredefort Dome and back in time to where it all started—The Big Bang! To how our world began, and then, when it was...

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