Some of Africa's foremost professional Safari Guides. LICENSED TO GUIDE. Susie Cazenove

Jacana, 2005. Soft cover. 232 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg.

Looking at animals and the landscape from a vehicle is like watching the movie; walking in the bush is reading the book.

Susie Cazenove, with her wealth of safari experience in East and southern Africa, records and shares her love of Africa through a collection of colourful biographies of some of Africa's foremost professional guides. Interspersed with often amusing, and often hair-raising, anecdotes of life in the bush, she paints a vivid picture of the passion and dedication of this fiercely independent breed. This presentation, beautifully illustrated with the author's own photography and her daughter's charcoal portraits, above all, documents the rise of the safari business into the sophisticated industry that it is today. Susie paints a dramatic picture of both the scenery and the guides who walk us through it; there is no doubt that this book will inspire the armchair – and itinerant – traveller. 

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In this dynamic travel narrative, some of Africa's foremost professional guides reveal their take on the safari experience. From elephant-back safaris and walks in the bush to travels within the protective confines of a vehicle, the guides tell stories of how they roamed the countryside, journeying to locales such as Botswana, Sabi Sands, and Soit Orgoss in northern Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Through their colorful biographies and amusing and hair-raising anecdotesincluding encounters with wounded buffalo and drama with elephantsthese fiercely independent professionals provide insight into their dedication and passion and offers an ad hoc appraisal of the evolution of the safari business into a sophisticated industry. A selection of drawings and photographs and background information on the lodges where these individuals are based further illuminate their surroundings