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       Acknowledgments
       Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following   Additional Cartography Genené Hart, Eloïse Moss.
       people whose contributions and assistance have made   Research Assistance Susan Alexander, Sandy Vahl.
       the preparation of this book possible.  Additional Picture Research Rachel Barber, Phoebe
                                     Lowndes, Ellen Root.
       Main Contributors             Factcheckers Ariadne Van Zandbergen, Lizzie Williams.
       Michael Brett has visited many African countries,   Proofreader Debra Wolter.
       including Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia and   Indexer Helen Peters.
       Mozambique, and has an extensive knowledge of South
       Africa. His first book, a detailed guide to the Pilanesberg   Revisions Team
       National Park in North West Province, South Africa, was   Louise Abbott, Beverley Ager, Hansa Babra, Claire
       published in 1989. In 1996, he co-authored the Touring   Baranowski, Chris Barstow/Coppermill Books, Uma
       Atlas of South Africa. He has written Great Game Parks of   Bhattacharya, Hilary Bird, Subhadeep Biswas, Arwen
       Africa: Masai Mara and Kenya the Beautiful. Articles by   Burnett, Caroline Elliker, Alice Fewery, Emer Fitzgerald,
       Michael Brett have been published in several travel   Sean Fraser, Anna Freiberger, Camilla Gersh, Thea
       magazines, as well as in Reader’s Digest.   Grobbelaar, Freddy Hamilton, Vinod Harish, Mohammad
       Philip Briggs is a travel writer specializing in Africa. In   Hassan, Lesley Hay-Whitton, Victoria Heyworth-Dunne,
       1991, his Bradt Guide to South Africa was the first such   Jacky Jackson, Cincy Jose, Vasneet Kaur, Juliet Kenny,
       guidebook to be published internationally after the   Sumita Khatwani, Vincent Kurien, Maite Lantaron,
       release of Nelson Mandela. Over the rest of the 1990s,    Alfred Lemaitre, Carly Madden, Alison McGill, Glynne
       he wrote a series of pioneering Bradt Guides including   Newlands, Catherine Palmi, Marianne Petrou, Rada
       the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda,   Radojicic, John Reeks, Marisa Renzullo, Gerhardt van
       Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana and Rwanda.    Rooyen, Sands Publishing Solutions, Mitzi Scheepers,
       He also contributes to specialist travel and wildlife   Ankita Sharma, Azeem Siddiqui, Susana Smith, Conrad
       magazines including Africa Birds & Birding, Africa   Van Dyk, Laura Walker, Lizzie Williams.
       Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa and Wanderlust.
       Brian Johnson-Barker was born and educated in Cape   Special Assistance
       Town, South Africa. After graduating from the University   Joan Armstrong, The Howick Publicity Bureau; Coen
       of Cape Town and running a clinical pathology laboratory   Bessinger, Die Kaapse Tafel; Tim Bowdell, Port Elizabeth City
       for some 15 years, he turned to writing. His considerable   Council; Dr Joyce Brain, Durban; Katherine Brooks,
       involvement in this field has also extended to television   MuseuMAfrikA (Johannesburg ); Michael Coke, Durban;
       scripts and magazine articles. Among his nearly 50 book   Coleen de Villiers and Gail Linnow, South African Weather
       titles are Off the Beaten Track (1996) and Illustrated Guide to   Bureau; Dr Trevor Dearlove, South African Parks Board;
       Game Parks and Nature Reserves of Southern Africa (1997),   Louis Eksteen, Voortrekker Museum (Pietermaritzburg);
       both published by Reader’s Digest.  Lindsay Hooper, South African Museum (Cape Town); Brian
       Mariëlle Renssen wrote for South African general-  Jackson, The National Monuments Commission; Linda
       interest magazine Fair Lady before spending two years in   Labuschagne, Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex (Mossel
       New York with Young & Modern, a teenage publication   Bay); Darden Lotz, Cape Town; Tim Maggs, Cape Town;
       owned by the Bertelsmann publishing group. After   Hector Mbau, The Africa Café; Annette Miller, Bredas dorp
       returning to South Africa, several of her articles were   Tourism; Gayla Naicker and Gerhart Richter, Perima’s;
       published in magazines such as Food and Home SA and   Professor John Parkington, University of Cape Town; Anton
       Woman’s Value. Since 1995 she has been the publishing   Pauw, Cape Town; David Philips Publisher (Pty) Ltd, Cape
       manager of Struik Publishers’ International Division,   Town; Bev Prinsloo, Palace of the Lost City; Professor Bruce
       during which time she also contributed to Traveller’s   Rubidge, University of the Witwatersrand; Jeremy Saville,
       Guide to Tanzania.            ZigZag Maga zine; Mark Shaw, Barrister’s; Dr Dan Sleigh,
                                     Cape Town; Anthony Sterne, Simply Salmon; David Swane-
       Additional Contributors       poel, Voortrekker Museum; Johan Taljaard, West Coast
       Duncan Cruickshank, Claudia Dos Santos, Luke Hardiman,   National Park; Pietermaritzburg Publicity Association;
       Gail Jennings, Peter Joyce, Loren Minsky, Roger St Pierre,   Beyers Truter, Beyerskloof wine farm, Stellenbosch;
       Anne Taylor, Ariadne Van Zendbergen.  Dr Lita Webley, Albany Museum, Grahamstown; Lloyd
                                     Wingate and Stephanie Pienaar, Kaffrarian Museum (King
       Additional Photography        William’s Town); and all provincial tourist authorities and
       Greg & Yvonne Dean, Louise Dean, Charley van Dugteren,   national and provincial park services.
       Hanne and Jens Erikesen, Christopher & Sally Gable, Nigel
       Hicks, Josef Hlasek, Anthony Johnson, Mathew Kurien,   Photographic and Artwork Reference
       Cyril Laubscher, Ian O’Leary, Gary Ombler, John Reeks,   Vida Allen and Bridget Carlstein, McGregor Museum
       Tony Souter, Linda Whitwam, Jerry Young.  (Kimberley); Marlain Botha, Anglo American Library; The
                                     Cape Archives; Captain Emilio de Souza; Petrus Dhlamini,
       Additional Illustrations Anton Krugel.  Anglo American Corporation (Johannesburg); Gawie
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