Gambia
Tourist Support
Bibliography
& Book Review
In
my opinion Tomkinson's Gambia republished in 2000, is the very best coffee
table book available - great pictures.
See our full page on this book
ISBN 0 905500 64 4
New Rough Guide to
The Gambia - Oct 03
Best Gambia Book
Not a book, but each year 'Gambia Experience' produce
their own excellent brochure of Gambia holidays
The New 2001-2002 catalogue is now available.
They
also keep in stock most of the books shown here
02380 730888 to order - there is a £1.95 p&p charge
Flowering plants of The Gambia at £15.95 not cheap,
I have yet to see it and will let you know.
A MUST if you want
to know where you are in the holiday area £5.95
Macmillian - The Gambia
Rough
Guide
to The Gambia, published Oct 03 - a throughly NEW book in every possible
way.
rrp £12.99 ISBN 1-84353-083-X
If you are getting ONE book on Gambia this is the one to go for.
Read the GTS page on this great read
A must read Book for anyone thinking of spending time helping in Africa
Poisonwood
Quarterly full colour and very pictorial Magazine of
Africa, which some times features articles on The Gambia.
£3.95 a copy or £15 subscription delivered to your address.
www.travelafricamag.com
See Trav Africa 2003
See Trav Africa 2005
Gambia survives because of the strength of the women
- this book is a wonderful insight into the lives of the women of a rural
Gambian village in the late 1980's
Excellent
rrp £6.99
ISBN 0-7493-9087-5
A fantastic resource
and regarded as the best Bird book on The Gambia
The introduction on Geography, climate and habitats is brilliant.
Not cheap at £26.00
Pica Press - Birds of The Gambia
ISBN 1 873403 32 1
I was given this as a present but I can totally
recommend it as additional reading to the specific LP book on Gambia and
Senegal
£17.99
Lonely Planet - West Africa
ISBN
0 86442569 4
Good for touring, loads more roads and villages shown
than Mac Map above, but NO detail of the main holiday area
£4.50
ITM Gambia
I have read these books and although the site is influenced by all of them, personal visits and the work of GTS hosts and our researchers have been a more important influence than any of one of them
This
pocket sized book on Healthy Travel in Africa is a must for serious independent
travellers.
£3.99
Lonely Planet - Healthy Travel - Africa
ISBN 1 86450 050
6
A very interesting first read and a quite different approach, good at
£7.95
Landmark - Gambia
Really wonderfully
Illustrated
£13.99
Insight Guide - The Gambia and Senegal
ISBN 962 421 099 3
If you are buying
just one book to take with you this one from Lonely Planet has to be the
one.
It covers the lot, but is getting a bit out of date now
£10.99
Lonely Planet - The Gambia and Senegal
ISBN 0 86442 593 7
