Watching Wildlife: East Africa by David Andrew and Susan Rhind, Lonely
Planet, £12.99, ISBN 1864500336
THIS excellent guide needs a government health warning: watching wildlife in
East Africa is both addictive and dangerous. After numerous visits I’m totally
hooked. On one safari my companion was tossed by a buffalo as we walked through
scrubland. Lone bull buffaloes, warn David Andrew and Susan Rhind, can be
extremely dangerous. They have been known to toss a Land Rover in the air.
Follow the information given here, however, and you may become addicted, but you
won’t risk death. For most visitors, the malarial mosquito poses a greater…
