Fodor's Exploring South Africa, 4th Edition

Rating:
Summary: Colorful, but not very functional
Review: I bought this book to plan a family vacation to South Africa. I was hoping to get something as well organized and chock-full of information as Fodor's standard travel guides. I was disappointed.

Unfortunately, this book is more like a big brochure, with lots of colorful pictures (which is great) but text that is not laid out well and plenty of annoying sidebars and boxes that often make it hard to follow the main text. I'm pretty sure that much of the necessary information is there, but it's not nearly as accessible as it is in the other guides. And without that, what's the point?

I would probably buy this book as a supplemental guide, but not as a central vacation-planning tool.

Rating:
Summary: The other book is better.
Review: This is the short review: buy the Frommer's.