Bradt St Helena Guidebook

St Helena Travel Guide – Holiday advice and tourist tips on everything from Jamestown highlights and accommodation to the islands of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Also featuring beaches and resorts, Napoleon’s exile, The Peaks National Park, natural history, endemic plants and wildlife, walking, hiking and diving.

I did it highway: The world’s greatest roads

Check out these classic coastal routes and steep mountain switchbacks

The best birdwatching sites in the world

Written by Bradt Travel Guides   Tanzania The colourful lilac-breasted roller is one of Tanzania’s most impressive birds © Ariadne Van Zandbergen, Africa Image Library Tanzania is one of the world’s most bird-rich destinations. Indeed, the national checklist, which stood at below 1,000 species in 1980, now stands at more than 1,100 species. Casual visitors…

Janet’s 40 years at Bradt

1977: WANTED A local publisher is looking for someone to work 2-3 hours a week to help with typing and occasional packing of parcels. 

The best birdwatching sites in the world

Whether you are a novice or an avid birdwatcher, aviary spectacles can be amongst the greatest in the animal kingdom.

Land shipwrecks in Namibia

Nick Molloy gives us the lowdown on Namibia’s famous Skeleton Coast, where the shipwrecks leave you with no doubt as to the inspiration behind its name.  

The best places to see turtles

From Cyprus to Cape Verde, these are the best places to view these beautiful and endangered creatures.

A potted history of Bradt, Part Four

Tricia Hayne reminisces on a decade of firsts for Bradt.

Which country has the most lions?

We’ve scoured the African continent for some of the best sites to get up close and personal with lions.

The best national parks in Zambia

Visitors are spoilt for choice when it comes to game viewing in Zambia.

The world’s most impressive geological features

Marble caves, salt lakes and rainbow mountains.

Mesmerising St Helena: The five best postbox walks on the island

A series of ‘postbox’ walks take travellers on a round-the-island walking tour, showcasing the very best of St Helena’s scenic beauty.

Zambia

Zambia may be becoming increasingly well known, yet the country still retains its essence: that authentic feeling of a wilderness which is wild, beautiful and slightly unpredictable. Chris McIntyre author of Zambia:The Bradt Guide Landlocked in the heart of the continent, Zambia is deepest, darkest Africa at its most appealing. Many are drawn initially to…

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

On a map, the remote islands of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha appear to be mere specks in the ocean – but they have much to enthrall the intrepid traveller. Tricia Hayne, author of St Helena: the Bradt Guide Hiking, history and he cabbages: St Helena offers an alluring mix of holiday attractions,…