"The essential Sahara guide" Sunday Times

"Gets right to the heart of desert travel" Michael Palin

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Since the original 1999 edition of Sahara Overland, author Chris Scott returned to the desert, exploring eight countries while both leading his own tours, joining other tours or filming his adventures. The dvd Desert Driving II was released in 2005 and Desert Riders has been featured on National Geographic Channel. Laminated hardback cover and double-stitched 'all-terrain' binding Now 673 pages - 25% more material at no extra cost First edition cover price maintained Colour DPS Sahara map on endpapers, front and backImproved route and reference mapping New colour pictures throughout and 100s of new monos Updated advice on choosing organised tours, gained from personal experiences. Greatly expanded updated section on vehicle choice, including new section on 2WDs, plus all the best 4WDs and AWD trucks. An all new motorcycling section based on the Desert Riders Project which tested all sorts of gear, gadgets and systems in the central Sahara All the latest equipment and accessories for vehicle preparation A new section on acquiring and interpreting satellite imagery New section on travel by camel from three diverse contributors Expanded sections commissioned from academic experts on Saharan climate, landforms and geology, and archaeology Several new boxed asides on interesting historic and little known aspects of the Sahara and notable but little recognised Saharans Thousands of kilometres of new routes in nine countries from the Atlantic Beach Piste to the Gilf Kebir To keep the book up to date the new edition features an updates page Check out the online reviews. With over 20% new or updated material, the hardback edition of Sahara Overland remains the ultimate desert travellers' handbook and reference resource on the Sahara.

 

More details and an excerpt of the book on the Trailblazer website