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Bradt Travel Guides: Angola Oscar Scafidi 4th edition

The new fourth edition of Bradt's Angola remains the only dedicated, full-length English-language guide to this increasingly popular and now readily accessible southern African nation, which offers a heady combination of wildlife-rich rainforests, world-class surfing and beaches, remote deserts and richly diverse human culture. Luanda is a capital of contrasts, offering everything from colonial Portuguese ruins to $100-a-plate sushi bars, a vibrant carnival to sophisticated nightclubs, and landscaped waterfronts to grand public buildings. Venture beyond the urban bustle, perhaps on the recently rehabilitated Benguela railway, and you can discover attractions ranging from frontier diamond towns to relaxed beach resorts, excellent sea-fishing to some of the world's most enthralling surfing (at Cabo Ledo).