A.B.C. Maps - Product Profile

Nepal Trekking & The Great Himalaya Trail
By Robin Bousted

Route and planning guide to the best trekking in Nepal - this guide includes the most popular routes as well as the newest trekking areas for true trailblazers. Extensive planning sections to help visitors choose a trek. Also includes the new Great Himalaya Trail. The guide includes: organizing a trek; employing a guide or porter in Nepal; the environment - how to minimize your impact on a fragile region and still take hot 'green' showers; health and safety; plus 8pp colour maps for planning and 16pp colour photos.

Soft Laminated cover. 320 pages. (1st Edition 2011) Approx 180mm x  120mm ISBN 9781905864317 RRP $ 44.95

Coast to Coast Path
By Henry Stedman

Fully updated fourth edition of this complete guide to walking the famous Wainwright path from St Bees on the Irish Sea to the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay. Includes 109 detailed walking maps, the largest scale maps available at just under 1:20,000, plus unique mapping features showing route times, gradients, where to stay, interesting features; itineraries for all walkers; detailed public transport information; practical information for all budgets and 8 town plans.

Soft Laminated cover. 252 pages. (4th Edition 2010) Approx 180mm x  120mm ISBN 9781905864300 RRP $ 29.95

New Zealand - The Great Walks
By Alexander Stewart

New Zealand is a wilderness paradise of incredibly beautiful landscapes. From its turquoise waters and sandy beaches, fern-clad hillsides give way to lush forests, deep gorges, alpine lakes and snow-capped peaks. Outstanding scenery, a rich heritage and extensive outdoor activities combine to make New Zealand one of the world's most exciting hiking destinations. New Zealand is criss-crossed by tracks, of which nine have been designated Great Walks by the Department of Conservation. These are the country's premier hiking trails and each route takes about 3-5 days to walk. Internationally renowned, they give a good feel for the range of experiences available in the New Zealand backcountry. Meticulously waymarked and maintained, the Great Walks provide outstanding tramping opportunities for people of all levels of fitness and proficiency. In New Zealand, hiking is known as tramping. This updated second edition includes: Practical information for all budgets - Planning your trip and getting to New Zealand; getting to each trailhead; health and safety; environmentally- sensitive tramping. Includes 50 trail maps - walking times, directions, places to stay and points of interest. These are not general-purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn specifically for trail users. Flora and fauna Historical and cultural background. Plus - Auckland, Wellington and gateway towns - detailed guides and maps to Auckland, Wellington, National Park Village, Taumaranui, Nelson, Queenstown, Te Anau and Oban.

Soft Laminated cover. 290 pages. (2nd Edition 2009) Approx 180mm x  120mm ISBN 9781905864119 RRP $ 39.95

THE INCA TRAIL

(Cusco & Machu Picchu )

By Richard Danbury

This book is designed to take you from your armchair to these cities of the Incas, Cusco and Machu Picchu, and to guide you along the Incas trails, stretches of some of the best hiking in the world. It includes information on getting to Peru; there's a chapter devoted to the Incas and their predecessors, and chapters on Cusco and Machu Picchu.Detailed trekking maps are included, as are site plans and descriptions of what to know about the abandoned ruins you'll pass on your way.

	65 maps and street plans
	Language Spanish and Quechua
	Practical information
	Street plans what to see and where to stay

 Soft laminated cover 320 pages Aprox 180mm x 120mm ISBN 9781873756867 RRP $ 34.95

KILIMANJARO

By Henry Stedman

The most Authoritative and detailed guide to climbing Africa's highest mountain. In this addition Comprehensive descriptions have been added of the Lemosho and Umbwe routes, thereby completing all the major trails to the summit.

Included are:

- Planning your trip and booking a trek

- Background information

- City guides where to stay, eat, and what to see

- Mount Meru a popular pre-Kilimanjaro trek

- Comprehensive trail guide and maps to the six major routes: Machame, Marangu, Rongai, Lemosho, Shira, and Umbwe - by a writer who has climbed them all

Soft laminated cover 370 pages. 3rd Edition (2010). Approx 180mm x 120mm ISBN 9781905864249 RRP $ 39.95

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

by Jim Manthorpe

Much more than just a walking guide this book includes guides to 62 gateway towns and villages: what to see on rainy days, where to stay, where to eat; pubs, hotels, B&Bs, campsites, bunkhouses, and hostels.

86 walking maps that include unique mapping features, and walking times with directions. Public transport information for all access points. 60 day walks for all abilities. Graded for difficulty, terrain and strenuousness. Selected from every corner of the region and ranges from well known peaks such as Ben Nevis and Cairns Gorm to lesser known hills such as suliven and clisham.

 Soft laminated cover 320 pages Aprox 180mm x 120mm ISBN 9781873756911 RRP $ 34.95

 SAHARA OVERLAND

By Chris Scott

Fully revised and expanded 2nd edition looking beyond the romance of shimmering oases and magical dunes, this is the 2nd edition of Chris Scott's comprehensive handbook to understanding and exploring the worlds most fascinating and mysterious wilderness. Over 70 GPS routes and detailed itineraries -  25,000km in nine countries. Whether your planning a weeks excursion in Morocco or a two-month trans- Saharan expedition this guide offers all the advise, background information and inspiration to complete your journey safely. All you need to plan the adventure of a life time.

	Transport
	Documentation
	preparing your vehicle
	trans Mediterranean ferries
	desert driving and riding techniques
	navigating and survival
	background information
	plus 300 B&W & 30 colour photos

Coverage includes: Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Mali, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Egypt.

Hard cover. 672 pages. (revised 2007). approx. 215mm X 137mm. APN 9781873756768 revised and expanded edition . RRP $59.95

TIBET OVERLAND

By Kym McConnell (Trailblazer UK)

Detailed information on over 9000kms ( 5625 miles ) of overland routes with a km by km breakdown of these several journeys.

Full colour mapping.

All you need to plan the adventure of a life time -- coverage includes: background information; Planning and preparing; women travelling in Tibet; health and safety; mountain biking in Nepal; where to stay and what to see and where to eat in Lhasa.

Destinations Include: Lhasa, Kathmandu, Nam Tso, Xining, Golmud, Kunming, Dali, Everest Base Camp, Yarlung Valley, Chengdu, Mt Kailash, Kasgar.

Soft laminated cover. 208 pages. (2002) approx. 210mm X 135mm. APN 9781873756416  RRP $39.95

TREKKING IN THE PYRENEES

By Douglas Streatfeild-James

Superb scenery, a rich culture, a long history and wonderful cuisine all combine to make the Pyrenees one of Europe's most exciting regions; and there's no better way to experience it than on foot.

90 detailed trekking maps and 15 town plans show trekking times, places to stay and points of interest. Comprehensive text provides provides all the practical information you need including trip-planning, where to stay for all budgets, where to eat, what to see, getting to the start of your trek, flora and fauna, historical and cultural background, health and safety plus French and Spanish language sections.

Soft laminated cover. 322 pages. (2007) approx. 180mm X 120mm. APN 9781873756829  RRP $34.95

Mediterranean Handbook
By Jon Gorvett

Dolomites Trekking (Alta via 1 & Alta via 2)
By Henry Stedman

The Walker's Haute Route
By Alexander Stewart 

Corsica Trekking GR20
By David Abram 

Trekking in The Everest Region
By Jamie McGuiness