A Year of Watching Wildlife and A Year of Sports Travel: Over 360 Ideas for Unique Experiences Around the World

Lonely Planet’s “A Year of Watching Wildlife” and “A Year of Sports Travel”
Over 360 ideas for Unique Experiences Around the World

Every week of the year, something astounding happens in the animal kingdom. A million wildebeest trek across the Serengeti; killer whales surf Argentinean beaches; lizards fly like paper planes in the jungles of Borneo. A Year of Watching Wildlife is a collection of 192 of the world’s best wildlife watching events and destinations, showing you where, when and how to take part in the natural world’s greatest happenings.

Ever dreamed of traveling the globe in search of the ultimate sport fix? A Year of Sport Travel gives you 12 months chock-full of the world’s biggest and most exciting sporting events.  From Toe Wrestling in England and the Norwegian Reindeer Racing Championships to the New York Yankees Major League Baseball Game and World Cup Football Final, A Year of Sports Travel outlines the best sporting events to experience around the world.

Lonely Planet’s “Year of” books are organized by month and week to help you plan your year’s adventures and include essential planning tips and links to more information on each idea. Indexes by country, animal or sport allow you to search by destination or event. And each book contains over 200 stunning images to inspire and delight readers.

Notes to Editors:
Review copies available upon request
US Travel Editor, Robert Reid, is available for interview
Extracts of the books can be reprinted with permission; Select images are available as well
Copies are available for reader/listener giveaways

For this, or any further information, please contact Rana Freedman at PressUSA@Lonelyplanet.com
 

About the Books:
A Year of Watching Wildlife, New Title
$19.99, 224pp, full color, paperback
ISBN: 978 1 74179 279 9
August 2009

A Year of Sports Travel, New Title
$22.99, 208pp, full color, paperback
ISBN: 978 1 74179 883 8
September 2009