Country Travel Guides
The travel guide is without doubt an essential item for the volunteer traveller. Whether you are volunteering abroad for one week or one year, you should buy yourself at least one reputable travel guide for the country or countries that you intend to visit and volunteer in. Sometimes you can buy regional guides, which may be more effective if you are intending on only spending short periods of time in each country, in the major cities for example. However, if you are going to be a volunteer for any significant length of time (perhaps more than one week in one place), then I would certainly recommend that you purchase the relevant country travel guide to help you learn about the places you will be visiting and living in.
Travel guides really are invaluable sources of information and important detail passed on by other travellers in the past and which will help you make the most of your volunteer trip and learn many interesting things about where you are going to be.
One of the best travel guide series are written by Lonely Planet and they should be one of your considered choices for excellent quality travel guides which give you a whole range of extremely useful information. You can find out about the history and culture of your destination, as well as how to get there, how to get around (with typical costs and some maps), where to stay (with typical costs) and what to see and do. The guides are well written, concise and easy to follow. they are usually sectioned too into different parts of the country so you can easily plan your journey and find where you are.
Travel Guide Resources for the Volunteer Abroad
We have linked below to the best travel guide suppliers by country below. If you think we could include other useful travel guides for the volunteer here please contact us and let us know. Thanks.
Bolivia Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Bolivia travel guide.
Brazil Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Brazil travel guide.
China Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet China travel guide.
Costa Rica Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Costa Rica travel guide.
Ecuador Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Ecuador travel guide.
Ghana Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet West Africa travel guide.
India Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet India travel guide.
Kenya Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Kenya travel guide.
Malaysia Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Malaysia travel guide.
Mexico Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Mexico travel guide.
Nepal Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Nepal travel guide.
Peru Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Peru travel guide.
South Africa Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet South Africa travel guide.
Sri Lanka Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Sri Lanka travel guide.
Tanzania Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Tanzania travel guide.
Thailand Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet Thailand travel guide.
Uganda Travel Guides
Buy a Lonely Planet East Africa travel guide.