Philip and Ingrid van den Berg, Heinrich van den Berg. Text by Philip van den Berg
HPH Publishing's latest book is a pocket-sized safari guide featuring the birds of the Kruger. Birding is becoming more popular than ever and this book will make it easier for readers to become familiar with the birds that are most often seen on game drives in the Greater Kruger area.Kruger Birds is a comprehensive guidebook that covers 447 Greater Kruger species.
Author Biographies:
Husband and wife award-winning photographers Philip and Ingrid van den Berg share a love of Africa and all its facets. It is their passion to capture unique moments in nature and share these with readers, through the pages of their wildlife books. Based in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, and now retired from careers in environmental education and biological sciences, Philip and Ingrid have transformed a love of photography into a full-time "hobby", with several acclaimed wildlife books to their credit. With their extensive knowledge of the natural world coupled with their scientific backgrounds, they are an integral part of the HPH team of photographers and writers.
Heinrich van den Berg is an international award-winning wildlife photographer, and is also an accomplished writer and publisher. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Van den Berg is well known for pushing the boundaries of photography to create explosive images that are as beautiful as they are emotive.
Van den Berg heads his own publishing company, HPH Publishing, and has successfully published over 20 full-colour wildlife titles since 2001. His books are highly acclaimed for both their quality and content.
Heinrich and his wife Dana travel extensively in search of unique images, always with an eye for the unusual and a new perspective on the known world. Although Dana is a new addition to the team, she has already contributed substantially to the pool of photographs in the HPH Image Library.
Along with other photographs from the HPH fold, Heinrich has featured prominently in numerous coffee-table books, calendars, magazine portfolios and other photographic publications worldwide. Both national and international magazines such as National Geographic, GEO, TERRA, Terra Sauvage, the New York Times, the Times of London, Getaway, Africa Geographic, Go!, and numerous others have published HPH work.
Van den Berg also shares his photography knowledge through exclusive workshops held in various parts of southern Africa.
Hi I'm Grorge and i'm Afrikaans. Im very pleased with the book. I love birds I've got lot of bird apps on my photo specially when I go to Kruger. One thing all the names of the birds are in Inglis and then I have to go to the index to see what's the name in afrikaans. Now I going to print the afrikaans name in small letters and stick it next to the picture of the Inglis names so that I can learn the afrikaans name as well. Otherwise I love the book thank you.
I also bought the book Kruger self drive second edition to see what's the difference between the first edition and the second edition. Unfortunately the second edition is only in inglish where the first one that I bought was in afrikaans.
I just want to thank you for the good quality books pictures are nice and very colorful and sharp.
George
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Johan Engelbrecht
Kruger birds
Still awaiting reception of the book
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Dudley Cherry
Kruger Birds
Fast, efficient and the delivery was on time, thank you.
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Schalk Nel
Kruger Birds
Die kleur foto's verskaf baie detail.
Die inligting is kort, maar tog kragtig en het waarde.
Afrikaanse name sou welkom gewees het.
Ek geniet die klein formaat van die boek.
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JOANNE LEWIS
MRS J LEWIS - KRUGER BIRDS
A very helpful book
It has loads of information in it, it is laid out very nicely
Easy to carry due to its size, it is not big and bulky, but has all the necessary informaiton in it
Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.
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Jenny King
A must for your next trip
This book is of interest to new and experienced twitchers alike. Spent many hours looking through the book while waiting at waterholes, and a useful tool to quickly identify the birds seen most often in the park. Excellent photographs and intersting background to the birds themselves
Kgalagadi Self-Drive BIRDS
Rachel Norton
Botswana self-drive
Very well set out book with information about Botswana that will be very helpful for planning a trip there.
Botswana Self-Drive
Trevor Boshoff
Self Drive Etosha
An amazing book with so much information and advise for Etosha. Looking forward to making use of the book on our next trip.
Etosha Self-Drive – Routes, Roads and Ratings
Marius Kritzinger
Kgalagadi Self Drive Birds
A long overdue publication! Next year we will be visiting the Kgalagadi for the 32nd time and we were always somewhat confused by especially some of the juvenile raptors. But not any more - the book is a brilliant guide and the images equally brilliant. Well done HPH on yet another winner!
Kgalagadi Self-Drive BIRDS
Derick Ceronio
Great Book
Very easy to read book with great photos and layout. This book is highly recommended!! Well done.
This book is of interest to new and experienced twitchers alike. Spent many hours looking through the book while waiting at waterholes, and a useful tool to quickly identify the birds seen most often in the park. Excellent photographs and intersting background to the birds themselves
A long overdue publication! Next year we will be visiting the Kgalagadi for the 32nd time and we were always somewhat confused by especially some of the juvenile raptors. But not any more - the book is a brilliant guide and the images equally brilliant. Well done HPH on yet another winner!
