This is such an easy, fun read. Allison worked as a safari guide in Botswana, and this is a collection of his exploits introducing travelers to the local animals. My dad's recently come back from a trip to southern Africa, where he was able (lucky bastard) to visit the Okavango Delta (where Allison spends a lot of time) so it was interesting to read this while comparing it to the tourist version I got from him. 

The humour is the most appealing part here for me. Allison is clearly able to laugh at himself, and there's plenty of opportunity for him to do so. I cackled at him getting his jeep stuck in the hippo pools and having to abandon his tourists to run for help to get them out. It can't have been very funny at the time - hippos and crocodiles not being creatures you want to dangle yourself in front of! - but it was certainly funny to read.

There is, it must be said, less information on the actual animals than you might think when picking this up, as I did, at the local library. This is more a book on looking at animals than it is learning about them, but it's still a deeply entertaining one.