best guide book
 

hi can anyone tell me who makes the best guide books for south america.
Also is there any one book that covers all these countries
thanks for your time
david

Footprint books
 

A good book is "Footprint South American Handbook". I like it better then Lonely Planet. It has a bit info about travelling by motorcycle/car.

Pat

As above Footprint - most folk with the others ended up using ours for details, top guide, but not as nice to look at

I concur with the other guys, Footprint is at the moment the best South America guide on the market, I used the 2004 one on my last visit and I'm using the 2006 ed. now. The word on the street is that a 2007 version is due out in Sep. A quick tip, send Footprint an e-mail with some updates on anywhere and they will give you 40% off the purchase price of a guide book from their website, cheaper than Amazon. Ride safe, Mike Anderson.