National Park↕ | Country↕ | Established↕ | Must-See↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yellowstone | USA | 1872 | Old Faithful geyser | World's first national park, geothermal wonders, bison herds, supervolcano underneath, Grand Prismatic Spring |
Banff | Canada | 1885 | Lake Louise | Turquoise glacier lakes, Canadian Rockies, Moraine Lake, world-class skiing, most photographed lake on Earth |
Torres del Paine | Chile | 1959 | The Towers (Los Torres) | Patagonian wilderness, W Trek, granite towers, glaciers, guanacos, end of the world feeling |
Kruger | South Africa | 1898 | Big Five safari | Africa's most famous safari park, Big Five (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo), self-drive safaris |
Fiordland | New Zealand | 1952 | Milford Sound | Milford Sound fjord, Doubtful Sound, rainforest, Milford Track (finest walk in the world), waterfalls |
Galápagos | Ecuador | 1959 | Giant tortoises | Darwin's living laboratory, fearless wildlife, giant tortoises, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies |
Serengeti | Tanzania | 1951 | Great Migration | 2 million wildebeest migration, big cats, endless plains (Serengeti = endless plain), safari quintessence |
Grand Canyon | USA | 1919 | South Rim viewpoint | 277-mile canyon, 2 billion years of geology, Colorado River, overwhelming scale, rim-to-rim hike |
Zhangjiajie | China | 1982 | Avatar Hallelujah Mountain | 3,000+ sandstone pillars, inspired Avatar's Pandora, glass bridge, sea of clouds, otherworldly |
Swiss National Park | Switzerland | 1914 | Val Trupchun wildlife | Only Swiss national park, strict nature reserve, ibex and chamois, Alpine wilderness, no human intervention |
Komodo | Indonesia | 1980 | Komodo dragons | Home of Komodo dragons, pink beach, incredible diving, living dinosaurs, remote Indonesian islands |
Jiuzhaigou Valley | China | 1978 | Five Flower Lake | Colorful lakes (impossibly turquoise), Tibetan culture, waterfalls, UNESCO site, fairy tale valley |
Plitvice Lakes | Croatia | 1949 | Great Waterfall (78m) | 16 terraced lakes, travertine dams, wooden boardwalks, emerald-turquoise water, best in Europe |
Yosemite | USA | 1890 | El Capitan / Half Dome | Ansel Adams photographs, El Capitan climbing, Half Dome, giant sequoias, Yosemite Falls, granite valleys |
Kakadu | Australia | 1981 | Aboriginal rock art | 40,000-year-old Aboriginal rock art, tropical wetlands, crocodiles, Jim Jim Falls, cultural and natural heritage |
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