DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand Reviews
December 10, 2012 
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand
Packed with photographs, illustrations and detailed maps, Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand will lead you straight to the best attractions this exciting country has to offer. Discover New Zealand region by region; from the glistening glaciers on the West Coast to the surfers’ paradise Central North Island. The guide provides insider tips every visitor needs from the country’s best deep-sea fishing spots to the best bridges for bungee jumping, with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, re
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For planning at home only,
This book is basically a summary overview of every region and town in New Zealand, all in color. It is great for giving you an introduction to everything New Zealand, but it falls very short on actual details about anything. Lonely Planet and Rough Guide offer far more details about each particular town/region/area, while the NZFrenzy books offer far more details about outdoor activities. In summary, get this book to get you a little acquainted with NZ and get your planning revved-up, but then get other books to bring with you to New Zealand and help you get the most out of your trip.
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand
Always we look for DK travel books first. Why? The color plates are a great indicator of what we will encounter. Has good road maps to help us determine what to see when we rent a car. We do not use the lodging guide though. That is relegated to the internet. This book has quite a few items about hiking. We found good short hikes. In NZ they call is tramping.
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DK Eyewitness Travel guides can provide a visually rich, information-packed introduction to any destination, and this guide to New Zealand doesn’t disappoint. It embellishes a concise travel narrative with lots of color photos, illustrations, maps, graphics, and diagrams.
The guide is arranged in the standard DK format, with an introduction to New Zealand, followed by surveys of the North and South Islands, basic travelers needs, and a survival guide. Key points for planning a visit from the US include the one to two days travel just to get there. New Zealand is a surprising large and diverse country offering habitats ranging from the sub-tropical to the sub-Antarctic, and lots inbetween. There are several substantial cities, including Auckland and Wellington. If travel to Christchurch on the South Island is planned, visitors may wish to check ahead since that area is still recovering from a devastating earthquake. The South Island does offer spectacular mountains and fjords, while North Island has beaches and marine life reserves, and the whole has an interesting mixture of British and Maori culture.
Given the size of New Zealand, visitors would be wise to plan ahead in moving around and between North and South Island. The guide offers recommendations that can enable travelors to prioritize their most favored attractions and activities. The guide includes websites for followup information. “DK Eyewitness Travel Guide New Zealand” is very highly recommended as a planning and touring resource.
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