These are the top ten Parks around the World..
1. Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
This is one of the North Island’s three World Heritage Sites. It features volcanic peaks (one of which is active) and is still home to many Maoris, who donated the park to New Zealand in 1887, when it became the world’s fourth national park. The Maoris are very outgoing in displaying their culture to visitors.
2. Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
This World Heritage Site is jointly managed by the Aborigines and the Australian government. It has magnificent vistas, great waterfalls, stunning displays of Aboriginal rock art, and is habitat to an awesome predator, the estuarine (saltwater) crocodile.
3. Snowdonia National Park, Wales, Great Britain
Snowdonia is a lovely mountain park, with Mount Snowdon, which is comprised of slate, rising to 3,560 feet. While this park is not as geologically or visually arresting as many other mountain parks around, its peaceful setting and wild landscapes make it one of Britain’s top outdoor attractions.
4. Kruger National Park, South Africa
This is one of the most impressive wildlife viewing areas in the world. Millions of acres of habitat and little development give visitors an opportunity to see many large African mammals and magnificent birds. It is one of the few places where wildlife is in charge—they wander free and the visitors are controlled.
6. Iguazú National Park, Argentina
This park protects one of the most spectacular natural landscapes in Argentina and Brazil, Iguazú Falls and the surrounding subtropical forest. The falls are 70 meters high, but even more impressive is their width: the river at the falls is 1,500 meters wide. A thrilling experience is the short boat ride and walk along the catwalks to the most striking of the hundreds of falls, Garganta del Diablo, the Devil’s Throat.
7. Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
The park includes Mount Everest, among other prominent mountains. It has distinctive wildlife and small picturesque Sherpa villages with their gumpas (monasteries).
8. Madain Saley National Historic Park, Saudi Arabia
This region, the Biblical Midian, is mostly undulating desert, interspersed with huge rocky outcrops and lush oases. Here, between 500 B.C. and 100 A.D., the Nabatean people created 125 monumental cut-rock tombs and facades, edifices up to 130 feet tall, that are standing today in a remarkable state of preservation.
9. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Plitvice Lakes National Park is located in inland Croatia, about halfway between Zagreb and Split. In moderately mountainous terrain, the park is all about water—small lakes and streams and beautiful waterfalls everywhere. Because of the geology of the area, travertine, type of sedimentary rock, is evident in most of the water features, giving them distinctive blue-green colors and exceptionally clear water. There are a number of excellent short and moderate hiking trails with quiet, non-polluting electric ferries connecting some of the trails by way of the lakes. Because of the vegetation, fall “color season” is especially spectacular.
10. Hortobagy National Park, Hungary
This park is located on the “puszta,” or great Hungarian plains. It was the country’s first national park. It also is a biosphere reserve and a World Heritage Site. The plains and wetlands reflect two millennia of human occupation and have supported agrarian life for centuries. It has several endangered bird species and is a refuge for rare Przewalski’s horses and migratory waterfowl. Culturally, it preserves and interprets traditional Hungarian folkways, such as the nomadic herding culture of the puszta.
If you have a plans for vacations try these national parks. Im sure you’ll enjoy it. Have fun.. Hope you like it.
