Rick Smith on National Parks Traveler is compiling a list of the World’s best National Parks. He kickstarted the conversation:
Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Kaieteur National Park, Guyana
Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary, Peru
OK, there are five of my favorites. Can you help us fill in five more blanks? If you have a great photo, send it along via email to kurt@nationalparkstraveler.com and we’ll see about posting it.
One that jumps to mind for me is Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Home of the Paine Circuit trek.
larger original – flickr – dagpeak
All the National Parks in the Sierra Nevada, California are fantastic. I can’t choose one over the others along the John Muir Trail.
larger original – flickr
The Himalayas are fantastic. If I had to choose only one park, it would be the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) home of the Annapurna Circuit.
larger original – flickr – Mahatma4711
Thorung La – larger original – flickr – Lucy Crabapple
But there are a dozen others I could name, just as easily.
The world is a wonderful place.
Check Rick’s original post to add to his list – The World’s Top Ten National Parks
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