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New Zealand (Lonely Planet Country Guide)
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Product Description
This is the top-selling guide to New Zealand on the market, and one of Lonely Planet's best sellers. It includes: a full-colour New Zealand Outdoors activities chapter and Maori Culture special section; and in-depth History chapter by the country's pre-eminent historian. New Zealand remains a top tourist destination, with most visitors from Australia (33 per cent) and the UK (13 per cent). Contributors include Gandalf, a rastafarian MP, and an ex All Black.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #99648 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 772 pages
Customer Reviews
Excellent guide
As usual with Lonely Planet the layout and presentation of the book was excellent. It certainly gives you a great template to to plan your travels and the descriptions of hotels and B&B's were always spot on. The only problem was was that a lot of the prices were already outdate even though the book was published in Spetember and I went in November 2004. There is also a little bit of a Lonely Planet trail. Sometimes its worth taking a turning not mentioned in the book and finding a beach etc with no other backpackers. However, its difficult to see how any book could do full justice to New Zealand!
Industry standard
This book, as expected from lonely planet, is superb. My girlfriend and I travelled around NZ for five weeks with no other guide book in our bag, nor did we need any other. The information is easy to access, clear and truly excellent. Prices change, but the things to see and the great restaurants to visit etc do not. NZ is so breathtaking to travel around and this book will help you to get the best from it.
Not up to LP's usual standard
The previous editions (see other reviews) may have been great, but the new Sept 2006 version is a real disappointment. Just used it for 3 weeks in NZ. For years I have used Lonely Planets. They give you information. Something has gone wrong with this NZ one. Far too much is the worst sort of travel writers' gush. Far too little is the sort of info LP are otherwise justly famous for. A real shame - lets hope LP are going to quickly revise and re-write it. Meanwhile, I'd suggest checking out the alternatives.
