- Paperback: 765 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 14th Revised edition edition (1 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1741048168
- ISBN-13: 978-1741048162
- Product Dimensions: 26.6 x 16.7 x 10.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
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'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' --New York Times
'This book is jam-packed full of pearls of wisdom on New Zealand, ranging from where to find the cheapest crayfish in Kaikoura to how to bike your way around the wineries of Marlborough, from bone carving in Hokitika to glacier climbing the Franz Joseph and anything and everything in between.' --Amazon customer --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
'This book is jam-packed full of pearls of wisdom on New Zealand, ranging from where to find the cheapest crayfish in Kaikoura to how to bike your way around the wineries of Marlborough, from bone carving in Hokitika to glacier climbing the Franz Joseph and anything and everything in between.' --Amazon customer --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Discover New Zealand
Glimpse Mitre Peak through the mist on majestic Milford Sound
Hold your nose and dip your toes in a Rotorua thermal pool
Shelter from windy Wellington with the arts crowd in a low-lit lounge bar
Enjoy a hangi - but stop short of getting a moko - on a Maori cultural tour
In This Guide:
Food & Drink chapter by Lauraine Jacobs, editor of award-winning Cuisine magazine
You asked, we listened - more budget accommodation
Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights
Glimpse Mitre Peak through the mist on majestic Milford Sound
Hold your nose and dip your toes in a Rotorua thermal pool
Shelter from windy Wellington with the arts crowd in a low-lit lounge bar
Enjoy a hangi - but stop short of getting a moko - on a Maori cultural tour
In This Guide:
Food & Drink chapter by Lauraine Jacobs, editor of award-winning Cuisine magazine
You asked, we listened - more budget accommodation
Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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This guide book gives very comprehensive information on sights to see, accommodation (divided by budget), restaurants, and more. There is also a lot of interesting history, both to the country generally, and to each specific region or town. The overall effect is, however, just slightly overwhelming, having the feeling of a directory. This isn't helped by the dense print, and lack of pictures. That said, these do enable the book to have pretty compact dimensions. I wonder if, however, some of the more obscure destinations could be omitted, in order to allow more space to elaborate on the most popular sights.
For planning a visit, there is more than enough information. However, it might be hard to prioritise, because there is just so much in the book. There are five suggested tour routes, but these only get a page each. I would like a bit more guidance on prioritising where to go.
It would be nice to have more of the maps in colour.
Lonely Planet must have recognised some of these shortcomings, because it has produced a "discover New Zealand" book, which is basically a much pruned-down version of the text of this book, but with a larger, better-spaced-out text, colour maps, and colour photos of suggested highlights to visit. If you don't quite such comprehensive information as the larger book provides, you might want to consider the "discover" version instead. But both are excellent.
For planning a visit, there is more than enough information. However, it might be hard to prioritise, because there is just so much in the book. There are five suggested tour routes, but these only get a page each. I would like a bit more guidance on prioritising where to go.
It would be nice to have more of the maps in colour.
Lonely Planet must have recognised some of these shortcomings, because it has produced a "discover New Zealand" book, which is basically a much pruned-down version of the text of this book, but with a larger, better-spaced-out text, colour maps, and colour photos of suggested highlights to visit. If you don't quite such comprehensive information as the larger book provides, you might want to consider the "discover" version instead. But both are excellent.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I used to be a big fan of lonely planet guides but recently I've found them disappointing and the New Zealand guide is no exception. I gave this book to a friend of mine who has travelled extensively in the country and his overall impression was whilst factually accurate there were some surprising gaps and an overly onerous approach to the logistics of travelling and not enough guide material for the places being visited.
I agree with this description and in fact the same is true of all the lonely planet guides. I suspect this is because they are aimed almost exclusively at the backpacker traveller and less relevant for the modern internet age when guidebooks don't really need to into massive detail regarding how to get to places. When I visit places, I almost exclusively use the internet to make my travel and accomodation arrangements. What I need from a guidebook is lots of portable information about places to visit and sights to see when I get there. In that regard, the Rough Guides do the job much better.
I agree with this description and in fact the same is true of all the lonely planet guides. I suspect this is because they are aimed almost exclusively at the backpacker traveller and less relevant for the modern internet age when guidebooks don't really need to into massive detail regarding how to get to places. When I visit places, I almost exclusively use the internet to make my travel and accomodation arrangements. What I need from a guidebook is lots of portable information about places to visit and sights to see when I get there. In that regard, the Rough Guides do the job much better.
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Not on Kindle next time
I've had Lonely Planet guides before and found them really useful. This time I decided to get it on Kindle so it was smaller to carry around. However it didn't work for me. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Rach
Buy it now!
Without doubt THE must have guide to New Zealand. Providing great detail for every aspect of your trip, it really is an essential.
Published 1 month ago by Angel_Lu
Pre-dates Christchurch Earthquake
This is one of the least well written Lonely Planet guides that I have read e.g. Discover Egypt: All you need to experience the best of Egypt (Lonely Planet Country Guides). Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Clarke
Another excellent and useful book.
Anyone who is already a fan of Lonely Planet guidebooks will know what to expect, and won't be disappointed by this. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Love Books
Excellent read
Easy read , very comprehensive. Has been most useful in planning our forthcoming trip. Will find out how accurate the info is in due course!
Published 6 months ago by dh
Very comprehensive
This guide was written before the earthquakes in New Zealand and therefore can give no information about its effects. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. PJ Taylor
Utter rubbish
What use is a guide book with no table of contents? Are we really expected to read every single page to find the information about whichever place or attraction we're interested... Read more
Published 8 months ago by walkjivefly
Useful guide
The guide gave relevant and up to date information about a variety of topics.
Recommendations were often accurate and it was easy to follow.
Recommendations were often accurate and it was easy to follow.
Published 9 months ago by fleetmac
Trusy Planet
Having used Lonely Planet guides to get me around the USA, Central America and South America, I wouldn't travel without one. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Cat
Rather overwhelming!
It feels like this guide book has everything you'd ever want or need but actually, if I could only take one Guide Book, it'd be from Dorling Kindersley. Read more
Published 12 months ago by aapjebaapje
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