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New Zealand has 13 of the best travel experiences in the world, with our top offering ranked 29th on the list, according to Lonely Planet.
At the top of the list of 500 “must see global travel experiences” is Jordan’s Petra, the ancient stone-carved city.
New Zealand’s best experience, according to the authors, is Fiordland National Park, which is ranked 29th, while Queenstown is near the bottom of the world list, 496th.
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Fiordland National Park is a “landscape of giants,” says Lonely Planet.
The list describes Fiordland as a “landscape of giants” and compares it to going back to the Jurassic period, where “the heart of the wild” calls.
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“The rugged land offers some of the most amazing kayaking and hiking in the world,” Lonely Planet said.
The New Zealand locations on the list are:
29. Fiordland National Park
72. Abel Tasman National Park
80. Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park
122. Kaikoura
151. Waiheke Island
189. Bay of Islands
207. Waitomo Caves
209. Lake Wanaka
261. Hot Water Beach, Coromandel Peninsula
327. Whakarewarewa
Great Barrier Island 355.
419. Stewart Island
496. Queenstown
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Petra in Jordan is the best “must see” global travel experience, according to Lonely Planet.
The top 10 places in the world are:
1. Petra, Jordan
2. The Galapagos Islands
3. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia
4. Okavango Delta, Botswana
5. Yellowstone National Park, United States
6. Lake Bled, Slovenia
7. Iguazú Falls, Argentina-Brazil
8. Temples of Angkor, Cambodia
9. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
10. Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
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Lake Bled in Slovenia ranks sixth on the list.
The list of the 500 “most exciting, memorable and interesting travel experiences in the world” appears in the second edition of Lonely Planet Definitive travel list table book.
With border restrictions imposed by many countries in response to Covid-19, Lonely Planet suggested that the book would help “satisfy your wanderlust from the safety of an armchair.”
The way the list was calculated had changed since the first edition of the book, with bonus points for places that manage tourism sustainably, Lonely Planet’s Chris Zeiher said.
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Aoraki / Mt Cook is New Zealand’s third highest ranked and 80th overall.
The second edition had 200 new entries.
While Australia had the third highest rated entrant overall, it only had nine entries on the list, compared to New Zealand’s 13.
