New Zealand (Country Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Carolyn Bain
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
List Price: $25.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 34404
Media: Paperback
Edition: 13
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 772
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 1741045355
Dewey Decimal Number: 919
EAN: 9781741045352
ASIN: 1741045355
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
The sun shows up here first for a reason. Come for bracing light or caverns underground, glacial valleys or black volcanic sand. Tour every landscape on earth, all rolled into one country. Dig for pipis on the beach, or sample oysters on a platter. Savour solitude with a view, or city culture. Things are never just black and white in New Zealand.
Stick Out Your Tongue ? taste the freshest seafood, world-class wines, or the best lamb roast there is.
Roll Your Eyes ? yet another magnificent view of mystical mountains, braided river plains or calming coastlines.
Slap Your Thighs ? a good time?s easy to find, from happening Auckland to waterfront Wellington.
Stand Up Proud ? and experience Maori culture firsthand: take part in a powhiri, or fill your puku at a hangi.
Run At It Shouting ? bungy jump, sea kayak, surf, trek and hit the white water with the best of them.
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 Decent Info but Don't Rely on the Prices July 17, 2008
I've found this guide to be decent. It has tidbits of information, but I find myself wanting to know more about places outside the cities that just aren't covered. I know a new one is coming out in a few months, so I would wait to get that one or get a different brand guidebook if you can't wait. The prices in the the 2006 book are WAY off. I use my BBH hostel guide almost exclusively for finding accommodation. I also found a lot of the restaurants and nightlife listed in the book to be inaccurate or no longer operating. Still using it, but definitely supplementing with internet, BBH accommodation guide, and visits to iSites.
Disappointed with this guidebook December 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For years I have relied on Lonely Planet guidebooks as one of my primary travel sources for information. After returning from a self-guided 2 week car trip through New Zealand's north and south islands, my wife and I were both in agreement that this guide was not up to par and disappointing compared to other LP guidebooks. Restaurant information in Christchurch and other towns was already outdated. Hotel information was not comprehensive and I found better information for planning our lodging on the internet before we left home. Things to see and do in towns besides nightlife and museums was sparse, and excursions to interesting places off highways was sketchy. We finally put the book away and stopped referring to it since we were better able to explore on our own. New Zealand has one of the world's best tourist information systems throughout the country which helps travelers find or plan lodging, activities, transportation, virtually anything that would be helpful to the tourist. Offices are located throughout the country under the "i" signs for information, even in the smallest towns. Maps are freely available everywhere, as are also helpful free booklets and brochures for each region you may visit. For general information, this guidebook will answer many of your basic questions, but I would suggest looking at several other books for planning your journey and guiding you along your way in New Zealand.
Lonely Planet New Zealand December 7, 2007
Lots of good information. Will be bringing it on our trip. Print is very small. Needed my extra strong readers.
Good travel guide May 18, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far what I've read the book has a wealth of travel info.
NZ Tour Guide May 12, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
NZ definition of luxury is different from USA definition. Stayed in Victorian Hotel in Rotorua that got rave review in this book, the room we had was very ordinary and the bathroom was very old and run down. Very disappointing. Even though the hotel is about 100 yrs old, it does not have to look rundown.
Stayed in Boutique hotel in Hamilton, very nice but not up to US Boutique standards. Best hotel on the trip was in Auckland by the sailing harbor, room modern but parking situation is pathetic. Only have room for 10 cars or so, for a large hotel. Except for the first night, had to park several blocks away in a municipal parking garage (car park), at the same price as at the hotel. Very inconvenient, we were there in summer, would be a miserable walk in the winter.
Great information about things to do in each city.
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