The Rough Guide to New Zealand is the essential guidebook to this spectacular adventure destination. A fully comprehensive account, the guide incorporates a country full of magnificent scenery, craggy coastlines, sweeping beaches, primeval forests, snow-capped alpine mountains, bubbling volcanic pools, fast-flowing rivers and glacier-fed lakes. This jam-packed guide contains expert coverage, catering for every traveller, from the country rambler to the adventure-seeking junky to the new breed of Lord of the Rings enthusiasts. The guide also includes significant historical and cultural information, provides detailed town maps and information about the country’s buzzing nightlife, even managing to find time to teach the reader how to do the world-famous haka!
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"If you want more detail before you go, get The Rough Guide to New Zealand, especially geared to hiking..." -- Desert Morning News
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The Rough Guide to New Zealand is written by an established team of experts Laura Harper, Tony Mudd and Paul Whitfield. Paul Whitfield lives in Auckland and has been writing for Rogh guides since the mid-nineties. Tony Mudd and Laura Harper live in Suffolk and spend as much of their time as possible talking and writing about New Zealand, for both the British and New Zealand media.
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Paul Whitfield was born in the UK in 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand with his parents aged 13. He spent formative years in Auckland and Hastings before moving to Christchurch to study Chemical Engineering. The food industry put a roof over his head for a few years but his real home was on the road, travelling through the Americas, cycling through Europe and North Africa and trekking in Nepal. Wanting to share his experiences, he started writing travel guidebooks for the Rough Guides in the early 1990s, first in Scandinavia quickly followed by guides to Wales, California and New Zealand. With these under his belt he branched out to Alaska, Mexico and Yosemite National Park. All the while he was complementing his writing with photography, both for Rough Guides and OurPlace World Heritage, documenting UNESCO World Heritage sites. He now lives in his adoptive homeland, New Zealand.
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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Rough Guide To New Zealand 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I traveled to New Zealand in late 2004 and carried 4 guide books. I found Rough Guide New Zealand the best for its in-depth coverage of places that were barely mentioned in the Lonely Planet book. During our 1500-mile road trip I was constantly referring to RG & LP as my wife drove, so in effect I compared the two books' descriptions for the southern half of South Island. There was absolutely no question which guidebook did a better job....Rough Guide. Towards the end I barely used Lonely Planet because RG was more informative 90% of the time, and more interesting in its style of writing. It has 300 more pages than Lonely Planet, too.
The maps are better than those in previous Rough Guides, and even the photos are quite nice now. This edition has a great listing of highlights for each region (very handy). I highly recommend Rough Guide New Zealand.
41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
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Detailed and accurate,
By Bound to Explore (Austin TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rough Guide To New Zealand 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
The Rough Guide to NZ is the most complete, accurate guidebook I've found during my 6 trips to NZ. As anyone familiar with the Rough Guide series knows, it's not a simple, "hightlights only" style guidebook. The RG offers in-depth coverage of the Kiwi countryside, villages, parks, and cities, as well as introductory material on it's people, culture and history. And I find it markedly superior to other guidebooks when discussing activities in the great outdoors: hiking options, treks, climbs, beaches, and the many extreme outdoor adventures found only in NZ. Plus, to the consternation of some, the RG seems to find almost all the hidden, off the beaten path, gems you want to visit.
If you visit the cities only, then other guidebooks might suffice. But if you want to know details about the entirety of beautiful Aotearoa, carry (and consult!) the current edition of the Rough Guide.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Lonely Planet,
By J. Terence Homes "Terence" (Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rough Guide To New Zealand 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I've got Rough Guide to NZ, Lonely Planet NZ & Lonely Planet's Tramping NZ and Rough Guide is the best. LP is smaller if you are backpacking, but lacks some of the information in RG. The list of highlights for each area is a good addition to the latest edition of RG.
For such a small country (just a bit bigger than the UK), New Zealand has so much to see, it's hard to get everything in one book. It is the one place you must visit in your lifetime. But, I warn you, once you've been you'll want to go back and back like us. I found helpful, friendly people there, a great budget campervan & car rental company, and we now we always rent a campervan, allowing us to stay off the beaten track. As well as the guide books, visit some of the websites, such as NZ Department of Conservation Website www.doc.gov.nz and the hiking/trekking (known as tramping in NZ) website http://www.enzed.com/tramp.html. We would recommend Bay of Islands, taking a cruise around Waitemata (Auckland) Harbour, signing up for a day's free sailing as crew at one of the sailing/yacht clubs around Auckland - great fun on the Rum races. Must see is Rotorua, Huka Falls, Waitomo Caves, Milford Track and West Coast of South Island. Actually just about everywhere is breathtakingly beautiful and the people very friendly. There are also good tourist information centres in NZ, but study the rough guide, highlight the places you want to visit, before you go because there is so much to see. Pieces of Advice: Don't take any food other than sweets (candy) into NZ. Meat, vegetable/fruit or diary products will get you a huge fine. Sniffer dogs check out all luggage including hand luggage and your pockets! If you have been hiking/walking in other countries before NZ, make sure your boots/shoes and all equipment is thoroughly cleaned. NZ is an agricultural country,and relatively clear of pests and they want to keep it that way. If you are on a budget in money and time, you can rent Campervans and cars at a low cost from a number of companies. We use www.rentalcarvillage.com. You can start in Auckland and leave the van/car in Christchurch.
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