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Title: Lonely Planet New Zealand (LONELY PLANET NEW ZEALAND) by Paul Harding, Carolyn Bain, Neal Bedford ISBN: 1-74059-196-8 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (21 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Best to be read BEFORE going!
Comment: When I went to New Zealand armed with my Lonely Planet guide and one small travel bag, I found that the book did not go into enough detail about the best places to go, especially in Christchurch and at the Milford Sound/Queenstown area. The book has lots of info but is quite heavy to carry around for 3 weeks. It would be helpful if the Lonely Planet separated the book into two-North Island and South Island for the traveler who is trying to travel carrying the least amount of weight. Next time I will copy the info and carry on a few pages rather than a two inch thick book. The country is NOT to be missed, a magical land!
Rating: 5
Summary: Dense with information
Comment: When we were considering what to do during our month in New Zealand, travel agents were pleading with us to have everything lined up before "the Y2k rush." So, being the literal engineering types, we bought a couple of books -- the Lonely Planet NZ and the Frommers for Under $50/day -- and started poring through them.
Quite frankly, our initial impression of the Lonely Planet book was too dense to be useful to us. The Frommer's guide was more helpful and the author, Elizabeth Hansen, was available to "consult" on the trip on an hourly basis. Because we'd be toting our 18-month old, we used her services and pre-booked the entire trip.
Once there, we found the Lonely Planet book much more useful. The Lonely Planet guide excels at providing abundant information about towns, including attractions, restaurants and maps giving a rough layout.
For example, one of the folks at a Visitor center clued us into Farewell Spit, an area we were going to forego because it was well off our chosen route. As it turned out, Tahuna Park, our campground in Nelson was pretty bad (right under an airport takeoff path; lots of people permanently living there; undermaintained kitchens), and we didn't relish the idea of spending three days there as originally planned.
The side trip to Farewell Spit was long and we'd have to find some place relatively nearby to the Spit to make it a reasonable trip.
This is where the Frommer's guide was very weak. It caters more to the B&B crowd, and there isn't that much north (or west) of Nelson. The Lonely Planet book, however, paid for itself by suggesting a lot of options, providing maps of the little towns, and listing restaurants where we might stop at for "snack time."
If you do intend a trip to New Zealand, you'll definitely appreciate the Lonely Planet guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: new zealand is a beautiful place
Comment: new zealand is a beautiful place
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Title: Lonely Planet Tramping in New Zealand (LONELY PLANET TRAMPING IN NEW ZEALAND) by Jim Dufresne ISBN: 1740592344 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Australia (LONELY PLANET AUSTRALIA) by Paul Harding, Sam Benson, Joe Bindloss, Monique Choy, Joyce Connelly, Kate Daly, Patrick Horton, Virginia Jealous, Alex Landragin, Matthew Lane ISBN: 1740590651 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: Nelles New Zealand Travel Map by Nelles Maps ISBN: 3886185524 Publisher: Nelles Maps Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Australia (LONELY PLANET AUSTRALIA) by Paul Smitz, Susie Ashworth, Carolyn Bain, Neal Bedford, Verity Campbell, Pete Cruttenden, Susannah Farfor ISBN: 1740594479 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $28.99 |
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Title: New Zealand Travel Map by Globetrotter ISBN: 184330371X Publisher: New Holland Publishers (UK) LTD Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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