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 DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to New Zealand is the BEST February 12, 2010
M. Holmes
We just returned from a trip to New Zealand and this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide was ideal. It gives all the highlights with enough detail to help you to decide what to do or see, and what not to miss. It is helpful to read before your go when planning your trip, and a valued reference guide once you are in a particular place. New Zealand is beautiful and quite fascinating. There are vast differences between the South Island and the North Island and this guide brings each into focus. It also provides the history of this country, which is fascinating and important to understand as this land is particularly isolated. We hope to go back to New Zealand next year, and we will definitely take this guide with us. It offers suggestions for day hikes and longer treks through the southern Alps, new experiences to try in Queenstown the "Adventure Capitol" where bungy jumping was invented, wine tasting opportunities throughout the country, and interesting walks through the beautiful cities such as Christ Church. In general, we are fans of DK Eyewitness Guides because they not only provide great descriptions of places of interest, but they are also very good at restaurant and hotel description and recommendations. They provide an accurate price range, and apt descriptions of the food and ambiance. We have been using these guides for over 15 years, when we travel abroad, and have found that we can always rely on the information contained within them. We find the history of each place, the timelines of events, the color graphics, maps and photographs to be user-friendly, very helpful and engaging.
 As good as the rest. February 11, 2010
GWrecker (Denver, CO)
I own a few other DK Eyewitness Travel Books and this one is as good as the others. I like to buy them because of the great illustrations and helpful information. There are probably decent travel books with a ton of information but they are not as fun to read as these books. They look and feel like a phone book. I want a travel guide with plenty of pictures and color. I've noticed other reviews that comment on the hotel section being too short. I always book my hotels before I even leave home, so I don't need that section of the book.
I enjoy these books and I'll continue to buy them for any new traveling I do.
DK does it again! February 6, 2010
Arthur
Dorling Kindersley Publishing (DK Publishing) has once again done a great job in putting together helpful referecne material. From travel guides to fishing books, they are the leaders in fleshing out the most accurate and up to date information. Eyewitness New Zealand is one of those as well.
Putting New Zealand on the Travel Map... December 20, 2009
D. S. Thurlow (Alaska)
DK Eyewitness Travel Guides typically provide a rich visual and informational introduction to any travel destination. This 2006 guide to New Zealand does not disappoint, with a concise travel narrative embellished by color photos, maps, graphics, and diagrams.
The guide is broken out in the usual DK manner, with an introduction to New Zealand, a survey by area of the North Island and South Island, travelers needs, and a survival guide. New Zealand is one to two long days travel from most US points of origin and is a surprising large and diverse country, ranging from the sub-tropics to the sub-Anarctic.Among the highlights: The big cities of Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch; the spectacular Southern Alps and Fjords on South Island; the beaches in Northland; and the fascinating mixture of Maori and British culture to be found around the country.
Unless the traveler has weeks with which to explore New Zealand, careful advance planning is likely to pay off in opportunities to see more of the country within a limited time. What the guide doesn't cover, the text offers various websites for further investigation. "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide New Zealand" is very highly recommended as an introductory planning guide for what might become the trip of a lifetime.
Eyewitness Great as usual (NZ) November 7, 2009
Deanna Fine (Ct, USA)
This Eyewitness Guide didn't disappoint us as usual. We used it together with 2-3 other travel guides from the library when first planning our forthcoming trip and settled on the Eyewitness one to purchase and take with us. Our only criticism is it is the 2006 issue and the next one isn't available until March 2010 which is too late for us. This means that some of the information is already at least 3-1/2 yrs. old but we still rate the DK books very highly for the way they are organized and most definitely help the user sort out priorities of sites and places to visit. I agree with another reviewer who said the high quality photos and illustrations are helpful and interesting instead of having a book with loads and loads of text. This is easier and more fun to use and still manageable in terms of size, etc. to include in your luggage.
We would have also loved having a large detailed pullout NZ map to map out all the places we are going to visit but are hoping to get this from the NZ Tourist Board.
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