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Title: Adventuring in New Zealand, Second Edition by Margaret Jefferies ISBN: 1-57805-037-5 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Pub. Date: 21 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best NZ guide for the environmental traveler
Comment: My partner and I found "Adventuring..." the single most useful guide for our visit to New Zealand in January 2003. I disagree with the prior negative customer review and wonder if M. Goldstein actually used this book for travel to New Zealand or was merely an armchair traveler seeking amusement.
It's true this isn't the kind of general guidebook so ably done by Lonely Planet and others. Jefferies doesn't refer the reader to specific restaurants or lodgings. What she does superbly is to introduce each region of the country with a detailed essay on its flora, fauna, terrain and history.
Her knowledge of New Zealand's parklands runs much deeper than a conventional guidebook. While not neglecting famous tourist attractions, she takes you far off the beaten path to smaller forest preserves that harbor natural treasures. The book is not a detailed trail guide, but it points you to the access points for the back country with useful general descriptions of many hikes.
Jefferies doesn't glamorize. Her descriptions of the deforestation and other environmental abuses that New Zealand has suffered might unsettle a conventional sightseer. For the environmental traveler with a serious interest in the natural history of the islands, it's just right.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not up to Sierra Club's usual standards.
Comment: Adventuring in New Zealand turns out to be a fairly pedestrian travel guide, with little to recommend it. While claiming to be an "adventuring guide", there's little more about hiking, parks, fishing, climbing, etc. than any of the standard guidebooks. Design, illustrations, and indexing are second rate. Give this one a miss.
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Title: Lonely Planet Tramping in New Zealand (Tramping in New Zealand, 5th Ed) by Jim Dufresne ISBN: 1740592344 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet New Zealand (LONELY PLANET NEW ZEALAND) by Paul Harding, Carolyn Bain, Neal Bedford ISBN: 1740591968 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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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: Adventures in Nature New Zealand by Sally McKinney ISBN: 1562614355 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Signpost Guide New Zealand, Second Edition: Your Guide to Great Drives by Gareth Powell ISBN: 0762712554 Publisher: Thomas Cook Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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