Best National Parks | Top 10
The perfect nature adventure is here and we want to show you the best national parks in the world.
This a list of amazing place’s where you can enjoy yourself with fresh air and some wonderful sights.
For all the nature enthusiasts we created a hand picked list of the best national parks out there who have nothing in common one with the other beside the title.
So as you expected these are national parks who have different and distinct features, everyone of them being amazing for the special features it holds.
So watch out because you are going on a world tour of national parks, placed on different continents, with one of a kind features, with some exotic and beautiful creatures, amazing landmarks and lots of things to do and visit.
Nature has it’s way of showing us some unique things and the man started to protect them, to conserve them and place them under the long arm of the law so that any damage to them is impossible.
We can find in these national parks some of the best natural landscapes, ecosystems and wildlife flora and fauna, all protected for the purpose of visiting and preserving natures wonders.
So are you prepared to take a step forward and go in the wilderness to explore some of the best places mother earth created? Let’s go and visit the best national parks in the world!->\
10.Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Starting the list is Canaima National Park a place where you can explore Venezuela’s beauties and some of the world wonders.
This particular park has the highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls, at 1002 meters and another high waterfall called Kukenan at 675 meters.
The park is situated at the border with Brazil and Guyana and we can see a special rock formation here that hold as a border.
We are talking about the tepuis, rock formations that are made out of vertical walls and almost flat tops.
Mount Roraima, holder of the border between Venezuela Brasil and Guayana, is the tallest tepuis formation in the park and the easiest to climb followed by Auyantepui, the rock formation from where the Angel Falls form.
Sixt biggest national park in the world, the Canaina National Park is home to indigenous Pemon Indians who believe that the rock formations are home to some spirits.
When it comes to size the park is comparable to Belgium or Maryland, 65% of the total park being occupied by the tepuis rock formations, having a great view of cliffs and waterfalls.
The park is home to hummingbirds to the poisoness yellow-banded poison dart frog, the two-toed sloth, the giant anteater or the Cougar.
Next park is home to nature wallpapers->
9.Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile
Torres Del Paine National Park is the biggest and most visit National Parks in Chile most of the visitors who come here are from all over the world, in 2013 overcoming the record and more that 60% of the tourist who came here were foreigners.
The park has his unique features and the fact that you can’t find many animals here you are in for a different treat.
This place is known to have the best views in the world, stunning sights over the Patagonian Steppes and the Magellanic subpolar forests.
So here we will find glaciers, mountains, rivers and lakes stunning landscapes that will make you take a picture every 2 seconds.
The mountain peaks extend over 3000 meters above the sea level, the highest being the peaks from the mountain range Cerro Paine.
We can see also some amazing glacier lakes like the Grey and Paine Mastiff, protected forested areas, boasting valleys that hold rivers like the Paine.
We brought to you one of the best national parks in the world known world wide for the amazing sights and views that you can enjoy from mountain peaks, valleys or from the bottom of the glacier lakes.
Next we go to the country with only one park->
8.Swiss National Park, Switzerland
Our next park on the best national parks tour brings us to Switzerland where we find the first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on our list.
Also one of the early national parks in Europe, The Swiss National Park was created in an area of 174.2 km² and has strict rules.
According to the specifications of the International Union for Conservation of Nature here you are not allowed to leave the road, take home anything you find there, bring your dog, sleep or make a fire outside the mountain hut created in the park.
For the visitor who go along the road they can stop in Zernez, the national’s park visitor center, a place where get all the specifications and information you need.
Even you are allowed to hunt, mow trail hike or cut even the oldest and most affected trees in the forest, we wanted to show you a one of a kind park, where nature is the most important thing and the visitors have to behave at their best.
This was number 8 on our list of the best national parks and one unique park due to its way of preserving the amazing thing nature did here.
Next we go to the land of cave men->
7.Göreme National Park, Turkey
This next national park has a unique rock formation. If we already presented some rock formations in the national parks before, I assure you this is the only place where you can find the “fairy chimneys.”
Here UNESCO made another encounter and inscribed Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia as to be protected because they are a unique representation of an ancient civilization who lived here in the third century.
So what is so interesting about these rock formations? They are rock formations unlike anything else who form figures that resemble obelisks fingers, pillars, columns, and needles and are in groups, singular, some irregular, some up to 130 feet tall, some have animal shapes.
This wonderful landscape has been inhabited since the third and fourth century and we can see beautiful dwellings formed in the rocky formations where people supposed to live.
These formation lead to underground cities made especially for the people back then to hide when attacked.
Also we can find a monastery build by monks who created sleeping alcoves and wineries, dining halls and numerous chapels and churches all carved in the rock formations.
The highest visited area is the village of Goreme where you can find guides and planned excursions.
Now for the attraction that will certainly make you dream a little bit, the hot air balloon rides over the rocky figures which you will enjoy for sure due the amazing scenery.
Not to forget horseback riding tours, mountain biking and jeep safari tours through the “fairy chimneys”.
Next we go to the explorers paradise ->
6.Banff National Park, Canada
Want some adventure and don’t afford to go to the Swiss area and enjoy a vacation there? Do you live in the US and Europe is too far? Welcome in Canada’s Banff National Park, a place where explorers feel like home.
Here you can experience the beautiful outdoor and adventure and ski down Mount Norquay, hike to the massive rocky formations known as the Hoodoos, bike along Healy Creek and last but not least, you can camp outside because in the summer the experience is amazing.
Here you have even the pricey alternative to camping and you can reserve a hotel room because this national park is accommodated with all the things you need to enjoy a high quality vacation.
Even the dinning here is special and we can find almost everything from Asian and Mediterranean to local meat specialties like elk, bison, venison and trout.
So as I first started to say this is the best national park in the world for the cozy feeling offered by mixing the outdoor experience with the indoor facilities of a modern Swiss village.
Next we have a marine park->
5.Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panama
Home to sea turtles and other reptiles, Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park is situated in the Bocas Del Toro District and the archipelago of Bocas Del Toro Province in Panama.
Panama’s first marine park has a great variety of plants and animal species and they also protect several types of environments.
The marine park was created in 1988 and it stretches over 32.682 acres from Playa Larga to the Cayos Zapatillas and over to Coral Cay and also extends from southwest side of Isla Bastimentos and into the Caribbean Sea.
Enough details it’s time to talk about the fun stuff. On the marine park we encounter Cayos Zapatillas to little island who resemble a pair of shoes.
On them we can find coral reefs, reptiles, birds, and mammals but also this is the place where the endangered sea turtles nest.
Another place for them to nest is Playa Larga where from April through September the turtles lay their eggs.
This is a unique national park where you feel like on vacation because the amazing beaches, the islands and reefs, the protected forests and mangroves give you the feeling that you are in paradise.
But animals like the reptiles the monkey and the sloths will remind you that you are in the middle of the nature and everything around you is mother’s earth children.
Next we go to one of the seven wonders->
4.Grand Canyon, United States
Some people say that this place is a bucket list check point because if you are in the States and anywhere near Arizona you must visit The Grand Canyon who is managed by National Park Service.
So why to visit it? I don’t know, let’s ask the 4.5 million people that visit it every year.
Some say that the 277 miles long and 18 miles wide, orange and red grandeur will take your breath away with its amazing view.
Mother Nature did its best out here and with the help of the Colorado River and the weather conditions over the centuries, resulted in one impressive heritage place where people crowd to see and visit the biggest nature site in the world.
One of the best national parks in the US and in the world, this particular site is open to visitors, to go hiking, sightseeing or go on organized tours.
The popular places here are the Grand Canyon Village, the Bright Angel Trail and the North Rim where you can camp and do some extreme hiking.
So take your camping bags and head to it because when you get there you will have the best experience because nothing compares to sitting on the rim of the canyon and watching the entire site under you.
For those who want to stay longer they have dining spaces, restaurants and other facilities like the shuttle bus s
ervice.
Down to the top 3 best national parks->
3.Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Number 3 on our list can seem to resemble another national park we presented earlier, but what i said in the begging that these national parks are unique and hand picked is quite true because this is the place where your normal park activities are snorkeling and scuba diving.
Some more activities like bird and wildlife watching or hiking are possible here because the variety of animals here is pretty impressive and also the area has light trails to explore the place.
You can rent surfboards or enjoy more that 20 dive sites for scuba diving, but also join a local tour on a kayak to ride the canals and refuges in and out the ocean.
So the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge is formed out of the coastal communities of Playa Cocles, Playa Chiquita, Punta Uva and Mazanillo from the Cocles River to Sixaola River on the border with Panama.
This is an amazing place where you can enjoy sightseeing and animals you usually don’t see that much like two- and three-toed sloths, the unique toucans iguanas and one of a kind turtles like the leatherback turtles, the largest sea turtles in the world.
This is the perfect mix between jungle and marshland, lagoons and reefs and coves and coastlines, the most important part of every national water park and refuge being the crystal clear waters and the corals who live in these water with other species of fish that can amaze you.
Next we go to Africa->
2. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Down to number two on the list of the best nationals parks we encounter a different type of park, the one where animals are the main attraction.
This is the Serengeti National Park from Tanzania where “the circle of life” can be described exactly.
This is a reference to the fact that here you can see and hear thousands of animals.
Because this is the home to the biggest animal refuge and large animal crowds are seen migrating through the Serengeti, some of the world’s most famous writers and filmmakers mentioned it or filmed it.
The Serengeti National Park was founded in 1913 and has a decade of wildlife protecting and its the oldest ecosystem on the planet.
This means that the basic features of climate, vegetation and fauna haven’t changed much in the past million years.
The most interesting features of this place is the migration of wildebeest and zebras who travel from north to south of the Serengeti making it the most famous place where you can see mother’s nature kids playing with no worries.
No worries for those who aren’t lion food, because this is the home of over 2000 lions who every day chase their pray over the yellow plains and golden grass like steps.
Prepare to hear the hyenas, elephants, hippos, lions, giraffes, monkeys, wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, all of them living in the most amazing and the best national park ever existed.
Next the last and the most unique national park!->
1. Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Visitors call it paradise but the locals call it Arena Volcano National Park, a hidden park in the dense Costa Rican rainforest.
The park is formed from the Arenal Volcano, an active volcano, Lake Arenal where they made a major hydroelectricity project, the Lake Arenal Dam, and the Chato volcano where a lagoon is formed in the crater.
The park is popular for bird watching, more the 850 bird species were identified here including the resplendent quetzal, an endangered species.
The wildlife here is formed also from jaguars, deer, coati, snakes and Capuchin monkeys.
Here you are surrounded by hot springs, rich wildlife forests and hidden waterfalls but also you can visit the Museum of Vulcanicity and the various lodges and hotels who are here to make your stay pleasant.
This little piece of paradise is organized around the active volcano, making it the most unique experience.
So you can be one of the few persons who are inches away from hot lava or take breath taking pictures of the most beautiful hidden waterfalls that were discovered.
The Arena Volcano National Park is probably one of the best national parks out there who can offer you a one of a kind experience that will last you a lifetime.
What do you think about these national parks? Can you make some time and visit one of them? Which one was the most interesting and due to which features?
