Best national park
Twenty celebrated national parks from around the world, from canyons and geysers to glaciers and coral reefs.
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- Yellowstone — The world's first national park (1872), in the US, famous for geysers like Old Faithful and hot springs.
- Yosemite — Californian park known for granite cliffs El Capitan and Half Dome, waterfalls and giant sequoias.
- Grand Canyon — Arizona park protecting the vast canyon carved by the Colorado River.
- Zion — Utah park of towering red sandstone cliffs and narrow slot canyons.
- Banff — Canada's oldest national park, in the Rockies, with turquoise lakes such as Lake Louise.
- Torres del Paine — Chilean Patagonian park famed for its granite towers, glaciers and hiking circuits.
- Serengeti — Tanzanian savanna park, home to the great migration of wildebeest and zebra.
- Kruger — One of Africa's largest game reserves, in South Africa, known for the Big Five.
- Galápagos — Ecuador's volcanic islands with unique wildlife that helped inspire Darwin's theory of evolution.
- Plitvice Lakes — Croatian park with sixteen terraced lakes linked by waterfalls.
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park — Australian marine park protecting the world's largest coral reef system.
- Kakadu — Australian park with wetlands, wildlife and ancient Aboriginal rock art.
- Fiordland — New Zealand park of fjords including Milford Sound, rainforest and high peaks.
- Iguazú — Park on the Argentina–Brazil border protecting the vast Iguazú Falls.
- Denali — Alaskan park surrounding Denali, the highest peak in North America.
- Glacier — Montana park of glacier-carved peaks, alpine lakes and the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
- Sagarmatha — Nepalese park in the Himalayas that includes Mount Everest.
- Jiuzhaigou — Chinese valley reserve famed for multi-coloured lakes, waterfalls and karst formations.
- Sarek — Remote Swedish mountain park in Lapland without marked trails, often called Europe's last wilderness.
- Lake District — English national park of lakes and fells that inspired the Romantic poets.