park used for conservation purposes of animal life and plants
Wikivoyage has information about national parks, both about a host of individual ones, general information on parks in some countries and general advice for hiking and some related topics.
Understand edit
The meaning of the term "national park" varies between countries, and in many countries areas with other designations fulfill much of the role of national parks. Also such areas are handled in these articles.
The number of national parks in each countries varies a lot, with some countries such as Australia, Thailand and Israel having 685, 147 and 69 national parks respectively, while other countries only have one national park, such as Portugal or Switzerland.
General edit
Africa edit
Americas edit
Asia edit
- Indian national parks and wildlife sanctuaries
- National parks of Indonesia
- Israeli national parks
- Japanese national parks
- Malaysia
- Bako National Park
- Endau Rompin National Park
- Gunung Mulu National Park
- Taman Negara — the name literally translates into English as "National Park"
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- National parks and protected areas of the Philippines
- Taiwan
Europe edit
- See also: Hiking in the Nordic countries
- National parks of Belarus
- Croatia
- Estonia
- Finnish national parks
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Spain
- Ukrainian national parks
- United Kingdom national parks
Oceania edit
- American Samoa
- Australia
- New Zealand