Sintra-Cascais Natural Park
Portugal
Sintra-Cascais Natural Park is the green wedge of hills and Atlantic coast on Lisbon's doorstep, and it contains…
201 tickets & tours
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Best mountain parks to visit worldwide
Mountain parks are the largest group in the catalogue and the most varied: the Himalaya of Sagarmatha and Langtang, where a visit is a trek of a week or more; the Rockies of Banff, Jasper and Grand Teton, seen mostly from a road and a string of short trails; the Alps and Pyrenees, with their huts and cable cars; and hills small enough for a day out of a city, such as Sintra-Cascais beside Lisbon, Tijuca above Rio or Bukhansan on the Seoul metro.
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Sagarmatha National Park
Nepal
Sagarmatha National Park, in the Khumbu region of north-eastern Nepal, contains Mount Everest and several others of the…
121 tickets & tours
Fiordland National Park
New Zealand
Fiordland covers the whole south-western corner of the South Island of New Zealand, the largest national park in the…
81 tickets & tours
Doi Inthanon National Park
Thailand
Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in Thailand and the most visited national park in the north, sixty kilometres from…
72 tickets & tours
Kilimanjaro National Park
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro National Park is the mountain above the tree line, and its product is the climb: every ascent must be made…
69 tickets & tours
Banff National Park
Alberta, Canada
Banff is Canada's first and most visited national park, ninety minutes west of Calgary, and it is sold in every…
61 tickets & tours
Lake District National Park
England, United Kingdom
The Lake District occupies the mountainous heart of the county of Cumbria, in the north-west of England, a compact…
56 tickets & tours
Langtang National Park
Nepal
Langtang is the Himalayan park closest to Kathmandu, a day's drive north to the trailhead at Syabrubesi, and it is…
55 tickets & tours
Mount Kenya National Park
Kenya
Mount Kenya National Park is bought as a trek rather than a safari.
44 tickets & tours
Pu Luong Nature Reserve
Vietnam
Pu Luong is the terraced valley reserve in Thanh Hoa province, about four hours south-west of Hanoi and two from Ninh…
43 tickets & tours
Ala-Archa National Park
Kyrgyzstan
Ala-Archa is the alpine gorge forty minutes south of Bishkek, and it is the one excursion every visitor to the Kyrgyz…
42 tickets & tours
Simien Mountains National Park
Ethiopia
The Simien Mountains are the great escarpment of northern Ethiopia above Gondar, and the park is visited on trekking…
40 tickets & tours
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming, United States
Grand Teton is the range of granite peaks above Jackson Hole in Wyoming, ten miles south of Yellowstone, and it is sold…
38 tickets & tours
Arrábida Natural Park
Portugal
Arrábida is the limestone ridge and coast south of Lisbon between Setúbal and Sesimbra, forty minutes from the city,…
37 tickets & tours
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado, United States
Rocky Mountain is the park of the Front Range above Estes Park, ninety minutes from Denver, and the tours sold for it…
36 tickets & tours
Serra da Estrela Natural Park
Portugal
Serra da Estrela is the highest range in mainland Portugal, in the centre of the country about three hours from Lisbon…
30 tickets & tours
Tijuca National Park
Brazil
Tijuca is the rainforest inside the city of Rio de Janeiro, and it is visited on half-day and full-day tours from the…
30 tickets & tours
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
China
Zhangjiajie is the park of sandstone pillars in Hunan that inspired the floating mountains of Avatar, and it is sold in…
29 tickets & tours
Peneda-Gerês National Park
Portugal
Peneda-Gerês is the only national park in Portugal, in the mountains of the far north on the Spanish border, an hour…
24 tickets & tours
Bale Mountains National Park
Ethiopia
The Bale Mountains are the high plateau of south-eastern Ethiopia, six to seven hours by road from Addis Ababa, and the…
21 tickets & tours
Theth National Park
Albania
Theth is the valley village at the heart of the Albanian Alps, three hours from Shkodër and five from Tirana by a road…
20 tickets & tours
Toubkal National Park
Morocco
Toubkal is the High Atlas park above Marrakech, an hour and a half from the city to the village of Imlil at its gate,…
20 tickets & tours
Abisko National Park
Sweden
Abisko is the Swedish Lapland park at the head of the Torneträsk lake, an hour and a half by train or road from Kiruna…
19 tickets & tours
Durmitor National Park
Montenegro
Durmitor is the mountain park of northern Montenegro around the town of Žabljak, three hours from the coast at Kotor or…
18 tickets & tours
Tours divide the same way. Around the big-name peaks they are multi-day treks and climbs with guides, porters and permits, Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya being the most booked. Around the road-access parks they are day trips by coach or small van from the nearest city, and the choice is between a loop of viewpoints and a guided walk. Season decides everything in the mountains: high passes and trailhead roads close under snow, monsoon cloud hides the Himalaya from June to September, and alpine huts open for barely three months. Every page gives the months that work, the altitude you will reach and whether a guide is a legal requirement or only a convenience.