HIGHLIGHTS, WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW TO VISIT THEM:
ISLANDS & POLES
NATIONAL PARKS OF ANTARCTICA
Welcome to NATIONAL PARKS WORLDWIDE with
the national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas of all
countries of the world. National parks are the prime locations of wild
and untamed nature; in many countries they are the most exiting places
to visit, if you can find them. This website is your first help for
getting to the national parks of Antarctica. In many developing countries, the
protected areas are still difficult to get to. That is the reason why
local travel agencies are often reluctant to take you there, while
others have their own agenda, favoring a lodge in a private reserve with
insignificant forest or nature. And yet, with the proper knowledge,
transportation and gear, visiting national parks is usually relatively
affordable, provided that you don't expect 5 star accommodations.
On this pages you find a list of the
Antarctica's protected areas. Criteria for the selection of National Parks of
Antarctica include natural beauty, unique geological features, unusual
ecosystems, and recreational opportunities. Enjoy planning your vacation
in Antarctica.
National Parks of Antarctica
For their lasting conservation, protected areas
need a lot of visitation, something that is lacking in developing countries. In
order to
promote visitation to national parks,
we created this website. The accuracy of our list varies considerably per
country and is still incomplete for most countries of the world, but we are
continuously working on improving them. As the lack of visitation continues to
be one of the prime drawbacks for their conservation, we decided - after long
hesitation - to organize national parks tours that are guaranteed to take you to
the best national parks of each country, one country at the time. Currently we
offer fantastic National Park tours to
Ecuador
,
Peru,
Ethiopia
and
Uganda.
Forlidas Pond and Davis Valley ponds,
Dufek Massif
Specially Protected Area
980
IV
0.888967
31.558121
Harmony Point, W. coast Nelson I., S.
Shetland Is.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
400
IV
0.574904
30.862355
Lions Rump, King George I., South
Shetland Is.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
130
III
0.576632
33.290441
Marine Plain
Site of Special Scientific Interest
2,340
IV
0.457554
32.985322
Moe Island
Specially Protected Area
130
IV
0.921473
31.012288
Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic
Peninsula
Site of Special Scientific Interest
60
0.548703
31.343566
Northern Coronation Island
Specially Protected Area
8,850
III
0.907578
31.038914
Parts of Deception Island, South
Shetland Islands
Site of Special Scientific Interest
170
III
0.525125
33.989582
Port Foster, Deception I., South
Shetland Is.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
190
III
0.264311
32.075823
Rookery Islands
Specially Protected Area
3,000
IV
0.881329
33.745921
Rothera Point, Adelaide Island
Site of Special Scientific Interest
10
0.270175
31.993855
South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer
Archipelago
Site of Special Scientific Interest
100
IV
0.244463
32.222798
South-west Anvers Island
Multiple-use Planning Area
153,500
IV
0.851276
33.74925
Southern Powell Island & adjacent
Islands
Specially Protected Area
1,800
V
0.83478
31.166952
Svarthamaren, Mühlig-Hofmannfjella,
etc.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
380
III
0.260336
32.781846
Taylor Rookery, Mac. Robertson Land
Specially Protected Area
40
0.856621
31.805402
Yukidori Zawa', Langhovde, Lützow-Holmbukta
Site of Special Scientific Interest
360
III
1.186793
34.502868
Thank you for visiting Nature Worldwide on
Antarctica. National parks, Nature reserves and Protected areas of
Antarctica provides you with list of all the national parks and other
protected areas of Antarctica. In this
linked net of country pages you can find lists of birds, nature, mammals
and national parks. National Parks of Antarctica provides a list of all the the
national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas of Antarctica. In
Nature of Antarctica you can find links to nature related websites, like on
birding, birdwatching, general ornithology, nature, nature conservation,
national parks, protected areas, nature reserves, etc. Birds of Antarctica provides a checklist
of the birds of Antarctica. It is a complete birdlist or bird
list listing all the birds of Antarctica in ornithological taxonomic order, and on Mammals of
Antarctica you can find the list of the mammals in
taxonomic order. Click on the following links for our web pages on
Antarctica.
What makes us different from so many other tour operators?
Just look at the quality of our high resolution pictures.
We took them all ourselves. We have
thousands of high resolution pictures on this website, that you can see enlarged by clicking on them.
These pictures show that we have been everywhere in the country of your interest
and really know the details. We are professional explorers and biologists with
MSc and PhD.
National Parks Tours Worldwide,
a social responsibility and conservation
company, is a brand
name of the World Institute for Conservation & Environment, registered in the Netherlands
with headquarters in the USA.
Parks
Man Dr. Daan Vreugdenhil is author of this website. He dedicated his life to the conservation of nature.
https://www.facebook.com/DrDaanVreugdenhil,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaanvreugdenhil/.
He
was part of the team that selected the first 39 protected areas of Ecuador
in the 1970s and he initiated the
Cuyabeno Lodge in Ecuador's Amazon in 1985,
making him one of the world's eco tourism pioneers. A speaker of 8 languages and
having traveled to 80+ countries, Dr. Daan Vreugdenhil has is one of the world's
greatest connoisseurs of nature and national parks in the world.
