The Six Best National Parks On Earth That Everyone Needs To Visit

By Savannah Cox | Edited By John Kuroski

Published April 10, 2012

Updated November 9, 2023

Kakadu National Park, Australia

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Nestled within the top end of Australia’s Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park encompasses everything natural about Australia.

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With a sweeping spread of over 3.2 million acres, the World Heritage listed site is filled with stone plateaus, rainforests, flood plains, billabongs and beaches.

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Kakadu Photograph

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Cox, Savannah. "The Six Best National Parks On The Planet." AllThatsInteresting.com, April 10, 2012, https://allthatsinteresting.com/best-national-parks. Accessed May 12, 2025.