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Chimani: National Parks Guide
Offline maps & hiking trails
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Since 2010 Chimani has been the trusted digital companion for planning and exploring the most visited national parks in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom - and works without an Internet connection!
TRIP PLANNING TOOL:
• Curated trip itineraries for over 70 national parks
• To-do lists for each park, including necessary reservations and passes.
• The most current park alerts and weather for each national park destination.
LIVE MAP - REAL-TIME, WAZE-LIKE USER REPORTS
• Share with others what you're experiencing in the parks.
• View user reports on wildlife, trees & plants, and natural wonders
• Let others know about crowds, traffic, parking, hazards, bad weather
DETAILED TRAVEL GUIDES WRITTEN BY LOCAL, TRAVEL WRITERS:
• Written by professional travel writers (humans), not AI or copied text from the nps.gov website (like our competitors).
• Includes local tips on all activities, services, and historical sites in each park.
• Download offline maps for GPS-guided exploration.
DISCOVER OVER 3,000 PARKS THROUGHOUT YOUR ROAD TRIP
• Find parks nearby with ease while traveling to your national park.
• Includes every state park, national forest, wildlife refuge, and national monument in the U.S.
• Read about the history, highlights, activities, and planning tips for each park.
EARN EXCLUSIVE BADGES BY VISITING PARKS
• Earn special badges by checking in at parks.
• Showcase your park visits with "verified" badges.
Chimani currently supports these National Parks in the US, Canada, and United Kingdom:
Acadia National Park
American Samoa National Park
Arches National Park
Badlands National Park
Banff National Park
Big Bend National Park
Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park
Congaree National Park
Crater Lake National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park
Denali National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park
Gates Of The Arctic National Park
Gateway Arch National Park
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Great Basin National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hot Springs National Park
Isle Royale National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Katmai National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park
Lake District National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Mount Rainier National Park
North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Pinnacles National Park
Redwood National and State Parks
Rocky Mountain National Park
Saguaro National Park
Sequoia National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Wrangell-St Elias National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park
Chimani Subscription is available as an annual subscription for $19.99/month, $29.99/quarter, or $59.99/year. You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Your annual subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew can be turned off anytime by going to your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase.
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COMPATIBILITY
Sign up required to bookmark parks, check in to parks, and back up your data.
SUPPORT
We love hearing from users! Email us at [email protected] and get a "wicked fast" response!
LEGAL
Terms of Service: https://www.chimani.com/termsofservice.html
Privacy Policy: https://www.chimani.com/privacy.html
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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TRIP PLANNING TOOL:
• Curated trip itineraries for over 70 national parks
• To-do lists for each park, including necessary reservations and passes.
• The most current park alerts and weather for each national park destination.
LIVE MAP - REAL-TIME, WAZE-LIKE USER REPORTS
• Share with others what you're experiencing in the parks.
• View user reports on wildlife, trees & plants, and natural wonders
• Let others know about crowds, traffic, parking, hazards, bad weather
DETAILED TRAVEL GUIDES WRITTEN BY LOCAL, TRAVEL WRITERS:
• Written by professional travel writers (humans), not AI or copied text from the nps.gov website (like our competitors).
• Includes local tips on all activities, services, and historical sites in each park.
• Download offline maps for GPS-guided exploration.
DISCOVER OVER 3,000 PARKS THROUGHOUT YOUR ROAD TRIP
• Find parks nearby with ease while traveling to your national park.
• Includes every state park, national forest, wildlife refuge, and national monument in the U.S.
• Read about the history, highlights, activities, and planning tips for each park.
EARN EXCLUSIVE BADGES BY VISITING PARKS
• Earn special badges by checking in at parks.
• Showcase your park visits with "verified" badges.
Chimani currently supports these National Parks in the US, Canada, and United Kingdom:
Acadia National Park
American Samoa National Park
Arches National Park
Badlands National Park
Banff National Park
Big Bend National Park
Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park
Congaree National Park
Crater Lake National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park
Denali National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park
Gates Of The Arctic National Park
Gateway Arch National Park
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Great Basin National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hot Springs National Park
Isle Royale National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Katmai National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park
Lake District National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Mount Rainier National Park
North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Pinnacles National Park
Redwood National and State Parks
Rocky Mountain National Park
Saguaro National Park
Sequoia National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Wrangell-St Elias National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park
Chimani Subscription is available as an annual subscription for $19.99/month, $29.99/quarter, or $59.99/year. You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Your annual subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew can be turned off anytime by going to your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase.
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COMPATIBILITY
Sign up required to bookmark parks, check in to parks, and back up your data.
SUPPORT
We love hearing from users! Email us at [email protected] and get a "wicked fast" response!
LEGAL
Terms of Service: https://www.chimani.com/termsofservice.html
Privacy Policy: https://www.chimani.com/privacy.html
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
In-Apps
- Annual Subscription
- $59.99
- Annual subscription
- $29.99
- Monthly Subscription
- $19.99
- Monthly subscription
- $19.99
- Quarterly subscription
- $29.99
- Annual $29.99 (50% off)
- $59.99
- Annual $35.99 (40% off)
- $59.99
- Annual $41.99 (30% off)
- $59.99
- Chimani lifetime access
- $99.99
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User Rating
4.51 out of 5
940 ratings in United States
5 star
720
4 star
113
3 star
30
2 star
18
1 star
59
Ratings History
Reviews
Used to be good in 2016 - 2019, what happened ?
This App has completely changed it’s function and use. It’s as if the Developer is trying very hard to make it work but it’s just not happening yet. As I have a lifetime membership since 2018 or so I am keeping this App as a reference and backup to use along with other Apps. Hopefully more info and content will be added to make it work somewhat seamlessly. * Giving it 5 Stars as there is a lot of potential for Chimani to be a top Travel App.
Turn off notifications
Just started using the app. Seems helpful but where is the option for notifications. I would like to turn off certain notifications from the app.
Why?
Confused why anyone would pay for this app or why it was even developed. I don’t see a single thing that’s not readily available online. Absolutely not a competitor to AllTrails
What happened?
Used to use this app for info on parks, what to do etc. Now I go thru pages of stuff, it requires location and notifications. Sorry to see this good app go down the tubes. I’ve deleted it.
Accidentally renewed subscription, Creator kindly helped with canceling payment
I got this app for my first camping trip, and I signed up for the free trial and forgot to cancel it before it charged me. I had planned to switch to a cheaper option, but forgot! I email the company and Kerry replied. He was very kind, understood my situation, and helped guide me through cancelling my payment. I plan to keep a less costly subscription for this app, just because the Creator was so kind! As for the usability of the app, I found it very helpful with planning hikes and for navigation. I can tell the Creator put a lot of thought into creating this app. 5 stars!!!
Deceiving; very little use for the free version
The free NPS app has very similar content on a much easier to use platform… and did I mention free? The adds for this app were deceiving to make it seem like these guides were free, or at least affordable. But $19.99 per month to access park travel guides, which is what is advertised, is very overpriced. Based on other subscribers’ reviews of the paid content, I’ll pass. Without the $19.99/month subscription, the app offers little to no functionality and is not worth the used space on your phone! Do yourselves a favor and download the NPS app. I’ll also add that the developers’ response to some of these reviews and the active deception and hiding of their fees makes me question the morality of the developer… yet another reason why I’m not willing to risk $19.99 to give the paid version a shot. I hope you will also think twice before paying the developer!
Nonfunctional
Paid for the subscription. Verified that I’m subscribed but it freezes every time that I try to download the map for offline usage and then prompts me to “start 3 day trial” and then just repeats that I’m already subscribed. Shame.
Disingenuous - Hidden $19.99 Monthly Fee
I got excited after reading Nikon’s photography challenge. However, when I downloaded the app, they wanted $19.99/month! I do not go to enough parks for that kind of money. It was a little less for 3 months, but still an expensive regular fee. I’m not asking for anything for free, but this was too much for my budget. Best of luck to them. It looks like it would be a cool way to track park experiences.
Get the truly FREE NPS App Instead
The free NPS app has the same content, including links to nearby parks/monuments/trails without adding extra unnecessary information. You can also save the NPS parks for offline use. I mean, if you’d like to waste at least $19.99 per month, this is an option, I guess. EDIT: The developer responded, saying I’m putting out misinformation…that the PARK TRAVEL GUIDE app only costs money if you want to access PARK TRAVEL GUIDES. So, thank you Chimani for verifying what I wrote. You DO charge a minimum of $19.99/mo to use the primary functions of your app. LOL EDIT 2: Chimani removed their comment about “misinformation” and changed their claims YET AGAIN. I don’t trust a developer who keeps moving the goalposts and using doublespeak to hide their fees.
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Keywords
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App Info
- Category
- Travel
- Publisher
- Chimani, Inc.
- Languages
- English
- Recent version
- 6.0.40 (1 week ago )
- Released on
- Jul 10, 2011 (12 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Mexico, Switzerland, France, Austria, Belgium, Australia, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Peru, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Belarus, Chile, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Spain, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait
- Last updated
- 4 days ago