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Featured national parks

 * Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve - Hawaii, United States


 * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Australia


 * Volcanoes National Park - Rwanda

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/04/13/obama-national-parks-show-netflix/


 * Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, United States

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/barack-obama-narrates-our-great-national-parks-1321813/


 * Gunung Leuser National Park - Indonesia


 * Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - California, United States


 * Tsavo National Park - Kenya


 * Loango National Park - Gabon


 * Yakushima National Park - Japan


 * Manuel Antonio National Park - Costa Rica


 * Tsingy de Bemaraha - Madagascar


 * Torres del Paine - Chilean Patagonia


 * Cerro Castillo National Park - Chilean Patagonia


 * Conguillío National Park- Chilean Patagonia


 * Laguna San Rafael National Park - Chilean Patagonia


 * Diego Ramirez Islands - Chilean Patagonia

and Chilean Patagonia

Critical assessment
A reviewer writing for the Hollywood Reporter described Obama's skills as a narrator: "He explains the synergistic ways in which governmentally reserved natural spaces can have non-antagonistic relationships with nearby human populations. He contributes wry humor to the scripts, with their slightly superficial, overly anthropomorphic explanations for animal behavior. And, more than that, his trademark deliberate cadences and oft-emulated calculated pauses are a perfect delivery mechanism for letting lovely nature photography breathe."

A reviewer writing for the Houston Press said that the series is "the single most calming thing on television" and went on to say that "What truly sets Our Great National Parks apart, though, is the message woven into the episodes. Pragmatically, Obama tells us how various parts of humanity have made preserving the wild world a priority."

The review in the San Diego Union Tribune observed that the series is "devoted to the eye-popping, heart-stopping, consciousness-raising wonders of the world’s most astounding national parks."

A less favorable review in The Daily Telegraph described the series as"dazzlingly gorgeous yet a long way short of groundbreaking" and compared Obama's role negatively to David Attenborough, concluding "where David Attenborough enthusiastically brings to life the tooth and claw rhapsody of the natural world, Obama sounds stilted, even bored."