Where can you see the Glacier Finch?
Some of the best places to see the Glacier Finch in the wild include Huascarán National Park (Peru), Reserva Nacional las Vicuñas (Chile) and Yanachaga–chemillén National Park (Peru) — among 4 wildlife hotspots across Peru and Chile. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Huascarán National Park
Independencia, Peru
+201 birds+5 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Andean sky above 6,000 metres, Huascarán National Park sprawls across more than 11,500 square kilometres of Peru's Cordillera Blanca, a landscape…
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Putre, Chile
+87 birds+6 mammals
High desert plateaus interlace with volcanic ridges across this 4,204-square-kilometre expanse at the border between Chile and Bolivia, where altitudes exceed 3,500 metres and the climate…
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Putre, Chile
+61 birds
High across the Altiplano of northern Chile, where the Andes push toward 4,300 metres and the air thins to a crystalline clarity, lies a vast shallow…
VIEW NATURAL MONUMENTYanachaga–chemillén National Park
Palcazu, Peru
+639 birds+6 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of Peru's central cordillera plunge into cloud forest, Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park protects nearly three thousand square kilometres of montane wilderness that few…
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