Where can you see the Lesser Rhea?
Some of the best places to see the Lesser Rhea in the wild include Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina), Lauca National Park (Chile) and Reserva Nacional las Vicuñas (Chile) — among 8 wildlife hotspots across Chile and Argentina. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Lauca National Park
Putre, Chile
+139 birds+17 mammals
Where the Andes rise toward the altiplano in Chile's far north, Lauca National Park sprawls across more than 3,000 square kilometres of some of South America's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Glaciares National Park
Argentina
+121 birds+3 mammals
Where granite peaks and sprawling ice fields dominate the landscape, Los Glaciares National Park encompasses over ten thousand square kilometres of Patagonian wilderness in southern Argentina.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Provincial Península de Magallanes
Argentina
+125 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks and windswept steppe converge across this 415-square-kilometre peninsula jutting into the cold Atlantic waters of southern Patagonia, where the Magallanes landscape embodies the raw,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPerito Moreno National Park
Argentina
+78 birds
Where the Patagonian steppe descends into a landscape carved by ancient ice, Perito Moreno National Park sprawls across nearly 1,590 square kilometres of some of South…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKReserva Nacional las Vicuñas
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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKReserva Nacional Magallanes
Punta Arenas, Chile
+78 birds+2 mammals
Where windswept steppe meets sub-Antarctic forest near the southern tip of continental South America, Reserva Nacional Magallanes unfolds across roughly 352 square kilometres of profound ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSalar de Surire Natural Monument
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 MONUMENTTorres del Paine National Park
Torres del Paine, Chile
+143 birds+10 mammals
Where granite spires pierce the Patagonian sky, Torres del Paine commands one of South America's most dramatic landscapes. Across 4,106 square kilometres of southern Chile, jagged…
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