Where can you see the Mountain Caracara?
Some of the best places to see the Mountain Caracara in the wild include Huascarán National Park (Peru), Lauca National Park (Chile) and Manu National Park (Peru) — among 5 wildlife hotspots across Peru, Chile and Argentina. 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLaja National Park Lagoon
Antuco, Chile
+123 birds+1 mammals
Where the Andes descend into the Biobío Region's temperate forests, a vast lagoon fills the caldera of the extinct Antuco volcano, cradled by steep native woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLauca 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 Cardones National Park
Argentina
+193 birds+6 mammals
Where the Andes descend into northwestern Argentina, Los Cardones National Park sprawls across nearly 1,200 square kilometres of one of South America's most distinctive high-altitude desert…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKManu National Park
Manu, Peru
+892 birds+26 mammals
Across the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes, tropical rainforest descends into the Amazon basin with a complexity that few terrestrial ecosystems match. Manu National Park…
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