Where can you see the Paramo Tapaculo?
Some of the best places to see the Paramo Tapaculo in the wild include Llanganates National Park (Ecuador), Natural Nevado del Huila National Park (Colombia) and Antisana National Park (Ecuador) — among 7 wildlife hotspots across Ecuador and Colombia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Antisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+432 birds+21 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes descend into the Amazon basin, Antisana National Park sprawls across roughly 2,500 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCotopaxi National Park
Mulaló, Ecuador
+211 birds+6 mammals
High in Ecuador's volcanic corridor, where the páramo transitions into cloud forest along the slopes of Cotopaxi volcano, the national park unfolds across nearly 500 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLlanganates National Park
Tena, Ecuador
+239 birds+8 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Andes plunge toward the Amazon basin, Llanganates National Park sprawls across nearly 3,500 square kilometers of montane wilderness, its terrain…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Nevado del Huila National Park
Planadas, Colombia
+117 birds
Where the Colombian Andes rise above 5,000 metres, tropical cloud forest yields to páramo and glaciated peaks, and the Planadas region of Tolima contains one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPodocarpus National Park
Zamora, Ecuador
+496 birds+6 mammals
Where the Andes descend toward the Amazon basin, Podocarpus National Park sprawls across nearly 2,800 square kilometres of the most biodiverse terrain in Ecuador's southern highlands.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPuracé National Natural Park
Puracé, Colombia
+327 birds+2 mammals
Where the Andes thrust upward across southwestern Colombia, Puracé National Natural Park spans nearly 2,631 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic montane terrain.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSangay National Park
Cebadas, Ecuador
+320 birds+10 mammals
High in Ecuador's Andean spine, where the Western Cordillera rises to touch perpetual snow, a landscape of volcanic drama and ecological intensity unfolds across Sangay National…
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