Where can you see the Puna Snipe?
Some of the best places to see the Puna Snipe in the wild include Huascarán National Park (Peru), Lauca National Park (Chile) and Reserva Nacional las Vicuñas (Chile) — among 6 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…
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 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…
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 PARKSalar del Huasco National Park
Pica, Chile
+75 birds+2 mammals
High above the Atacama's shimmering flats, where the Andes grip the sky, lies a landscape of stark geological drama and surprising biological richness. Salar del Huasco…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYanachaga–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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