Where can you see the Greater Capybara?
Some of the best places to see the Greater Capybara in the wild include Serra do Cipó National Park (Brazil), Tijuca National Park (Brazil) and Campos del Tuyú National Park (Argentina) — among 26 wildlife hotspots across Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Amacayacu National Park
Leticia, Colombia
+133 birds+29 mammals
Where the Amazon’s dark waters merge with flooded forest and terra firme upland, five thousand square kilometres of pristine wilderness […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBahuaja Sonene National Park
San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above the confluence of Peru’s Río Heath and Río Tambopata, one of the Amazon’s most pristine […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBrasília National Park
Plano Piloto, Brazil
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where granite escarpments rise above the cerrado grasslands of central Brazil, a vast sanctuary unfolds across 1,077 square kilometres of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos Amazónicos National Park
Amazonas, Brazil
+88 birds+21 mammals
Where open grasslands merge unexpectedly with dense Amazon rainforest, an ecological mosaic of rare brilliance unfolds across this 27,263-square-kilometre sanctuary […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos del Tuyú National Park
Argentina
+12 birds+18 mammals
Where the Atlantic Forest meets the wetlands of northeastern Argentina, rolling grasslands ripple across a landscape carved by the Tuyú […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChaco National Park
Municipio de Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina
+142 birds+20 mammals
Where the Gran Chaco’s thornforests meet wetland mosaics, a landscape of profound ecological contrast unfolds across northwestern Argentina. This 151-square-kilometre […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Palmar National Park
Distrito Sexto, Argentina
+132 birds+21 mammals
Where the Paraná River winds through northern Argentina, vast groves of yatay palms rise from rolling grassland like a botanical […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEmas National Park
Brazil
+128 birds+29 mammals
Vast grasslands ripple across the central Brazilian plateau, where fire has sculpted the landscape for millennia. Parque Nacional das Emas […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIguaçu National Park
Brazil
+133 birds+29 mammals
Where the Paraná Plateau drops away in a thunderous cascade, one of Earth’s most spectacular waterfall systems tears through subtropical […]
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