Where can you see the Vicuña?
Some of the best places to see the Vicuña in the wild include Reserva Nacional las Vicuñas (Chile), Los Cardones National Park (Argentina) and Huascarán National Park (Peru) — among 8 wildlife hotspots across Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Peru. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Antisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+141 birds+21 mammals
Where the Andes spine rises above 4,700 meters, volcanic peaks pierce perpetual cloud forests in Ecuador’s eastern cordillera. This sprawling […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCotopaxi National Park
Mulaló, Ecuador
+12 birds+7 mammals
Where volcanic ash meets montane forest, the landscape transforms across nearly 500 square kilometers of Ecuador’s most dramatic terrain. Cotopaxi […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHuascarán National Park
Independencia, Peru
+108 birds+9 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust above 6,000 metres and perpetual snowfields feed glacial torrents, the Andes reveal their most dramatic architecture. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLauca National Park
Putre, Chile
+106 birds+14 mammals
Where the Andes pierce the Chilean altiplano at heights exceeding 4,500 meters, a landscape of extraordinary geological drama unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Cardones National Park
Argentina
+59 birds+7 mammals
Where the Andes descend into northwestern Argentina’s high-altitude plateaus, cardón cacti rise like sentinels across a landscape of austere beauty. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKReserva Nacional las Vicuñas
Putre, Chile
+53 birds+6 mammals
Where the Andes plateau rises into crystalline air, vast salt flats and rocky scrubland stretch across nearly 4,200 square kilometers […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSalar de Surire Natural Monument
Putre, Chile
+18 birds+1 mammals
Where the Andes plateau flattens into a vast white expanse, one of South America’s most austere salt flats commands the […]
VIEW NATURAL MONUMENTSalar del Huasco National Park
Pica, Chile
+37 birds+4 mammals
Where the Andes descend into Chile’s far north, vast salt flats shimmer beneath crystalline skies, framed by volcanic peaks that […]
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