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THE NATIONAL PARKS
Argentina owns numerous National
Parks specially created to preserve landscapes, geological, and palaeontological
patrimonies, and autochthonous flora and fauna of our country. Throughout them, visitor can be in closer contact with nature; appreciate astounding beauties such as The Iguazu Falls and the Perito Moreno Glacier, (both declared World Heritage sites by ; know the flora and fauna of different regions; admire geological formations and fossils; get astounded by the woods, lakes and snow-capped mountains; observe gigantic millenarian larches and the beautiful myrtles that are unique in the world.
You will find a world of possibilities to live the virgin nature and carry out
different activities such as sporting fishing, trekking, rafting, horse-riding,
mountain bike and photographic safaris, among others
Here we offer you the details of the most important parks and their provinces:
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Just as we've said at the beginning of this page, Argentina comprises a diverse
variety of landscapes, flora and fauna to satisfy all the expectation of the
photography lovers
Mountain ranges, waterfalls, glaciers, rivers, lakes, woods, salt mines, dunes,
beaches, cliffs, terrestrial flora and fauna, sea fauna watching, picturesque
villages and populated cities with varied architecture, are just some examples
to capture with a camera.
The varied National
Parks which our country owns, show different landscapes, ranging from
forests to deserts.
All the regions that make up our country can be exploited to make photographic
safaris and combine them, in many cases, with flora and fauna watching
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Due to the variety of climates and geographical areas, our
country has many zones to carry out flora and fauna watching. In the
Atlantic Patagonia, you can enjoy the sea fauna.
There are several National
Parks with plenty of flora and fauna to watch.
Here we list some interesting zones.
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At El Rey and Baritu National Parks, there is plenty of flora and fauna to see. Organized visits from Salta. |
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There are several possibilities to see flora and fauna at the region of the Iguazu National Park (close to Puerto Iguazú), for the forestall environment lodges 2000 vegetal species, 400 bird species, varieties of mammals and an immeasurable world of insects. All these species turn this ecosystem into one of the richest natural environments in the world. |
| Ernesto Tornquist National Park (La Ventana Hills), Sierra de El Tigre Natural Reservation (Tandil). |
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Watching of Tabaquillos and mountain ferns, variety of birds, condors at the Quebrada del Condorito (to be reached from Mina Clavero), mammals such as pumas and deers. |
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At Sierras Las Quijadas National Park (to be reached from San Luis): flora, fauna and dinosaurs fossils |
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At Valdes Peninsula, Port Pirámides, Punta Tombo and Punta Loma, watching of a great variety of sea fauna : sea wolves and elephants, penguins, orcas and whales (points close to Puerto Madryn and Las Grutas). |
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At Lanín, Nahuel Huapi, Los Arrayanes, Los Alerces, Puelo Lake and The Glaciers National Parks and Tierra del Fuego: varieties of flora (the only larch and myrtle woods existing in the World) and fauna |
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