Cotapata National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area is a protected area in the Yungas region of La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is located in the northwest part of the department, within Nor Yungas and Murillo provinces, in the Coroico and La Paz Municipalities. The park is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the city of La Paz.
Carrasco National Park is located in the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia. It covers an area of 6,226 square kilometers. More than 5,000 types of plants have been found in the park, making it one of Bolivia’s most diverse areas in terms of plant and animal life.
The Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area is a protected area located in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. It is found in the Bautista Saavedra, Franz Tamayo, and Larecaja provinces. This area was created in 1972 and was first called the Ulla Ulla National Reserve.
Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén) is a protected area in the Pasco region of Peru. It helps protect parts of the rainforests and cloud forests in central Peru. The park serves as a safe place for wildlife that lived during the Pleistocene, a time when Earth’s climate changed greatly.
Tingo María National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Tingo María) is located in the districts of Rupa Rupa and Mariano Dámaso, in the region of Huánuco, Peru. It was created on May 14, 1965, and its main features include mountain forest vegetation and a cave called Cueva de las Lechuzas (Spanish for Cave of the Owls), where oilbirds live. The park covers an area of 4,777 hectares (18.44 square miles) and includes a mountain range named La Bella Durmiente (Spanish for Sleeping Beauty).
The Rio Abiseo National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo) is in the San Martín department of Peru. UNESCO named it a Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (World Heritage Site) in 1990. The park has many types of plants and animals, as well as more than 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
Otishi National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Otishi) is a protected area in Peru located in the regions of Junín and Cusco. It helps protect a part of the Vilcabamba mountain range, preserving the wildlife and natural rock formations in this area.
Manu National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional del Manu) is a national park and biosphere reserve located in the regions of Madre de Dios and Cusco in Peru. It protects many different types of ecosystems, including lowland rainforests, cloud forests, and Andean grasslands.
The Ichigkat Muja – Cordillera del Condor National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Ichigkat Muja – Cordillera del Cóndor) is a protected area in Peru. It is located in the Amazonas region. The park helps protect part of the Eastern Andes forests found in the Cordillera del Condor mountain range.
Huascarán National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Huascarán) is a protected area in Peru. It covers most of the Cordillera Blanca, which is the world’s highest tropical mountain range and part of the central Andes in the Ancash region. The park spans 340,000 hectares (840,000 acres) and is managed by the Peruvian Network of Protected Natural Areas, called SERNANP (Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas).