Alto Purus
Peru's largest national park; the land of several indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation, with no contact with the rest of society
Area
25,000 km²
Declared in
2004
Region
Amazonia (Ucayali/Madre de Dios)
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Polar / frío, Montañoso
Best time
May to October
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Peru's largest national park; the land of several indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation, with no contact with the rest of society
Declared in 2004, Alto Purús is the largest national park in Peru and protects one of the last great stretches of western Amazon rainforest with virtually no direct human intervention, home to several indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation, the Mashco-Piro among them, whose legal protection has repeatedly clashed with logging and hydrocarbon exploration in adjoining areas.
Location
See on the interactive map76 species documented in Alto Purus
At conservation risk:Delfín rosado del Amazonas,Mono araña negro (mono araña de Guyana),Nutria gigante,Oso hormiguero gigante,Pecarí labiado,Tapir amazónico,Mono araña negro de Perú,Mono lanudo común,Tití pigmeo,Verrugosa (bushmaster)
Near ThreatenedJaguar
Panthera onca
Near ThreatenedÁguila harpía
Harpia harpyja
Least ConcernAnaconda verde
Eunectes murinus
Least ConcernCaimán negro
Melanosuchus niger
EndangeredDelfín rosado del Amazonas
Inia geoffrensis
Least ConcernGuacamayo rojo
Ara macao
VulnerableMono araña negro (mono araña de Guyana)
Ateles paniscus
Least ConcernMono aullador rojo
Alouatta seniculus
EndangeredNutria gigante
Pteronura brasiliensis
VulnerableOso hormiguero gigante
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
VulnerablePecarí labiado
Tayassu pecari
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Peru, where Alto Purus lies.
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EndangeredAmazon River Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis
Ahora es buena época: Mejor época para avistar delfines rosados del Amazonas (Junio a noviembre (estación de aguas bajas))
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