Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz)

National Park
Argentina · Patagonia (Santa Cruz)
Patagonia (Santa Cruz)Declared in 19371,150 km²

Not to be confused with the glacier of the same name; it protects remote Patagonian steppe with rock art more than 8,000 years old

Area

1,150 km²

Protection category

UICN II

Parque nacionalwhat the IUCN categories mean

Declared in

1937

Region

Patagonia (Santa Cruz)

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Polar / frío, Montañoso

Best time

October to March

Plan your visit

Best time
October to March
Area
1,150 km²

Highlight

Not to be confused with the glacier of the same name; it protects remote Patagonian steppe with rock art more than 8,000 years old

Declared in 1937 — the same year as Los Glaciares, with which it is often confused because both are named after the same explorer, Francisco Moreno — this park protects a remote Patagonian landscape of high steppe and lakes, with rock paintings more than 8,000 years old in caves such as Casa de Piedra, attributed to the ancestral hunter-gatherers of southern Patagonia. It is one of the last significant refuges of the huemul, an endangered Andean deer that appears on the Argentine national coat of arms.

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17 species documented in Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz)

5 Mammals12 Birds

At conservation risk:Cóndor andino,Huemul,Macá tobiano

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Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Argentina, where Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz) lies.

Selva tropicalDesiertoHumedal

Experiences in this park

Observación de aves

Wildlife you can see now

What is worth watching this month in Argentina?

Southern Right WhaleLeast Concern

Southern Right Whale

Eubalaena australis

Ahora es buena época: Ballenas francas en Península Valdés (Junio a diciembre (pico jul-oct))

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