The first national park in Venezuela, named after the Swiss naturalist who drove its creation
Area
1,078 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1937
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The first national park in Venezuela and, by some accounts, in the whole of South America, named after the Swiss naturalist who drove its creation
Declared in 1937, Henri Pittier is the oldest national park in Venezuela, named after the Swiss-Venezuelan naturalist Henri Pittier, who documented its biodiversity exhaustively in the early 20th century and personally drove its legal protection. With more than 580 bird species recorded in a relatively compact area, it holds one of the records for avian biodiversity density in the whole western hemisphere.
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4 dive sites within 300 km are also shown.
Henri Pittier: 15 documented species
Mammals3Birds10Reptiles1Amphibians
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Venezuela, where Henri Pittier lies.
Tropical rainforestSavannahMarine / coastal
Experiences in this park
Diving and snorkellingBirdwatching
Nearby dive sites
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85 km away
193 km away
197 km away
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