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National Parks

CERROS DE AMOTAPE NATIONAL PARK

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Description:

This park is spread out over 91.300 hectares and is located at the border of the Departments of Tumbes and Piura. The altitude varies from 120 masl / 394 fasl (Rica Playa) to 1538 masl / 5045 fasl (Cerro Campana), and its diverse geography combines dry tropical forests with the mountains of the North Peruvian Cordillera or the Amotapes Mountains.

These mountains gather a large amount of biodiversity. Carob trees, spruce trees, charan trees, sapote trees, pasallo trees and guayacán trees grow there. The wildlife is very diverse and includes species representative of tropical forests, arid zones, and the Andean mountain ranges such as the Andean condor, the little spotted cat, the red deer, the percari, the northern anteater, the spectacled bear, the gray deer, the Guayaquil squirrel, and the scarlet macaw.

The ecological importance of the area has allowed it to be considered as part of the Northwest Peruvian Biosphere Reserve. There are many different circuits you can take to hike around the mountains and gorges allowing you to observe the equatorial dry forest flora and fauna and to navigate through the Tumbes River canyon, an impressive site on the Peruvian coast.

The zone can be visited all year round, but it is difficult to get there during the rainy season (January – March) or when El Niño phenomenon
strikes

 
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Useful Information :
 
   
Location
Location:
Province of Contralmirante Villar-Sullana - Department of Tumbes.
Area: 91 300 hectares
Altitude: 75-1550 masl.
   
Weather
Weather:
Temperature:  Between 23°C and 24 °C
Rainy Season: December to March
Season:
   
Type of etrance
Services :
restrooms,  security, radio.
 
Access
Access from Tumbes:
At 35.4 km from the city by the road to Rica Playa.
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes.
 
Activities
Activities:
rafting, Nature observation,  birdwatching,  trekking,  camping,  investigation trips.
   
Administrative
Administrative office:
Av. Tarapacá Nº 427. Tumbes –  Dirección Regional de Agricultura.
Telefax : (072) 52-6489
E-mail: tourism@peru.com
Website: www.inrena.gob.pe
Attention: Mon - Fri 9:00 - 13:00 / 16:00 - 17:30 hrs
 
 
 
 
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