Bahuaja Sonene National Park
The Bahuaja Sonene-Tambopata Landscape contains around 20% of Peru’s species, and the Tambopata National Reserve is home to over 600 bird species, 180 more mammal species, over 1,200 butterfly species, and protects the endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), the vulnerable taricaya (Podocnemis unifilis), as well as a variety of endemic species such as the swamp deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in the savanna. Due to their location, both protected areas are critically important in protecting water resources that flow from catchments in the Andean highlands into the Amazon basin.
Where is?
The Bahuaja Sonene-Tambopata Landscape is located in Madre de Dios and Puno, and includes the Bahuaja Sonene National Park and the Tambopata National Reserve, bordering Madidi National Park in Bolivia. It protects a mosaic of ecosystems from the mountains to the Amazon, and includes significant tropical montane forests and humid tropical savannas (Pampas del Heath).