Manú National Park World Heritage Site

Official name

Manú National Park | UNESCO

Country

Peru | Map

Continent

South America

Location

Dep. Madre de Dios y Cusco, Provincias: Manu y Paucartambo
-12.2500° Lat, -71.7500° Lon | Map

Code

402

Time Zone

America/Lima (-05, -0500)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1987. This huge 1.5 million-ha park has successive tiers of vegetation rising from 150 to 4,200 m above sea-level. The tropical forest in the lower tiers is home to an unrivalled variety of animal and plant species. Some 850 species of birds have been identified and rare species such as the giant otter and the giant armadillo also find refuge there. Jaguars are often sighted in the park.