Río Abiseo National Park World Heritage Site

Official name

Río Abiseo National Park | UNESCO

Country

Peru | Map

Continent

South America

Location

Department of San Martin, Province Mariscal Caceres, District of Huicungo
-7.7500° Lat, -77.2500° Lon | Map

Code

548

Time Zone

America/Lima (-05, -0500)

Current Time

Category

Mixed

Description

Inscribed 1990. The park was created in 1983 to protect the fauna and flora of the rainforests that are characteristic of this region of the Andes. There is a high level of endemism among the fauna and flora found in the park. The yellow-tailed woolly monkey, previously thought extinct, is found only in this area. Research undertaken since 1985 has already uncovered 36 previously unknown archaeological sites at altitudes of between 2,500 and 4,000 m, which give a good picture of pre-Inca society.