Cordillera Azul National Park is located between Huallaga and Ucayali rivers, in the departments of San Martín, Loreto, Ucayali and Huanuco with an area of 1’353,190.85 hectares. Its main objective is to protect a unique series of species, biological communities and geological formations typical of the montane and premontane forest of Cordillera Azul. Likewise, its presence protects the headwaters of the basin that provide water to the entire adjacent area.
Cordillera Azul National Park protects the largest amount of intact high forest in the country and is home to unique plants and animals in the world. Its impressive beauty is due in part to its particular geographical features. Its pronounced altitudinal gradient, from the high forest to the Amazon plain, shelters diverse types of ecosystems with a biological wealth of global value. This allows the concentration of a diversity of unique flora and fauna where there is also a high number of endemic species of the region.
This great paradise is an exceptional place that offers an impressive journey through the high jungle to reach the Amazonian plain in order to understand the dynamics of our complex ecosystems and recognize their fragility. Visiting this area is one of the best classes on geography, ecology and reality in our country.
Cordillera Azul National Park is located between Huallaga and Ucayali rivers, in the departments of San Martín, Loreto, Ucayali and
Huanuco. Cordillera Azul National Park protects the largest amount of intact high forest in Peru and is home to unique plants and animals.
Its impressive beauty is due in part to its particular geographical features. Its pronounced altitudinal gradient, from the high forest to the Amazon plain, shelters diverse types of ecosystems with a biological wealth of global value. This allows the concentration of a diversity of unique flora and fauna where there is also a high number of endemic species.
Major Site Values:
The site is established to protect a unique series of species, biological communities and geological formations typical of the montane and premontane forest of Cordillera Azul. Likewise, its presence protects the headwaters of the basin that provide water to the entire adjacent area.
Reviewer statement