Introduction to South America - The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget - page 7

Top ten places to
spot wildlife
Beagle Channel (Argentina) Take a thrilling
boat trip to see the sea lions, penguins, whales
and seabirds of Tierra del Fuego (p.148).
Parque Nacional Madidi (Bolivia) Deep in the
Amazonian jungle, this remote park is home to
rare monkeys, jaguars, bears, giant otters and
thousands of tropical birds (p.220).
Amazonian Basin (Bolivia/Brazil/Ecuador/
Peru/Venezuela) Visit any corner of the
Amazon and you'll be treated to a wealth of
insects, birds, reptiles and mammals (p.216,
p.314, p.609, p.825 & p.898).
The Pantanal (Brazil/Paraguay) The world's
largest wetland is home to thousands of
animal species; giant river otters, giant
anteaters, macaws and capybaras among
them (p.326 & p.691).
Punta Arenas (Chile) Use this Patagonian city
as a base to visit the thriving penguin colonies
on Isla Magdalena and Seno Otway (p.462).
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine (Chile) Visit
this spectacular mountain park and you are
guaranteed to see herds of guanacos (like
llamas), rheas (like ostriches) and gliding condors,
with pumas lurking in the scrub (p.470).
Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) Charles Darwin's
theories on evolution were developed here and
it's unsurprisingly one of the continent's biggest
attractions; think giant tortoise, marine iguanas,
penguins and the flightless cormorant (p.631).
The Chaco (Paraguay) Home of a fascinating
peccary breeding project, huge flocks of
waterbirds, pumas, tapirs and capybaras (p.691).
Colca Canyon (Peru) Best place in the Andes to
see condors, rising up the sides of a mesmerizing
canyon wall (p.780).
Los Llanos (Venezuela) This tropical grassland
supports hordes of capybaras, crocodiles,
anaconda, armadillos, scarlet ibis and over sixty
species of waterbirds (p.894).
FROM TOP GIANT TORTOISES, GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR;
GUANACO, CHILE