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4 Best Times to Visit. 5 Biodiversity in Defensores del Chaco National Park. 5.1 Characteristic Flora of the Park. 5.2 Wildlife: Emblematic and Endangered Species. 5.2.1 Birds. 5.2.2 Mammals. 5.2.3 Reptiles. 5.3 Present Ecosystems. 6 Tourist Attractions and Recommended Activities. 6.1 Hiking and Exploration Routes.
The Defensores del Chaco National Park is one of the core areas of the Paraguayan Chaco Biosphere Reserve, declared by the UNESCO’s MAB program in 2005 and together with the Médanos del Chaco National Park, adjacent in the western sector, form a large conservation corridor linking the most arid areas to the high Chaco forest, being the ideal ...
Defensores del Chaco National Park. Defensores del Chaco National Park is the largest protected area in Paraguay. It has an area of 720.000 ha. It was created with the decree number 16.806 on August 6, 1975.
Defensores del Chaco National Park, or Gran Chaco, as the locals call it, is a cross-border national park located on a plain that stretches over part of the territory of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil. About 20% of this plain is a protected area due to a specific ecosystem containing about 3400 plant species and about 870 animal species.
The PNMCh is one of the core areas of the Chaco Biosphere Reserve together with the Defensores del Chaco National Park. Criterion (viii): The geomorphological and edaphic particularity make the Médanos del Chaco National Park a site with great possibilities of containing endemic species and even new flora species for science.
Visit Paraguay. Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco. En la visita al parque más extenso del país podrá admirar el Cerro León, único macizo montañoso de relevancia de todo el Chaco. El lugar es hábitat ancestral del pueblo ayoreo, cuyos habitantes permanecen hasta hoy siendo absolutamente silvícola.
This large biosphere reserve contains important National Parks in Paraguay, such as Defensores del Chaco, Médanos del Chaco, Teniente Agripino Enciso and other forms of protected areas such as Cerro Cabrera, Río Negro National Park and the Cañada El Carmen Reserve as well as a single urban centre on the Paraguay River: Bahía Negra.
