Inspiring nature parks in South America

• The inspirational nature parks in South America

In South America, is located more than 300 national parks of various sizes. The most famous of them - the Galapagos Islands with a lot of volcanoes and the Atacama, one of the driest places on Earth: precipitation is not observed for four centuries. Mountains, located in the Atacama, reaching a height of 6885 m and does not have glaciers.

In the photo: Alpacas grazing at the foot of the snow-covered volcano. Lauca National Park, Chile © JeremyRichards

Many other parks of the continent in its own way unique. Torres del Paine National Park in Chile surprises natural diversity. Exploring the park, you can visit the mountains, to find yourself in a cypress forest and kayak on the fjord. Argentine Park Los Glaciares National Park - a place in which there are 47 glaciers and the biggest mountains of South America, the Andes.

In the swampy Pantanal in Brazil is home to many species of animals threatened with extinction. Tourists can meet the giant anteater, tapir, and even a battleship. Park Tayrona in Colombia attracts lovers of marine life, because its territory includes the coast and coral reef contains about 100 species of marine polyps. Each park is a place where strictly protected rare species of animals and plants, many of them - are endemic, they can not be found in other regions.

Sunset over the sand dunes and lagoons in the national park Lensua-Maranenes in the state of Maranhão, Brazil © thanosquest

Iguazu National Park. Falls are on the border of Argentina and Brazil, in 2011, they were recognized as one of the seven natural wonders of the planet © Det-anan

The National Park Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Madidi National Park is located in the headwaters of the Amazon River basin in Bolivia © Matyas Rehak

The Pantanal - Brazil National Park marshes, an area of about 150 000 km2 Pantanal fauna is the richest in the world: 650 species of birds and more than 1,000 species of butterflies © FCG

Mountain landscape. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Tyrone - National Park Colombia © streetflash

Chapada Diamantina National Park - in the state of Bahia in Brazil National Park © Ronaldo de Melo Inacio

Tierra del Fuego - National Park in the southern part of the Argentine sector of Isla Grande

Salt Lagoon near San Pedro de Atacama, in the National Reserve Los Flamencos National Reserve, Chile © Vadim Petrakov

Enchanted well in the park Chapada Diamantina National Park, Brazil © Diego Grandi

southern crested caracara in the park Serra da Kanastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Trekking in the Park of Ilha Grande on the eponymous island located near the eastern coast of Brazil © vitormarigo

The oldest national park in Brazil - Itatiaia. The name comes from a phrase in the language of the Tupi - "rock with many points" © Iuliia Timofeeva

Sajama - a national park on the territory of the Western Cordillera in the department of Oruro, Bolivia. © aaabbbccc

The National Park Serra da Capivara. In the caves of the mountains of the park you can see pictures of ancient man, whose age has about 14 thousand years