Latin America

Search for the best wildlife watching in Latin America by country.

Argentina

Iguazu – caiman, jaguar

Los Glaciares – Andean condor, flamingo, guanaco, huemul deer, puma, rhea

Tierra del Fuego – Andean condor, black-browed albatross, huemul, giant petrel, humpback whale, imperial shag, sea lion

Valdes Peninsula – burrowing owl, elephant seal, guanaco, killer whale, Magellanic penguin, sea lion, southern right whale

Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni – flamingo, vicuna

Samaipata – Andean condor

Brazil

Iguazu – caiman, jaguar

Ilha Grande – armadillo, sloth

Chile

Arica – sea lion

Patagonia National Park – Andean condor, guanaco, puma

Tierra del Fuego – Andean condor, black-browed albatross, huemul, giant petrel, humpback whale, imperial shag, sea lion

Torres del Paine – Andean condor, black-necked swan, flamingo, guanaco, huemul deer, puma, rhea

Colombia

Los Llanos – burrowing owl, caiman, capybara, giant anteater, green anaconda, howler monkey, jaguar, Orinoco crocodile

Providencia – reef shark

Costa Rica

Cano Island – manta ray, humpback whale, spotted dolphin, whale shark, reef shark, olive ridley sea turtle

Crocodile Bridge – American crocodile

Manuel Antonio – capuchin monkey, coati, sloth, squirrel monkey

Marino Ballena – humpback whale, spotted dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, howler monkey, hummingbird, scarlet macaw, sloth, toucan, capuchin monkey, coati

Monteverde – howler monkey, hummingbird, quetzal, sloth, three-wattled bellbird, toucan

Corcovado – tapir, jaguar, coati, giant anteater, puma, scarlet macaw, sloth, toucan, American crocodile, howler monkey

Tortuguero – caiman, green sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, jaguar, leatherback sea turtle, manatee, howler monkey, sloth

Ecuador

Cuyabeno – Amazon river dolphin, caiman, green anaconda, harpy eagle, jaguar, squirrel monkey

Galapagos Islands – blue-footed booby, Galapagos penguin, giant tortoise, green sea turtle, hammerhead shark, manta ray, marine iguana, reef shark, sea lion, whale shark

Isla de la Plata – blue-footed booby, green sea turtle, humpback whale, killer whale, manta ray

Mindo – cock-of-the-rock, kinkajou, puma, spectacled bear

Peru

Ballestas Islands – Humboldt penguin, sea lion

Colca Canyon – Andean condor, vicuna

Corosha – spectacled bear

Madre de Dios – caiman, capybara, giant otter, green anaconda, howler monkey, jaguar, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, sloth, tapir