Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park
Live your adventure where the Humid Pampean and the Paraná flooded savanna ecoregions meet.
Do you feel like breathing clean air? In the province of Buenos Aires, a few kilometers away from the capital city, visit a protected area that offers you rivers and lagoons, slopes and channels, swamps and grasslands. Discover the deep green of carquejas and chilcas, watch the restless shapes of the pampa grass and the colas de zorro. Walk around the trails in the Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park.
Wander around natural forests with talas, ombús, espinillos, and elders. Explore the place where birds are waiting for you, such as grassland yellow-finches and double-collared seedeaters, thrushes and many-colored Chaco finches, partridges and masked gnatcatchers. Do you dare track the South American guinea pigs and the ferrets, or to find white-eared opossums, wild cats, and stags of the swamps? Will you succeed in spotting tarariras, catfish, and crappies swimming in the water? Come and live your adventure.
Geographic location: Province of Buenos Aires.
How to get there: From Buenos Aires, via Ruta Nacional 9 up to the city of Rómulo Otamendi. Drive 2 km along its main street and reach the park entrance. You can also travel by bus.
Area: 4,088 hectares.
Climate: Warm and humid, with high temperatures and rainfall from December to April. There might be frosts from May to November.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: a cap, mosquito repellent and sunscreen.