List of national parks in Peru

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The national parks in Peru, South America.

1 National parks
2 National reservations
3 National sanctuaries
4 Historical sanctuaries
5 National forests
6 Protection forests
7 Communal reservation
8 Enclosed hunting lands
9 Reserved zones

[edit] National parks

Cutervo, created in 1961 and located in Cajamarca, is the oldest Peruvian National Park. It contains many caves, including the San Andres Cave is a home of the endangered guacharo (oilbird).
Tingo Maria is located in Huanuco. Its principal attraction is the Cueva de las Lechuzas (Owl Cave), another guacharo habitat.
Manu, located in the departments of Madre de Dios and Cuzco. It is most representative of Amazon biodiversity.^{[citation needed]} In 1977, UNESCO recognised it as a Reserve of Biosphere; and in 1987, it was pronounced a Natural Heritage of Humanity.
Huascarán is located in Ancash. It was also pronounced a Natural Heritage of Humanity and recognized as Reserve of Biosphere. Peru's highest snow-covered mountain (6,768 m) is found here, also named Huascarán. This park is the habitat of the Puya Raimondi, the Cougar, the Jaguar, the Llama, the Guanaco, the Marsh Deer, the Peruvian tapir, the Peruvian Piedtail, a hummingbird species, and many kinds of ducks.
Cerros de Amotape (Amotape Hills) is located in Piura and Tumbes. It has many dry-climate forests and endangered species such as the American crocodile.
The Abiseo River Park, another Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity site, is located in San Martín.
Yanachaga-Chemillen, a tropical forest preservation zone at 4,800 m, is located in Pasco. The Palcazu river, Huancabamba river, Pozuzo river and their affluents flows through the park. Some native communities still live in here. There are also archaeological fields from the Inca and Yanesha cultures.
Bahuaja-Sonene is located in Madre de Dios. It contains Puno Department's tropical forests, the Heath Pampas and part of the Tambopata-Candamo Reservation Zone.

[edit] National reservations

The National Reservation of the Lomas de Lachay, Lima, Peru.

Valle del Colca, Arequipa.

Pampa Galeras – Barbara D’Achille is located in Ayacucho. It is the habitat of the vicuña.
Junin is located in Junin. One of its main purposes is to protect the ecosystem and biodiversity of Lake Junin.
Paracas is located in Ica. Its main purpose is to preserve the sea ecosystem and protect the historical and cultural heritage of the area.
Lachay is located in Lima. Its main purpose is to restore and protect the ecosystem of the Lomas de Lachay (Lachay Hills).
Pacaya-Samiria is located in Loreto. Its main purpose is to preserve the ecosystems of the Omagua Region and to promote the indigenous towns.
Salinas and Aguada Blanca are located in Arequipa and Moquegua. Their main purpose is to preserve flora, fauna and landscape.
Calipuy is located in La Libertad. Its main purpose is to protect guanaco populations.
Titicaca is located in Puno. Its main purpose is to preserve Lake Titicaca's ecosystems and landscape.

[edit] National sanctuaries

Huayllay
Calipuy
Lagunas de Mejia ("Mejia Lagoon")
Ampay
Manglares de Tumbes ("Mangroves of Tumbes")
Manglares de Vice, found in the Sechura Province of Piura Region (the southernmost mangrove swamp system in the Pacific region; smaller than the Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary)
Tabacones Namballe