National parks of Argentina
All 39 national parks in the country, from the Puna to Tierra del Fuego. Each one has its guide with trails, how to get there, where to stay and when to go.
Northwest

Baritú National Park
Salta
The country’s most untouched mountain cloud forest.
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Calilegua National Park
Jujuy
A “stone lookout” over the Jujuy cloud forest.
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El Rey National Park
Salta
The northwest’s first national park, on a former cattle ranch.
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Los Cardones National Park
Salta
The cactus forest along the Tin Tin straight.
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Copo National Park
Santiago del Estero
Quebracho forests, rheas and the silence of the Dry Chaco.
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Aconquija National Park
Tucumán
From jungle to snowy summits in a single climb.
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Northeast

El Impenetrable National Park
Chaco
The great Chaco forest, where the jaguar is returning.
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Río Pilcomayo National Park
Formosa
Laguna Blanca and the southernmost paratodo trees.
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With 3D mapIguazú National Park
Misiones
The falls: one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
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Chaco National Park
Chaco
Quebracho forest and lagoons with 300+ bird species.
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Laguna El Palmar National Park
Chaco
Paraná wetlands in eastern Chaco.
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Mburucuyá National Park
Corrientes
Corrientes’ first national park.
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Iberá National Park
Corrientes
One of the world’s great wetlands, and a rewilding success.
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Centre

San Guillermo National Park
San Juan
The largest vicuña population in the south of the region.
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Talampaya National Park
La Rioja
Red canyons and the world’s most complete Triassic record.
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JFMAMJJASONDAnsenuza National Park
Córdoba
Mar Chiquita: South America’s largest salt lake.
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Córdoba
Hill forest and the history of Estancia Pinas.
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JFMAMJJASONDQuebrada del Condorito National Park
Córdoba
Andean condors an hour from Córdoba.
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El Leoncito National Park
San Juan
Over 300 clear nights a year.
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El Palmar National Park
Entre Ríos
Yatay palm savannas on the Uruguay river.
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Pre-Delta National Park
Entre Ríos
Bluffs, lagoons and islands where the delta begins.
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Islas de Santa Fe National Park
Santa Fe
Paraná river islands off Puerto Gaboto.
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JFMAMJJASONDSierra de las Quijadas National Park
San Luis
Nearly 25 million years exposed in a red amphitheatre.
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Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park
Buenos Aires
Wetlands an hour from Buenos Aires.
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Campos del Tuyú National Park
Buenos Aires
The last refuge of the Pampas deer in Buenos Aires.
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Patagonia
Lihué Calel National Park
La Pampa
An island of hills and rock art in the Pampas plain.
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Laguna Blanca National Park
Neuquén
Black-necked swans in the volcanic steppe.
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Lanín National Park
Neuquén
Lanín volcano and the monkey-puzzle forests.
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Los Arrayanes National Park
Neuquén
The 650-year-old arrayán forest.
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Nahuel Huapi National Park
Río Negro · Neuquén
Latin America’s first national park.
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Islote Lobos National Park
Río Negro
The northernmost Magellanic penguin colony in the world.
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Lago Puelo National Park
Chubut
A lake just 200 m above sea level in the heart of the Andes.
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Los Alerces National Park
Chubut
The Grandfather: a 2,620-year-old alerce.
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Southern Patagonia

Patagonia National Park
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz’s high plateaus, home of the hooded grebe.
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Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo National Park
Santa Cruz
Stone trunks 150 million years old.
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With 3D mapPerito Moreno National Park
Santa Cruz
Coloured lakes and traces of people who lived here 10,000 years ago.
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With 3D mapLos Glaciares National Park
Santa Cruz
Perito Moreno, Fitz Roy and the planet’s third-largest ice field.
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Monte León National Park
Santa Cruz
The first coastal national park, with penguins and a stone sphinx.
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Tierra del Fuego National Park
Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur
Where route 3 ends: the country’s southernmost park.
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