DESTINATIONS IN PERU - NATURE PROTECTION AREAS

Peru is one of the countries with the highest diversity of species worldwide. Its broad range of climates and landscapes provide perfect conditions for millions of animal and plant species.
Due to its topographic structure and the three dominating climates, you can find 28 out of the Earth´s 32 natural habitats within Peru's territorial borders. National parks such as Manu in the Southern rainforest are profoundly abundant in countless varieties of both animals and plants. In order to secure the continuity of these unique biotopes in times of ever growing industrialization, they have been classified as protected areas. The first of these zones were converted into a nature protection areas in the 1960's.

To give an overview of the numerous different categories and forms of nature parks, we defined some terms as they are valid in Peru on this page.