El Rey National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park of Argentina
About El Rey National Park
The park was created in 1948 on the site of the old Finca El Rey, founded in 1767 as a fortress by the Spaniards. The national park is located in a slightly mountainous area in the border area between the Yungas and the Chaco plains and is therefore somewhat drier and less jungle-like than the parks further west. The lowest vegetation zone is therefore also occupied by the Chaco dry forest, which merges into the cloud forest at an altitude of 800 m, followed by mountain forests at an altitude of 1400 m. Each vegetation zone has its own fauna and flora. In the Chaco dry forest, for example, thorn bushes and low trees such as algarrobo and quebracho predominate , while the cloud forest is home to dense vegetation and several species of orchids. In the mountain forests one finds firs, alders
El Rey National Park Travel Guide Sections
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