Where to see
Pteronura brasiliensis
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Giant Otter during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Otter sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yasuní National Park and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Giant Otter are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 30%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February, April and June–October in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 90%), March and August in Yasuní National Park (about 50%) and January, June and September in Manu National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Giant Otter on a given day. Each park's Giant Otter page has the full month-by-month chart.
