Where to See Wetland Giants: 1 Park Ranked by Real Odds

Q: Where is the best place to see Wetland Giants?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas. In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, the chance of seeing all 4 (capybara, caiman, jabiru and giant otter) on the same day is about 40%, the highest of the 1 park where all of them live, and over a three-day visit it rises to over 90%. It multiplies each animal's daily chance, as if they were independent, so read it as a rough guide.

Q: Which of Wetland Giants is hardest to see?

Jabiru. In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the best park for Wetland Giants, about about 70% of wildlife watchers report the jabiru on a given day, against about 90% for the giant otter. The hardest one decides how many days you need.

Q: How do you complete Wetland Giants on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen. Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Wetland Giants three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

The checklist: 4 animals

LC

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

LC

Caiman yacare

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

LC

Jabiru mycteria

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

EN

Pteronura brasiliensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Where to go

Chance of seeing in

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

—Jan

—Feb

—Mar

—Apr

~90%

May

~90%

Jun

>90%

Jul

>90%

Aug

~90%

Sep

>90%

Oct

~40%

Nov

~60%

Dec

Time of day

Where they are recorded most Parks with some of them Cities with some of them

Parks

#	Park	Country	Animals	All 4 in 3 days
1	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	4 of 4	>90%
	Capybara			>90%
	Yacare Caiman			>90%
	Jabiru			>90%
	Giant Otter			>90%
2	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	3 of 4	Missing: Jabiru
	Capybara			~90%
	Common Caiman			~80%
	Giant Otter			~60%
3	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	3 of 4	Missing: Giant otter
	Capybara			>90%
	Yacare Caiman			>90%
	Jabiru			~50%
4	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	3 of 4	Missing: Jabiru
	Capybara			~60%
	Common Caiman			~90%
	Giant Otter			~60%
5	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	3 of 4	Missing: Jabiru
	Capybara			~70%
	Common Caiman			~70%
	Giant Otter			~70%
6	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	3 of 4	Missing: Jabiru
	Capybara			~60%
	Common Caiman			~70%
	Giant Otter			~70%
7	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Giant otter
	Capybara			~80%
	Jabiru			~50%
8	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			>90%
9	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			>90%
10	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			>90%
11	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~90%
12	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~90%
13	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~90%
14	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~90%
15	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~80%
16	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~80%
17	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Caiman, Giant otter
	Jabiru			~80%
18	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~80%
19	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~80%
20	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~70%
21	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~60%
22	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~60%
23	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~50%
24	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~50%
25	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~50%
26	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~50%
27	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~50%
28	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~50%
29	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~40%
30	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~30%
31	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~20%

Cities

#	City	Country	Animals	All 4 in 3 days
1	Campo Grande	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 4	Missing: Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			>90%
	Yacare Caiman			~50%
2	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	🇧🇴 Bolivia	2 of 4	Missing: Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~80%
	Yacare Caiman			~70%
3	Curitiba	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			>90%
4	Manaus	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~90%
5	Recife	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~90%
6	João Pessoa	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~80%
7	Campinas	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~80%
8	Brasilia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~70%
9	Valencia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~70%
10	Asuncion	🇵🇾 Paraguay	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Yacare Caiman			~60%
11	Belém	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~60%
12	Rio de Janeiro	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~60%
13	São Paulo	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~60%
14	São Luís	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~60%
15	Panama City	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~50%
16	Buenos Aires	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~40%
17	Porto Alegre	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~40%
18	Fortaleza	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~40%
19	Cali	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 4	Missing: Capybara, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Common Caiman			~40%
20	Niterói	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~30%
21	Vitória	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~30%
22	Belo Horizonte	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	Missing: Caiman, Jabiru, Giant otter
	Capybara			~30%

Zoos & centres

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Cali Zoo	🇨🇴 Colombia	4 of 4 in captivity
2	Parque de las Leyendas	🇵🇪 Peru	4 of 4 in captivity
3	ZooParc de Beauval	🇫🇷 France	3 of 4 in captivity
4	Bioparque Los Ocarros	🇨🇴 Colombia	3 of 4 in captivity
5	Łódź Zoo	🇵🇱 Poland	3 of 4 in captivity
6	Parken Zoo	🇸🇪 Sweden	3 of 4 in captivity
7	São Paulo Zoo	🇧🇷 Brazil	3 of 4 in captivity
8	Zoológico de Brasília	🇧🇷 Brazil	3 of 4 in captivity
9	Pairi Daiza	🇧🇪 Belgium	2 of 4 in captivity
10	Copenhagen Zoo	🇩🇰 Denmark	2 of 4 in captivity
11	Barcelona Zoo	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 4 in captivity
12	Zlín-Lešná Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	2 of 4 in captivity
13	Kaliningrad Zoo	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 4 in captivity
14	Amaru	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2 of 4 in captivity
15	Amazon Rescue Center	🇵🇪 Peru	2 of 4 in captivity
16	Aquarama Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 4 in captivity
17	Aquarium Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 4 in captivity
18	Aquazoo Friesland	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2 of 4 in captivity
19	Arequipa zoo	🇵🇪 Peru	2 of 4 in captivity
20	Bauru Zoo	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 4 in captivity

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Before you go

Where is the best place to see Wetland Giants?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, the chance of seeing all 4 (capybara, caiman, jabiru and giant otter) on the same day is about 40%, the highest of the 1 park where all of them live, and over a three-day visit it rises to over 90%. It multiplies each animal's daily chance, as if they were independent, so read it as a rough guide.

Which of Wetland Giants is hardest to see?

Jabiru

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the best park for Wetland Giants, about about 70% of wildlife watchers report the jabiru on a given day, against about 90% for the giant otter. The hardest one decides how many days you need.

How do you complete Wetland Giants on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen

Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Wetland Giants three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

← All challenges

Wetland Giants

The checklist: 4 animals

Capybara

Yacare Caiman

Jabiru

Giant Otter

Where to go

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Month by month at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Time of day

Parks

Cities

Zoos & centres

Before you go

Where is the best place to see Wetland Giants?

Which of Wetland Giants is hardest to see?

How do you complete Wetland Giants on Wallace's Line?