NATURAL RESOURCES
Geography
It is situated in a plain zone with slow slopes and lots of marshes and little lakes. The area alternates periodic floods with drought seasons, creating vast flood areas in summer time.

Flora
Mostly of the Park is occupied by grass and “palmares de caranday”, marshes in the low areas and little mount islands in the high areas.
The white palm or “caranday” grows 14 metres height and has green leafs.

Fauna
“Cotorras” and other birds use white palm to make their nests. “Carpinteros cabeza rojiza” and “loros ñenday” make their nests in trees holes. These palms are used as refuge for bats, like the “moloso cola larga grande”.
“Ñandues” and groups of “chuñas de patas rojas” can be saw in this opened places ambient. The most typical mammals are “aguara guazu”, a big wolf that is in danger of extinction. It has long legs to ford flood areas. It has red fur, and black legs, snout and mane sing.
The “quebracho Colorado chaqueño”, "lapacho" and "urunday" mount, and Pilcomayo River rainforests are the habitat of three types of monkeys: “cai”, “caraya” and “mirikina”. The last one is middle size and has big eyes that are adapted to the nightlife. Other mammals of these forests are the “oso melero”, which eats wasps and termites from the trees, and “coaties” that usually makes night group walks. Also there are many birds like “surucua comun”, “trepador castaño”, “choca listada” and carpenter bird, the most representative bird of the Park.
In marsh, gully and little lakes concentrate large quantities of aquatic birds like three types of stork: american, “tuyuyu” and “yaribu”, which has a beautiful red and black neck that contrasts with its white plumage. Is common to see “garzas” in riverside of not too deep waters looking for fishes, reptiles and frogs to eat.
Laguna Blanca is the biggest water body of the Park, with an 800 hectares surface. There lives two types of caiman: “overo” and “negro”, both in danger of extinction. Also can be found different ophidian like “boa curiyu” and aquatic snakes like “ñacanina”. In these coasts develop large “pehuaiozales” and “pirizales” where “carpinchos”, “coipos” and nutres can be saw.

CULTURAL RESOURCES
The area was inhabited thousand years ago by groups of aborigines that exploited many resources of the riverside environment through an strategy that combined, in a sustainable way, hunting –of “carpinchos”, “tapirs”, monkeys, “armadillos” and “vizcachas”-, fishing and vegetables and animals collection.
Nowadays the area is inhabited by tobas communities, who descents from the original groups, owner of little lakes, marshes and “bañados”.

ACCESS

The National Route Nº 11 joins Formosa city (capital of the province) and Clorinda. From Clorinda starts National Route Nº 86, which passes close to the south limit of the Park, in Naick Neck city. From there, and after 4 km through a local way, visitors arrive to a recreational area and to the “Laguna Blanca” Foresters Sectional.


Also visitors can get to the National Park from Laguna Blanca –a city 65 km far from Clorinda, over National Route Nº 86- through a local way that after 7 km gets to “Estero Poi” Foresters Sectional.

WALKS AND SERVICES

The Maintenance of the Park is in Laguna Blanca city. In the “Laguna Blanca” recreational area there is a camping with tables, toilets and fireplaces. There start two interpretation path, Laguna Blanca Path, where “carpinchos” and caimans between prepping yellow flowers can be saw. In the body water visitors can do navigation without motor. The second path is called “Los tesoros ocultos de la Naturaleza” and covers a portion of the mount.


In the extreme of the little lake, next to “Estero Poi” Foresters Sectional, there is an rough camp and starts an interpretation path, called “Los secretos del Monte”, that has 1.200 metres length and let visitors meet the different vegetable specimens that grow in the Park.


Closing to Pilcomayo river starts another path that covers 5.000 metres, from Ricardo Fronzo Forester Sectional to Pilcomayo River riverside, where palms, “bañados”, little mount islands and rainforest in balcony can be appreciated.

CONTACTS
Rio Pilcomayo National Park
Pueyrredon Avenue and National Route Nº 86 –3613- Laguna Blanca- Formosa
Argentina
Telephone number: (037) 18-470045
E-mail address: pilcomayo@clorinda.datacop6.com.ar

Administración de Parques Nacionales
690, Santa Fe St. (1059)
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Telephone numbers: (011) 4311-6633/0303
E-mail address: informes@apn.gov.ar