Darien National Park
🇮🇹 Panama📅 1981 Inscribed
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Forming a bridge between the two continents of the New World, Darien National Park contains an exceptional variety of habitats – sandy beaches, rocky coasts, mangroves, swamps, and lowland and upland tropical forests containing remarkable wildlife. Two Indian tribes live in the park.
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Forms a natural bridge between the two continents of the New World, and is the only break in the Pan-American Highway along its intercontinental route from Argentina to Alaska (known as the Darién Gap)
Insight II
Thanks to its remoteness and unique biogeographical setting, the park harbors exceptional biodiversity and offers a scientifically groundbreaking environment. It is also one of the few protected areas where two Indigenous tribes still live traditionally to this day
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