Parque Natural de Pucallpa, Zoo in Pucallpa, Peru.
Parque Natural de Pucallpa is a zoo near Yarinacocha where visitors can observe animals native to this Amazon region across different areas. The grounds also contain a regional museum with local artifacts and rest areas for families.
The park is managed by the Regional Government of Ucayali's office for natural resources and environmental management. In 2024 Peru's forest and wildlife service, SERFOR, classified it as a class B zoo, a status that lets it keep and care for protected species. Its Regional Museum of Pucallpa holds fossils from the Ucayali, Pachitea, Aguaytía and Urubamba rivers.
The park's name links it to Pucallpa's natural heritage, and its Regional Museum holds Amazonian fauna specimens plus fossils from the Ucayali, Pachitea, Aguaytía and Urubamba rivers. Its best-known piece is the jawbone of a giant lizard that lived in the Amazon about 10 million years ago.
The entrance is on Avenida Centenario, on the south side of Pucallpa; the ticket office leads into an irregular path that ends in a closed loop. East of the entrance are a reception room and toilets, the multiservice and restaurant area lies west, and the north holds a camping zone and sports field. The regional museum sits in the northwest.
The Regional Museum of Pucallpa, inside the park, keeps a large collection of fossils found in the Ucayali, Pachitea, Aguaytía and Urubamba rivers. Its most notable piece is the jawbone of a giant lizard that lived in the Amazon about 10 million years ago.
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