Tapo-Caparo National Park Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo | |
Iucn Category: | II |
Map: | Venezuela |
Relief: | 1 |
Map Width: | 240 |
Coordinates: | 8.1333°N -79°W |
Area Km2: | 2050 |
The Tapo-Caparo National Park[1] (Spanish; Castilian: Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo),[2] or National Park Tapo Caparo, is a protected area with national park[3] status in Venezuela.[4] The park covers in the western states of Barinas, Mérida, and Táchira.
The national park was decreed on 14 January 1992 by the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez, with the purpose of protecting the natural environment around the .
It has a diversity of forests, ferns and mosses, lichens, and fungi. Fauna includes jaguars, toucans, and boas. The park contains numerous gorges and rivers.