It is located in the department of Huánuco, province of Leoncio Prado, Mariano Dámaso Veraún district. It has an area of 18,000 hectares made up of a mountain chain known as the Sleeping Beauty or Bella Durmiente because their tops look similar to the profile of a sleeping woman. This shape of mountains can be seen from the city of Tingo María. The main attraction of this park is The Cave of Owls, which is the main opening of a complex underground system of caverns inside the Sleeping Beauty. Nearby, you can also visit the sulfurous waters of San Jacinto and the Quinceañera cascade. It is also possible to find a rich variety of wild fauna composed of 104 species: 9 fish species, 21 batrachians and reptiles, 38 birds and 36 mammals. Among the batrachians and reptiles, we have from big red-tailed boas and boa constrictors to little voral snakes or naka naka (Micrurus sp.).
Among the birds several species stand out such as the guácharo or oilbird (Steatornis caripensis), a nocturnal bird that nests inside the caves, stays there the whole day, and goes out only at nightfall for feeding; the cock-on-the-rock or tunqui (Rupicola peruviana); the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa); and the blue-crowned motmot or relojero bird (Momotus momota).
The following mammal species stand out: the lowland tapir or sachavaca (Tapirus terrestris), the red brocket (Mazama americana), the collared peccary or sajino (Tayassu tajacu), the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), the squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) and the saddle-back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis). From the existing flora in the park, 144 species have been identified: 96 arboreous, 17 palm trees, and 31 bushes. Among them, the cedar (Cedrela sp.), the huasai (Euterpe precatoria) and the bolaina (Guazuma crinita), as well as different wild orchids, stand out. The main purpose of this park is to protect its flora, fauna, and landscape beauty such as the Sleeping Beauty or Bella Durmiente, the Cave of Owls, the Jacintillo medical waters, and the Quinceañera cascade. One of the main attractions of Tingo María National Park is its diversity of bugs and arthropods, particularly the butterflies of different size and colors and other bright and colorful insects. The area shows evidence of a selective timber exploitation for energetic and commercial purposes and deforestation for hunting of wild fauna, which has left the forest in a "Purma" state, with an obvious anthropic effect in the lower level.
The following mammal species stand out: the lowland tapir or sachavaca (Tapirus terrestris), the red brocket (Mazama americana), the collared peccary or sajino (Tayassu tajacu), the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), the squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) and the saddle-back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis). From the existing flora in the park, 144 species have been identified: 96 arboreous, 17 palm trees, and 31 bushes. Among them, the cedar (Cedrela sp.), the huasai (Euterpe precatoria) and the bolaina (Guazuma crinita), as well as different wild orchids, stand out. The main purpose of this park is to protect its flora, fauna, and landscape beauty such as the Sleeping Beauty or Bella Durmiente, the Cave of Owls, the Jacintillo medical waters, and the Quinceañera cascade. One of the main attractions of Tingo María National Park is its diversity of bugs and arthropods, particularly the butterflies of different size and colors and other bright and colorful insects. The area shows evidence of a selective timber exploitation for energetic and commercial purposes and deforestation for hunting of wild fauna, which has left the forest in a "Purma" state, with an obvious anthropic effect in the lower level.
