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Honduras Travel and Destination Guide
PARQUE NACIONAL LA TIGRA
entrance at Jutiapa, 22km (14mi) from Tegucigalpa
Francisco Morazán
Tel: 238 6269 ()
One of Honduras' most beautiful places is the lush cloud forest of La Tigra. This pristine reserve was Honduras' first national park and is now home to an abundance of wildlife, from pumas to peccaries to armadillos and agoutis (rabbit-sized rodents). It's also a botanist's delight, with vines, lichens, large ferns, orchids and other flowering plants.
The park is also home to about 350 species of bird, making La Tigra the country's best bird-watching spot after Lago de Yojoa. If you're lucky, you may even spot a quetzal, which is a distinctive aqua color and has long tail feathers.
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