Full autumn, one of the most comfortable months: mild temperatures and fewer insects. Wildlife concentrates near the water.
Season
The high season of the Iberá is from June to October. Winter (June to August) is the best time: low water, concentrated wildlife, cool weather and no mosquitoes. Long weekends and July are the peaks of occupancy: book in advance. The low season (January to March) has extreme heat but also very active wildlife at dawn.
Weather
The Iberá has a humid subtropical climate. Average temperature in January: 27°C, in July: 16°C. Absolute highs exceed 40°C in summer. Frosts are possible between June and August. It rains all year round, around 1,400 mm annually: the wettest months are March and April (over 160 mm each) and winter is the dry season, with July and August around 55 mm, a third of what falls in March.
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are most active in summer (December to March) and at dusk. With proper repellent and lightweight long clothing they are not a real problem. In the cold months (May to August) there are practically no mosquitoes. The lodgings in the Iberá always have mosquito nets.
Only at this time of year
They are only around for part of the year, and this month is one of them.
A visitor of the cold months (autumn and winter) in the tall grasslands and reed beds.
An austral autumn-winter visitor (it does not nest in Iberá; it breeds farther south).
Autumn and winter, when it is easier to see hunting by day.
Autumn and winter (May to August) when the floodable grasslands are active.
Autumn and winter (April to August) when it descends from the Andes.
An austral autumn-winter visitor (does not breed in Corrientes) in the portales with gallery forest.
Migration
Migratory species passing through or arriving in the Iberá at this time.
Year-round, with greater abundance in autumn and winter when migratory individuals join.
Autumn and spring during migration (March to May, and August to October).
The mass migrations of sábalo occur in autumn.
At its best
They are here all year, but this is their moment of greatest presence or activity.
The months from May to October (autumn and winter) are ideal for navigating and exploring the dense network of floating peat mats by boat or kayak.
Year round, with greater presence in the dry season (May to October) when the bodies of water become concentrated.
Year round, with the best chances on sunny spring and autumn afternoons.
However, its moment of maximum splendor and scenic glory occurs strictly during the autumn (from March to June).
The large clusters of fruit hang ripe during the autumn and winter months, becoming a critical resource for survival for the larger and smaller fauna of the wetland when resources are scarce in the rest of the woodland.
It records its moment of greatest chromatic drama during the autumn and winter months (from April to August), when the panicles ripen and tint the landscape an old, deep gold.
The ripe orange fruit (February to May) marks the moment of greatest bird activity in the tala clumps.
Year round, with greater presence in autumn and winter.
Year-round in the open lagoons, with greater abundance in autumn and winter.
Best in winter and autumn when the water levels drop.
Present
Species with notable presence this month.
In autumn and winter, its brown spherical fruit remains an unmistakable visual marker of the wetland shore.
Floración vistosa en primavera (septiembre-noviembre). Las vainas espiraladas caídas en el suelo del sendero son fáciles de encontrar en otoño e invierno y son uno de los hallazgos botánicos más llamativos del Iberá para fotografiar.
Always there
The Iberá's emblematic wildlife is around all year, May included.
Where to see it
The gateways into the Great Iberá Park, each with its own lodges, guides and boat tours.
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