Late spring. Temperature and humidity rise, and the landscape fills with flowers and chicks.
Season
The high season of the Iberá is from June to October. Winter (June to August) is a very good time: cool, dry weather, no mosquitoes and caimans sunning on the banks. 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. Rain is concentrated between autumn and spring (March, April and October are among the wettest months) and winter is the driest part of the year, with August the driest month.
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.
From October to February is the season of splendor.
At its maximum splendor during the warm season, from October to March.
Exclusively from spring to summer (September to April).
Very active in the warm months (November to March).
October to April.
September to April, in the mild morning hours.
October to April, in the heat.
October to April in the forest patches.
Warm nights in spring and summer.
Exclusively spring and summer (October to February).
Spring and summer, in shallow marshes.
A summer visitor, abundant from October to April.
In bloom
Species in bloom during this month.
The spectacular flowering occurs from November to March, carpeting entire hectares in violet across the calm bays.
From November to March is the period of maximum splendor and flowering.
The flowering occurs in late spring, while the ripening and mass fall of fruit takes place between January and March, transforming the floor of the palm grove into a yellow carpet, fragrant and overflowing with wildlife.
Its most explosive and intense flowering period occurs between the months of October and March.
Spectacular from September to December, when it flowers with hundreds of white pompoms that literally protrude from the water.
Flowering from September to November, the moment when the aroma of its pompoms permeates the trail in the darkness.
The scented spring flowering and the multicoloured summer fruit are its showiest moments, but the tree can be identified at any time of year by its rough dark bark and the scent of its leaves when crushed.
Showy flowering in spring (September to November).
Spectacular flowering from spring to early summer (September to January), with whitish flowers of a sweet, intense perfume that is perceived before seeing the tree.
It flowers in mid-spring (October to November) with discreet but perfumed yellowish spikes.
Its period of greatest visibility occurs during spring and summer, when its flowering and subsequent fruiting give it away among the pastures.
The flowering is concentrated in spring (from September to November).
Breeding
Breeding season: more song, more movement and better chances of seeing them.
Peak activity in spring and summer during nesting season.
Spring and summer during the breeding season.
The breeding season in spring and summer is the best time to see them.
Year-round, with greater activity and noise during the breeding season in spring and summer (October to February).
Breeds from September to January, when the male performs his display flight.
It is not a bird to count on during a visit; chicks carried on the back are seen in spring where it breeds, further south.
Migration
Migratory species passing through or arriving in the Iberá at this time.
Mainly in the southern spring and summer (October to March), when it migrates from the northern hemisphere.
Spring and summer (a summer migrant in the Iberá), though harder to see than the smooth-billed ani.
At its best
They are here all year, but this is their moment of greatest presence or activity.
Year round, with greater presence between November and March.
Year round, with the best chances at dusk in spring and autumn.
The season of greatest appeal occurs during spring and summer (from October to March), the period in which the colorful spikes laden with orange fruit ripen and stand out sharply against the sandy ground.
Visible year-round, with its peaks of maximum expansion during the summer months (November to March).
More visible in spring and summer when the flowers are more abundant.
Year round, with greater presence in spring and summer when the wetlands are active.
Year-round, with greatest detectability in spring and summer.
Year round, most abundant in spring and summer.
Year round, most detectable in spring and summer when the males sing more frequently.
In spring it sings from the tops of the stems and shows itself better.
All year round, most active in spring.
Also in November
More species present, in bloom or breeding this month.
Always there
The Iberá's emblematic wildlife is around all year, November included.
Where to see it
The gateways into the Great Iberá Park and the base towns, each with their own lodges, guides and boat tours.
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