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A red macaw in flight (photo: Matías Rebak)

Portal Cambyretá

Northern portal of Iberá National Park, about 44 km from Ituzaingó (15 on RN 12 and 29 of gravel). Red-and-green macaws, marshes, grasslands and native woodland, hiking and wildlife watching.

Here the red-and-green macaw flies free again, reintroduced in 2015

To the north of the Esteros del Iberá: from Ituzaingó it is 15 km along RN 12 to the turn-off and then 29 km of gravel to the portal.

The portal has a camping area, shelters with fire pits and bathrooms with showers. There is no shop, so bring your own supplies and essentials.

Activities: hiking on foot, by bike trail and by vehicle, wildlife watching.

How to get there

The road to the portal leaves RN 12 at km 1242, 15 km from Ituzaingó and 8 km from Villa Olivari; then it is 29 km of gravel and packed dirt. An ideal stop on the Litoral corridor.

National Park: open every day, 6:30 am to 7:30 pm from October to March and 7:30 am to 6 pm from April to September; free entry, signing in at the gate or self-registering (National Parks, Oct 2026).
Close all gates and cattle guards as you pass through. Mandatory under the access protocol.
CampingFree, with shelters and grills Covered BBQ areasAvailable ShowersAvailable General storeNone Drinking waterNone AccessibilityThe main wildlife-watching drive can be done entirely from the vehicle (capybaras, caimans, marsh deer and birds, without getting out). Trails are compacted dirt, with no sections adapted for wheelchairs or strollers. Toilets and showers are not adapted for reduced mobility. No regular boat trips inside the protected area. No registered guides who know sign language for now (Ituzaingó Tourism Office, Sept 2026)

What to do

What to see in Ituzaingó

Wildlife you will see

See the 136 species recorded at this portal →

Where to sleep and eat

Ituzaingó (about 44 km from the portal): restaurants, pizzerias, burger joints and pubs. Villa Olivari (about 37 km): basic food to go before entering.

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Best time to visit

All year round. The macaw is most active in spring and summer (nesting). Photo safari: best in early-morning and late-afternoon light.

The portal in photos

A family of capybaras in the wetland (photo: Matías Rebak)
A family of capybaras in the wetland (photo: Matías Rebak)
A marsh deer crossing the marsh (photo: Matías Rebak)
A marsh deer crossing the marsh (photo: Matías Rebak)
A yacare caiman at dawn (photo: Matías Rebak)
A yacare caiman at dawn (photo: Matías Rebak)
A caiman camouflaged among water hyacinths (photo: Matías Rebak)
A caiman camouflaged among water hyacinths (photo: Matías Rebak)
A black howler monkey howling in the portal's woodland (photo: Matías Rebak)
A black howler monkey howling in the portal's woodland (photo: Matías Rebak)
A jabiru stork in flight (photo: Matías Rebak)
A jabiru stork in flight (photo: Matías Rebak)
A green kingfisher over the grass marshes (photo: Matías Rebak)
A green kingfisher over the grass marshes (photo: Matías Rebak)
A juvenile black-crowned night heron at the edge of the marsh (photo: Matías Rebak)
A juvenile black-crowned night heron at the edge of the marsh (photo: Matías Rebak)

Portal Cambyretá and the return of the red-and-green macaw

The red-and-green macaw was extinct in Argentina for decades. Today, at Portal Cambyretá, it can be seen flying in flocks over the woodland and the marshes. Rewilding Argentina reintroduced it here in 2015, and in 2020 added a second nucleus at the Yerbalito Reserve, also in the north of the Iberá. The results are visible to anyone who visits the portal at dawn or dusk, when the macaws come back to roost in the trees.

Cambyretá is the northernmost portal of the Great Iberá Park. Its landscape mixes marshes, grasslands and native woodland, and the black howler monkey lives along the woodland edges. The dorado and the surubí appear in the channels of the Paraná river, reachable from Ituzaingó.

Across the Paraná the fishing continues in Paraguay: Ayolas, opposite Ituzaingó, is one of the twelve areas of Pira Experience, the sport fishing guide to Paraguay, made by the same team as this guide, with its lodges, guides, hotel boats and daily river levels.

The road to the portal leaves RN 12 at km 1242, 15 km from Ituzaingó and 8 km from Villa Olivari, and then runs 29 km on gravel: about 44 km in all from Ituzaingó. That makes it a natural stop for anyone travelling the Litoral corridor. The portal's camping area is free, with covered BBQ areas and a grill, but there is no general store: it is best to stock up on water and food in Ituzaingó or Villa Olivari before going in.

What to bring to Portal Cambyretá

Enough drinking water for the whole stay (there is none at the portal), food to cook in the covered BBQ areas, high-strength insect repellent and binoculars if wildlife watching is the focus of the trip. The portal's trails are fine for trainers, no mountain gear needed. To see the macaw in the best conditions, the recommended outing is at dawn with one of the authorised local guides.

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