The Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is located 600 Km northeast from Santa Cruz city, Bolivia. The National Park is one of the largest (1,523,000 ha) and most intact parks in the Amazon Basin. It is ranges in altitude from 200 meters (m) to 750m at the top of the Huanchaca Plateau. The park was founded on June 28, 1979.

The park has Cerrado savannah, wetlands and evergreen rainforests. It is estimated that the park has approximately 4.000 species of vascular plants.

Large expanses of pantanal wetlands are situated along the Rio Paragua in the western sector of Noel Kempff Park.

The Paragua river with its dark waters and El Encanto waterfall where you can observe the rare black spider monkeys climbing the rocks.

Adjacent to the park is the Laguna Bahia  Biological Reserve with its rich bird species. There are more than 600 species of birds within the park.

Noel Kempff has 139 mammal species, 74 reptile species, 62 amphibian species and 254 fish species. Some of the highlights are the giant river otters, the jaguar, and pink river dolphins.

In 2000 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site based upon its high diversity of plant and animal species.