Tamá National Natural Park

Parque Nacional Natural Tamá
Tamá National Natural Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location of Tamá National Natural Park in Colombia
Location	Eastern Ranges, Andes
Nearest city	Pamplona, Colombia
Coordinates	7°18′N 72°18′W / 7.300°N 72.300°W / 7.300; -72.300Coordinates: 7°18′N 72°18′W / 7.300°N 72.300°W / 7.300; -72.300
Area	480 km2 (190 sq mi)
Established	6 June 1977
Governing body	SINAP

The Tamá National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Tamá) is a national park located in the Tamá Massif of the Andean Region of Colombia, between the municipalities Toledo and Herrán, in the department of Norte de Santander, in the northeastern part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. One of the main attractions of the park is a 820-metre-high (2,690 ft) waterfall, one of the world's highest.

The park is connected to El Tamá National Park in Venezuela via the borders to the Venezuelan states Táchira and Apure, together they form a larger protected area with an additional 1,390 km² (540 sq mi). On the Colombian side, 47,550 hectares (117,500 acres) (99%) of the park is located in Toledo and 450 hectares (1,100 acres) in Herrán. It was established on 6 June 1977 for conservational, scientific and recreational reasons.

The altitude varies between 800 and 3,800 metres (2,600 and 12,500 ft) above mean sea level, with the majority of the park located higher than 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). The average temperature is between 6 and 25 °C (43 and 77 °F).

The forests are included in the Venezuelan Andes montane forests ecoregion, which also covers the Venezuelan Andean cordillera. Tamá has four types of natural environments: tropical rainforest, sub-Andean forest, Andean forest and páramo. Notable flora include: Weinmannia pubescens, Wettinia microcarpa, Befaria glauca, Mexican alder and endemic Espeletia uribei which grows higher than metres. Palms prosper in the lower-altitudes, and moss of the genus Sphagnum grows in the swamps.