The Cutervo National Park is the first natural Park in this category which was estabilished by Law N 13694, on September 9, 1961. SINANPE was created after this law.

This park is located in the department of Cajamarca, province of Cutervo, district of San Andres de Cutervo, it has a surface of 2,500 has, Its main attractive is the Guacharos Cave, located at one hour walk from San Andrs.

In this cave we can find a colony of guacharos, a nocturnal bird (Steatornis caripensis), and there is a stream which flows under this caves where the catfish (Astroblepus rosei) lives. This park protects some wild animals in danger of extinction, like the jaguar (Panthera onca), the ocelot (Leopardus Pardalis), the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) the outter (lutra longicaudis), the wild cat (Oncifelis colocolo), the tapir (Tapicus pinchaque) and the national bird called Gallito de las Rocas (Rupicola Peruviana).

The flora in this park is rich and wide-ranging and even counts with some endemic species. There are weedy places, a foggy forest with beautiful orchids and a vast forest made up of trees like cascarilla (Cinchona sp.) cedar (Cedreia sp) oak tree (Nectandra sp.) and walnut tree (Juglans neotropica) .

The main goal of this area is to protect the flora and fauna, as well as the conservation of the landscape beauty in the mountain range of "Cordillera de los Tarros".