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Mache-Chindul (Ecological Reserve)

The Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve is located in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabi. Its creation date is August 9, 1996. With an area of 70000 hectares, an altitudinal range between 300 and 800 meters.

The reserve contains one of the last remnants of very wet tropical forest of the Ecuadorian coast and perhaps the world, characterized by its high biodiversity and surprising levels of endemism. Another of the salient facts of the reserve is the hydrographic system that maintains and mountainous that feeds major rivers in Manabi, as the Coaque, Cojimar, Chev, and also in Esmeraldas, among which are the Muisne, Atacames, Tiaone and Dógola, to cite only the most famous, is a wetland par excellence that even during the dry season maintains a permanent haze in their sectors higher. For these reasons, Ecuador, as part of its Basic Environmental Policy, included these remnants of forest northwest as the geographical region of highest priority for conservation in Ecuador, made significant considering that this same area keeps the largest forest reserve de la Costa and supports various pressures on the exploitation of the resource.

The Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve is one of the more recently established protected areas; his name alludes to the lower ridges on which it is located, the last obstacle before reaching the ocean from the interior of the continent. Apparently, the western slopes, which descended to the sea, were inhabited until the seventeenth century by Chachi communities and Jama-Coaques.

The reserve has bioclimatic zones, first introduced moderate rainfall and the second heavy rainfall. Thanks to rainfall in the upper part of the Cordillera, most rivers maintained its flow throughout the year.

There is a humidity level higher than that of other similar forests, with a lot of epiphytes, climbers, Guarumo and raft. Through a study of the ecosystem, could detect the presence of frugivorous birds such as toucans, howler monkey, gloves, Guatuso, ocelot, jaguar, and parrots. You can also find birds like the gallinazo king and the big heron.

The Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve holds a large area of forest that has traditionally been home to communities Chachi and Afro-esmeraldeñas.

There is no doubt that the main attraction in the reserve is an intangible. Despite several exotic landscapes, with waterfalls and natural pools that are formed within a framework of forest imperturbable, as in the Ene River or in the Boca de tason, the real value and more importantly the Reserve Mache-Chindul is on biodiversity A wrapper.

The communities Chachi and afroesmeraldeñas have cohabited in the area for decades exploiting the resources sustainably the forest has provided them, but the pressure of timber companies in the area of influence of the Reserve and the fronts of colonization that are being formed Threaten not only the conservation of biological resources, but also the preservation of cultural resources in Mache-Chindul.

How much research has been conducted in the area only confirms the extraordinary wealth of plants and animals waiting to be studied in this remnant of forest included in the region of Ecuador, which is regarded as one of the 10 “hot spots” of biodiversity in the world.

Near the reserves can be found beautiful beaches, as Muisne, Tabiazo of Freshwater, Atacames, Sua and Same, with all services and enjoy a climate unbeatable. In addition, there are places of accommodation in all categories, and restaurants with food esmeraldeña particularly recommended, characterized by its exquisite seafood.

Cotacachi-Cayapas (Ecological Reserve)

A significant portion of the land area of Ecuador has been earmarked as a reserve park and to prevent exploitation of its considerable resources of flora and fauna by men. One of the most important regions is the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve, located in the Imbabura province in the northwest of the country. The isolation of this region has helped to ensure its preservation. While it is relatively close to Quito (about 85 miles north), the area does not have many roads and more than 100 miles from the Pacific coast inhabited.

With its more than 750,000 acres of land, ranging from steam tropical forests in lowland areas until the cold Andean mountain region, the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve is home to a surprising amount of plant and animal species, many of whom are in danger of extinction outside this shrine protected. Large mammals, such as jaguars, tapirs and spectacled bears, can live and reproduce in their natural environments, relatively smoothly, although there are situations of illegal hunting and fishing, but on a scale that can handle.

The Ecuadorian government has established a successful company with Cayapas, a tribe of Indians whose ancestral lands are within the boundaries of the reserve. The Cayapa make guides and guards, and lead to tourists through the reserve while keeping an eye alert to possible intruders and illegal hunters. One of the most comprehensive tours that can be contracted with a native guide is a journey of 8 days with hikes in elevations ranging from 100 to 15,000 feet above sea level. Along the way, will delight the eye with stunning panoramas that surround the volcano Cotacachi. The bubbling hot springs, and centelleantes volcanic lakes and waterfalls are just some of the features of this idyllic landscape of another world.

Highlights: Lake Cuicocha of 600 feet deep, found in the crater of an extinct volcano. Three peaks covered with lush vegetation vaulted disrupt the serene surface of the mirror lake. For those who look for different holidays, it will be difficult to leave behind the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve in the warm and friendly Ecuador

Shishink Cascades

Operation:

Contact:

Doris Armendariz
General Manager
Shishink
Puerto Quito, km. 149 via Calacali La Independencia, Noroccidente de Pichincha, Ecuador
Tel: +593-2/224-5128
Fax: +593-2/224-3693

reservas@shishink.ec
www.shishink.ec

Certified by:

SmartVoyager, Ecuador (2007)

Type of accommodation:

Bed & breakfast, lodge, inn
Campsite

Features:

Conference rooms
Hot water
Laundry facilities
Private bathroom
Restaurant
Telephone
Wheelchair accessible

Other:
Natural pools near the waterfalls.
Television is available in the restaurant.

Number of rooms: 16 rooms with 1 to 5 beds. Total capacity is 70 people.

Year founded: 2000

Number of employees: 12

Percent of employees who are local residents: 99 %

Type of destination:

Farm, ranch (rural)
Forest/rainforest
River, lake, wetland

Able to accommodate:

Families
Handicapped
Seniors
Singles
Singles with children
Volunteers (to work in your establishment)

Description of the area:

Cascadas de Shishink has three waterfalls (Azul, Uwishint and Yage). There is also an area of primary moist forest or nuncuy, with trails lined with flowers and exotic fruit trees and high plant and animal diversity.

The “leaders’ trail” is a training campus for private and public businesses, nationals and foreigners that provides training at all levels.

Shishink offers adventure sports such as rappelling, rafting, tubing and more.

Available activities:

Adventure, sports
Biking
Bird watching
Canopy exploration
Eco / nature / wildlife
Educational, research, volunteering
Horseback riding
Mountain climbing
River rafting
Spiritual / religious
Tours
Visits to conservation projects
Walking / hiking
Wellness, health, spa

How to get there:

We are about 93 miles (149 km) from the international airport in Quito (2.5 hours). You can ride the bus that passes by northwest Pichincha or come in private vehicle; the last 3 miles (5 km) of the highway are graveled but well-maintained.

Making a difference:

We work together with the community on medical campaigns, offer training workshops on conservation of the flora and fauna and preventing indiscriminate tree cutting. We also work to control solid and liquid wastes.

General rates:

Prices per person.

High season (May to September, and December):

Single occupancy: US$35

Double occupancy: US$30 Low season (the rest of the year):

Single occupancy: US$30

Double occupancy: US$25 Date this information was provided: January, 2007.

Español:

www.eco-indextourism.org/es/shishink_ec_es

Limoncocha reserve

The reserve is populated mostly by Quichuas, communities of farmers ranch at home with basic foods such as bananas, cassava, sweet potato and sugar cane.
It is located in the province of Sucumbios and covers an area of 11398.57 acres. The lagoon is home Limoncocha river and covers an area of 370 ha., Has its origins in the old course of the Napo River and is located on an alluvial plain, so its area is almost completely flat with intervals swamp.
In forest trees are highly prized by timber merchants. They are also, ceibo, cedar and other species as Guarumo, macaw, caspi, laurel, wild cane, Platanillo, Guabas, pambil, higuerón, Moret, chicken blood, and guayacán raft.
Wildlife: monkey night, yellow and red macaw, heron, ducks needle, howler monkey, sparrowhawk pollero, X, gloves, chicken blue mountain partridge, turtle dove, alligator, Jaguar, among others.

Mindo reserv

Mindo (1250m.snm) is located 70km west of Quito, located in a large subtropical valley is practically under the mouth of the crater of Guagua Pichincha. It can be reached by the new road to the coast: Calacali-Banks-Puerto Quito-The Independence and then 20 minutes after Nanegalito, before the town of Santa Rosa, was taken to the left, then continued by 7km more winding streets downhill until you reach Mindo. The output is well signposted.

Like many villages between Sierra and Coast, Mindo emits an atmosphere colorful and varied. The mindeños say possess the best of the two regions namely: the warm tropical temperatures and its proximity to the cold Andean capital Quito. The prevailing annual temperatures are between 18 and 24 ° C, and precipitation as in most populations between mountains and coastline abundant.

The trip nearly two hours by car worth especially when one considers the cloud forests untouched, the wealth when it comes to varieties of birds and beautiful natural resorts in the creeks around his.

The town, totally devoted to ecotourism, has sub-organizations of some naturalists as well as hostels and restaurants are simple, possibly the beginning of a greater flow of tourists in the future to so idyllic area.

The main products of the region are sugar cane, bananas, coffee, cocoa, cassava, passion fruit and guavas.

Limoncocha reserve

Description of the Area
The reserve consists basically of Laguna de Limoncocha itself (formerly called Capucuy), areas adjacent to it and Laguna Negra or Yanacocha. Closely related to the Napo river, its mirror of water covers an area approximately two and a half square kilometers which are one of the greatest biodiversity in the world. Its characteristic is the population of alligators, especially the black, and a large sample of birds.

According to the classification of Holdridge, the entire reserve belongs to the life zone for the tropical rain forest, but within it there are many other interesting environments as permanent wetlands, flooded lands, land and aquatic ecosystems. There in the Reserve, over the year, a constant solar radiation and atmospheric humidity is usually higher than 80%, however, clear and sunny days, the humidity drops to almost 50% while the temperature rises to the 30? leaf canopy, then, are subjected to extreme drought during long hours of the day and therefore had to develop several defense mechanisms against drying. Cuticles with thicker leaves, hair-like structures or partnerships with mosses and lichens are among the characteristics that differentiate vegetation canopy in the Amazon.

Yasuni Reserve

This biosphere reserve is the area of Ecuador who has the greatest biodiversity. It is located in the province of Napo and the area west of the park is 306 km. Quito covering an area of 697 751 hectares. The fauna includes a wide variety of fish, like piranhas and fish ornamenales; reptiles such as anacondas, boa constrictor, crocodiles, turtles and variety of amphibians, invertebrates and insects. And varieties of birds like the colorful parakeets. The vegetation is diverse: riveriana, flooded forest and forest land, among other species and are balsa, cecropia, chonta, capirona and variety of vegetables. Huaoranis Indians living in the park boundaries.

Sangay park

It has an area of 271 000 hectares and includes the provinces of Chimborazo, Tungurahua and Morona Santiago. It is situated 280 km. Quito and various species living there as tapirs, bears, jaguars, gazelles, hummingbirds, roosters and Andean condors. The Sangay is an active volcano eruptions which occur in other nearby mountains is practiced climbing and there are places to camp with basic tourist infrastructure.

El Cajas National Park

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		Features Located in the paramo (Flat Alpine pA), between 3,160 and 4,450 meters with rainfall between 1,200 and 2,000 mm per year, permanent presence of mist and temperatures averaging 10 ° C. It has a lake system that includes 232 lakes of glacial origin. Among the loopholes are: Lagartococha (the largest), Cucheros (beauty especially appreciated by visitors), Osohuaycu, Mamamag or Taitachungo, Quinoascocha, The Toreador, Sunincocha, quinine, windows and Tinguishcocha. This large amount of gaps regulates and retains numerous sources and waterways, through its drainage. Rivers Tomebamba, Mazano, Yanuncay and Migüir born in El boxes and supply of drinking water catchment area and are the main tributaries of Hydroelectric Complex Paute, which provides electricity to most of Ecuador.   Forest In the eastern boundary of the park stands a rainforest Subalpine (bp-SA), composed mainly of trees and shrubs with great diversity of orchids, ferns and mosses. It highlights the formation of forest Polylepis, qiwuña, “quinoa” or “tree of paper”, which has between 8 and 10 m high and growing at the edge of ponds or streams and rocky in places and is the only species of tree over 4,000 meters above sea level. In the western boundary, abundant timber species.   Animals They are white-tailed deer, spectacled bear, puma, ocelots, deer of the moor, rabbits and moor Andean tapir. The birds are the most important Caracas, the condor, the Andean toucan, ducks and hummingbirds. The mouse water boxes is an endemic park. Among the fish abundant trout.   Historical data Between the years 500 to 1450, the federal Cañari formed an alliance whose population worship the moon, lakes and mountains and places considered sacred territories of the current park. Then the Incas conquered the region and established as a city where real Tomebamba Basin is today. The Inca Trail crosses the park and is a vestige of the road linking Tomebamba with Tambo of Paredones (Molleturo), the strategic route between the highlands and the coast. This road is passable restored by 4 km inside the park, between the cave and Luspa lagoon Mamamag. Alexander von Humboldt visited the area and described to 1878. The park was created on July 4, 1977 and become the National Park on May 11, 1996