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.

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