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El Cajas National Park In Ecuador
El Cajas National Park boasts a most varied and spectacular scenery. Its 70000 acres with an average altitude of 3000 meters are mostly pramo high Andean moorlands with scattered jagged peaks and over 200 lakes and lagoons of glacier origin connected to each other by small rivers and streams. Two of the rivers that run through Cuenca Tomebamba and Yanuncay are born in El Cajas.
El Cajas is raw environmental beauty rich in scenery biodiversity and recreational opportunities mainly trekking and hiking; its cold atmosphere gives a sense of solitude where mosses lichens and ferns cling tightly to the rocks and patches of primary forest are tucked in the crevices of rugged terrain. The hardy vegetation most of it with strong hairy leaves includes small quinua trees and the polylepis or paper tree.
The parks animal inhabitants are elusive but guests may get a glimpse of the wild llamas that were reintroduced to the park in the late 1990s rabbits and whitetailed deer. The bird list is long featuring the largest hummingbird mountain toucans and ducks.
If you are in Cuenca instead of flying to your next destination drive from Cuenca to Guayaquil via El Cajas about a 3hour drive with a stop at Llaviucu Lake also known as Zorrocucho for a short stroll and for a view of La Toreadora Lake; beautiful scenery! Ask for Metropolitan Touring MT354 overland transfer from Cuenca to Guayaquil with Englishspeaking guide that includes box lunch and the entrance fee to El Cajas National Park.
Only 21 miles to the west of Cuenca El Cajas National Park must be preserved for its water potential with Andean cloud forests that act like a sponge by soaking up water that Cuenca then utilizes unique flora and fauna and as a delightful destination for tourism.
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About the writer: Gonzalo Alvarez
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