Category: Cayambe-Coca National Park

Categories: Andes, Cayambe-Coca National Park, composite, cushion plant, Ecuador, flowers, melastome, paintbrush, Papallacta Pass, paramo, Passiflora mixta, Solanum, Sword-billed Hummingbird Posted on

Flowers of Ecuador’s Páramo

We can’t leave Ecuador without including a few photos of the spectacular flowers at Papallacta Pass near Quito! I don’t know what most of them are, but hope that you’ll enjoy them anyway. The area is within Cayambe-Coca National Park, at about 12,000 feet in … Continue readingFlowers of Ecuador’s Páramo

Categories: Andean Condor, Cayambe-Coca National Park, conservation, Ecuador, Gran Sumaco National Park, Jocotoco Foundation, Papallacta Pass, Rainforest Trust Posted on

Great Conservation News from Ecuador!

Ecuador’s Jocotoco Foundation and the US-based Rainforest Trust have purchased a final, key property to “create a permanent refuge for the largest population of Andean Condors in the Northern Andes.” Woolly Tapirs and Spectacled Bears also roam those hills.  Andean Condor in Cayambe-Coca National Park … Continue readingGreat Conservation News from Ecuador!