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
Our final day in Ecuador is exhilarating, in the high reaches of the Andes at Papallacta Pass, not far from Quito. The weather couldn’t be better –– and it’s often a challenge here! Looking down on the páramo from the heights near Papallacta Pass (Photos … Continue readingPapallacta Pass in Ecuador’s Andes
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!