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Tropic is proud to announce it’s new walking program inside a protected area in Ecuador. The Cayambe Coca walking programs flows our already popular Galapagos walking Program.
The Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve is located in the Condor Bioreserve, Ecuador, one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world, with over 700 species of birds and 150 species of mammals. In addition, the reserve is also home to the Oyacachi, one of the few indigenous Quechua communities located within the protected area system of Ecuador.
The reserve has a rich array of natural and cultural tourism attractions, including well preserved lakes and forests, natural hot springs for bathing, and recently abandoned dwellings which have been reconstructed to showcase the community’s lifestyle and traditions.
Ecotourism is an economic activity which offers an improved livelihood for the community that is also compatible with the community’s culture heritage and special position of living inside a natural protected area. To help ensure the success of ecotourism to the reserve, Tropic is working closely with the community that formed and a local conservationist NGO and Foundation which has resulted in the creation of a strategic ecotourism plan to reinvest in the protected area conservation. |
| There is a range of objectives that you will be supporting joining our new walking program: including signage for public areas, creating family guest houses, converting community ruins into a museum, and improving basic infrastructure. In addition, the initiative developed a tourism impact monitoring system to ensure visitation does not damage the environment and the reserve’s future tourism potential.
* Smart Voyager seal is a guarantee that you are traveling with an operator who cares about the conservation and has taken every precaution to give voyagers a memorable, educational and thrilling adventure, without harming the wildlife of this special environment. For tour operators and travel agents, Smart Voyager ensures that the tour it represents are doing the utmost to minimize their environmental and social impact.
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We leave from Quito at approximately 9:00 am and head in a North Easterly direction on the Via Inter-Oceanica which leads to the Ecuadorian Amazon. After crossing the Tumbaco Valley, we reach the highest part of the road at an altitude of 4,100metres above sea level.
Here our carriers will be waiting to help with our equipment and begin the first day walking and experiencing the atmosphere of the Andean moor lands that lie within the "Cayambe. Coca" Ecological Reserve. On our hike we will be able to see a large variety of decorative and medicinal plants, which our naturalist guide will point out and explain their significance. We will also be able to see observe the beautiful San Juan and Parca Cocha lagoons where we will find Rainbow Trout and depending on the time of year will be able to do some fishing.
Walking Time: approximately 3 to 4 hours. We will make camp at an altitude of 3,850 metres.
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This is an area characterized as containing the most lagoons and wetlands in Ecuador. With luck we will also be able to observe the ‘King from Andes’ the Condor as well as some White Tailed Deer, overnight in the protected area over looking the Pañacocha lagoon - orchids, balsa wood, cedar, laurel, sangre de drago, and over 450 identified species of birds, await your hike through this unique region.
Today while we continue our walk we will also try to spot cara-caras, eagles and the Andean condor as you pass by smaller lagoons, and continue your trek towards Papallacta hotsprings for our final night in this protected area.
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We leave from Quito at approximately 9:00 am and head in a North Easterly direction on the Via Inter-Oceanica which leads to the Ecuadorian Amazon. After crossing the Tumbaco Valley, we reach the highest part of the road at an altitude of 4,100metres above sea level and descend towards the rangers gate where our walk starts. On our hike we will be able to see a large variety of decorative and medicinal plants, which our naturalist guide will point out and explain their significance.
Walking Time: approximately 6 hours.
In the afternoon continue our walk we will also try to spot cara-caras, eagles and the Andean condor as you pass by smaller lagoons, and continue your trek towards Papallacta hotsprings for our final night in this protected area.
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A broad range of activities are available: Horseback riding, mountain biking, trekking, hiking, mountain climbing, rappelling, bird watching, camping, cultural experiences, and the first Canopo tour in Ecuador . In the property house, you will be able to enjoy comfortable and cosy facilities, that keep the spirit and the essence from the Andean constructions: large buildings, built with local materials like straw, eucalyptus wood, adobe and sun-dried brick.
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