Excursion to the National Park "El Cajas"
The Cajas National Park, has a lake system of more than 160 lagoons, with a unique landscape. In our visit we characterize the high Andean forest where we have a large number of birds and a unique flora; We also characterize the moorland ecosystem where we will visit the polylepis forest and perform an environmental interpretation of these sites while our tourists enjoy the landscapes offered by the national park
Options
Experience in the Boxes
Excussion in the Boxes
Duration: 6 hours: Our tour offers an overview of the general to the specific as we tour this national park
Typical food of the area: The main gastronomic offer of the national park the boxes is the Trout.
Cuenca - Boxes - Cuenca: This tour starts at 2,560.msnsm and we reach up to 4,170 masl
4x4 / Mini Van: Depending on the number of passengers, we use 4x4 cars and also minivans of up to 15 people
Pickup included
What's included in Excursion to the National Park "El Cajas"
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
El Cajas National Park
On this tour we visit three important sites of the El Cajas National Park, our first visit is to the Llaviuco lagoon, here we have a tour of approximately two hours where we will make bird watching and interpretation of the high Andean forest, combined with a wonderful landscape of the Llaviuco Valley; our second stop at 3 Crossings where we will have a 360 * view in the continental watershed, finally we visit the popular Toreadora lagoon, where we characterize the polylepis forest, just as we will interpret the historical roads within the park we will also visit the Toreadora interpretation center that offers an overview of the national park. To finish our visit we have our lunch in a restaurant in the area where the typical cuisine of the Cajas is offered.
Inclusions
- Lunch
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- This is borne by the passengers
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 5 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We pick up the passengers in each of the hotels that are in the historic center of Cuenca, sometimes we have a margin of 10 minutes of waiting when the hotels are distant. In hotels that are outside the historic center of Cuenca, we have a waiting period of 15 minutes maximum.
