Saturday, February 9, 2013

Cajas National Park

Today we went to Cajas National Park. There are two ecosystems that call this park home: cloud forests and the páramo. The forest is a forest and the páramo is a grass land. Here's some pictures! 


All of Cuenca's water comes from Cajas. There's a huge amount of water everywhere.

It was all SO beautiful.

The majority of the plant species found in these cloud forests are epiphytes, they grow on other plants.

Waterfalls!

We had fun playing in the water.
We explored an abandoned beer factory.

LLAMA!

LLAMA!

SO MANY LLAMAS!

View eating lunch.

This type of tree only grows here and is named for the layers of bark.


1 comment:

  1. THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! LOVE the photos (especially the llamas!)
    Can't wait to hear more about festival!

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