The Reserve spans a wide area encompassing various ‘life zones’ extremely rich in biodiversity. Perpetual snows combined with the climate of a tropical rainforest make this area truly unique, not to mention the volcano, surrounded by numerous lakes which extend as far as the Amazonian plain.

 

However, probably the most astounding ecological aspect of this Reserve is its function as an ‘ecological corridor’, which runs between the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve and the Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, creating one of the ten hotspots of biodiversity that exist in various places around the world.

Last Updated 13th July 2006