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NATIONAL PARK
El Boliche

El Boliche

REGION:

Andes

SURFACE:

988 acres
400 has

HEIGHT:

from 9840 up to 12149 ft
from 3000 up to 3704 mt

PROTECTED SINCE:

1979

This small park is located near the Cotopaxi National Park, along the Panamericana Sur, the main road from Quito to Latacunga. You can also go there by train from the station of Chimbacalle in the south of Quito. The train journey takes 2.5 hours to El Boliche station.

More than half of the park consists of landscaped pine and cypress forests. The original vegetation has made way for these forests that are commercially exploited.

There are a number of hiking trails in the park: you can visit the paramo areas and you can spend the night in the area.

El Boliche is often visited by the Quiteños on weekends as a day trip. Much more interesting, however, is a visit to the nearby and much larger Cotopaxi National Park.

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