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LOCATION: Andes

Surface area : 1 279 460 acres /

between 2 624 and 17 712 ft (800 and 5 400 meter) /

Protected since: 1975

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The road from Puyo to Macas passes the Parque Nacional Sangay. The park gets its name from the presence of the Sangay volcano. This is considered one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Smoke and ash clouds are almost constantly thrown into the air and the earth trembles. Unfortunately, the top of the Sangay is almost always shrouded in clouds. The Sangay is not the only active volcano within the park. The Tungurahua (5 023 mt) also spews lava and ash into the atmosphere with great regularity. A third volcano within the park is the dormant Altar (5,319 mt).

The park stretches from the 800 meter rainforests in the east to the sometimes snow-capped peaks of the 5,400 meter high Sangay. The main ecosystems in the park are rainforests and cloud forests. A few notable residents are the spectacled bear, the mountain tapir and the ocelot.

The park is largely inaccessible due to the nature of the vegetation and the lack of roads. To reach the camp site at the foot of the volcano Sangay, you have to trek through the jungle for three days. The area around the Sangay is one of the wettest areas in Ecuador. Expeditions in this park are very rewarding, but only for those who love hardship. Climbing the Sangay is difficult due to the lack of facilities and requires thorough preparation. Increased activity of the volcano – no matter how carefully prepared an ascent is – can make the trek impossible.

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Tom guiding in the region of Guamote - EcuadorI am Tom from Belgium and I have been living in Ecuador for more than 10 years. I got my guiding diploma here. Traveling and discovering new places is my passion. Together with the travel agency Descubre-Ecuador, we offer tailor-made tours in Galapagos and on the Ecuadorian mainland.

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Tom, guide in EcuadorI’m Tom from Belgium and I’ll make sure your trip to Ecuador or cruise in Galapagos goes as smoothly and pleasantly as possible. I have been living in Ecuador for a decade and have been working in tourism for 8 years now. Before that, I obtained my guides diploma in Ecuador. Traveling and discovering new places is my passion.
Together with the local travel agency Descubre-Ecuador, we offer tailor-made tours in Galapagos and on the Ecuadorian mainland. Over the years, Descubre-Ecuador has built a reliable partnership with the best hotels and the best nature guides in Ecuador. Our small-scale way of working ensures easy accessibility and a lot of flexibility when traveling.
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Indian woman from SalasacasIn South America, Ecuador is one of the smaller countries, but the country is hugely diverse in terms of geography, climate and population. You can visit the Andes, the Amazon rainforest as well as the tropical coast without taking extremely long domestic flights or transfers. And then you have the Galapagos Islands, a once in a lifetime experience. The diversity of flora and fauna per square mile is enormous. Ecuador is South America in a nutshell. Moreover, the country is relatively safe and little visited. The national currency is the USD and you have a wide choice of direct flights to Quito and Guayaquil from Europe and the United States.

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