10 ILINIZAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE FACTS

Geology
Quilotoa Lake
Conservation status
What to do
Vegetation
Mammals
Birds
Other critters
How to get there on your own
Best tour

With a peak elevation of 6,263 m (20,548 ft), Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. It is the highest peak near the equator. Chimborazo is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center.

10 REASONS WHY VISITING THE NATIONAL PARKS OF ECUADOR

Ecuador has some of the most diverse climates and landscapes in the world;
The most beautiful landscapes of Ecuador are in its parks and reserves;
There are 50 parks and reserves, each with interesting nature and beauty that can't be found anywhere else;
The most interesting vacations are those that combine culture and nature; Ecuador has both;
Ecuador is a small country and you can easily visit a different park everyday;
Nowhere else in the world can you find so much different forms of biodiversity at such short distances;
There are almost 1700 species of birds recorded for Ecuador, most of which live in the parks and reserves;
With 9 climate zones, there are always parks that can be visited during an optimal season;
Parks vary from rain-drenched Amazon parks, to semi-deserts on the south coast, from chilly high elevation areas to coastal mangroves, from cloud-forests to cactus jungles, from lakes to mountain tops;
Your visit is essential for the conservation of the parks and reserves of Ecuador.

Relaxing on the terrace at the Cuyabeno Lodge after a great excursion.

On excursion watching wildlife and birds from the water.

10 REASONS TO MAKE THE NATIONAL PARK TOUR WITH PARKS & TRIBES:

First of all, because nobody else organizes such tour;
Only Parks & Tribes actually knows the majority of the protected areas of Ecuador;
We trained a limited number of guides to accompany the tours;
We always strife for the most economical solutions in a pleasant 3 star hotel environment
It is the mission of Parks & Tribes to help protect the protected areas of Ecuador;
Senior conservation biologists of Parks & Tribes who selected the national parks system of Ecuador in the 1970s developed the programs!
The only tour operator with an Indian tribe as shareholders (Cofan Indians);
Our mission is to protect, not to make money, therefore we strife for economical prices so that more people can participate;
Significant group discounts;
Major Combi-Discount Galapagos + National Parks Tour. Ask for details!

WHY WE CREATED PARKS AND TRIBES.

How it began

Our jungle biologists started organizing national park tours in the nineteen eighties because we were concerned that many operators of ecotours did not organize tours to the national parks. Most tour operators took - and still take - their tourists to easily reachable patches of secondary forest. We felt that national parks needed to create employment and economic opportunities and that most opportunities were related to visitation of the national parks.