Montag, 30. Januar 2017
Cajas national park
zwinkerschaedel, 16:05h
From Cuenca I took a daytrip to the beautifull and eerie Cajas national park. This huge highland park is the main water source in Cuenca and its untouched clear water is the reason you can actually drink water from the tap in Cuenca. We visited three sections of the park: First the lower section at just over 3000m. Here we saw the abundance of water this park with lots of lakes and a forrest section with lots and lots of bromelias and moss vegetation. We hiked around one of the lakes for an hour.
At this lake there once was a brewery which used the pure water for its beers. It was shut down once the "national park" status was declared.
Selfie at the lake
After that we drove to the highest part (4450m) for some pictures and then descended to the middle part for another hike (roughly 2.5h). Here you could see the eerie part of the park with marshlands, moors, reed grass and lakes with fog. Very beautifull! Some of the countryside reminded me of Scotland and Wales.
Here you can see the paper tree, which has a bark that peels off thin whisps almost like see-through thin grease paper. The people of this area used this as cigarette paper.
At this lake there once was a brewery which used the pure water for its beers. It was shut down once the "national park" status was declared.
Selfie at the lake
After that we drove to the highest part (4450m) for some pictures and then descended to the middle part for another hike (roughly 2.5h). Here you could see the eerie part of the park with marshlands, moors, reed grass and lakes with fog. Very beautifull! Some of the countryside reminded me of Scotland and Wales.
Here you can see the paper tree, which has a bark that peels off thin whisps almost like see-through thin grease paper. The people of this area used this as cigarette paper.
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