Things to see and do Puyango

this is the largest reserve of fossil and fossil animals in the world. A horse between the province of Del and the province of Loja, it extends over 3 712 hectares. The visit offers visitors the unique opportunity to see dead trees - and ashore: they are no longer standing up! - over 100 million years ago. Transformed into stone, they have absolutely not lost their wooden appearance… Most are araucarias (still called "despair of monkeys"). Two paths are possible: the Araucaria Trail and the Petrino Trail.

The pétrification of the trees would be due to a very high temperature rise, as well as to a large layer of volcanic lava remains resulting from frequent eruptions. Minerals (silica, calcium, magnesium, etc.) would have been absorbed by the tree's living cells. In addition to the stone trunks, you can see the few windows in the park centre of the park setting out marine fossils, and observe the 130 species of birds that inhabit the sites. Eglamenet a wide variety of mammals (rodents, squirrels, tattoos, agoutis…), reptiles (boa, iguanas, guagsa…) and amphibians. It is very hot, the average annual temperature is 25 ° C.

In winter, the forest becomes green and it is possible to swim in ponds and see more birds.

At the western end of the country, at 225 km of Loja, 110 of Machala and 70 of Huaquillas, on the Peruvian border, it is the largest reserve of bois and fossilized animals in the world (2 600 ha) which is situated on horseback between the province of Oro and the province of Loja. And so a unique opportunity for the curious visitor to see trees (dead and ashore: They're no longer standing!) over 100 million years ago, transformed into stone, but they haven't lost their wooden appearance… Most are araucarias (still called monkeys). Two paths are possible, the Araucaria Trail and the Petrino Trail. The pétrification of trees would be due to a very high rise in temperature, as well as to an important layer of remains of volcanic lava from frequent eruptions: the minerals (silica, calcium, magnesium, etc.) of these remains would have been absorbed by the cells still living in the tree. In addition to the stone trunks, you can visit the few windows of the park centre of the park setting out marine fossils, and observe the 130 species of birds that inhabit the sites.