Galapagos Natural Life<\/h2><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Cotopaxi Tour<\/h3><\/div>Daily Tour Ecuador<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Cotopaxi National Park was founded on August 11th, 1975. It is one of the most important protected areas in Ecuador. Also, it is the second place most visited by tourists.
\nIt is located between the provinces of Cotopaxi, Napo, and Pichincha, 1.5, or 2 hours from Quito. \u00a0It has an extension of 33.393 hectares. The temperature is between 0\u00ba – 15\u00baC. It has an altitude of 5897meters at the top.<\/p>\n
It is considered the highest active volcano in the world. In native language Cotopaxi means \u201cCuello de luna \u201c\/ Neck of the moon). The form of Cotopaxi Volcano is like a perfect cone. And, it is covered by a glacier over the 4800meters.
\nThe landscape of the park is volcanic, around it exist some \u201clahars\u201d, the depot of ash.<\/p>\n
You might visit the Interpretation Center (Mariscal Sucre). After that, we are going to walk from the parking lot to the refuge (Jos\u00e9 Rivas) for approximately 40minutes (it depends on your fitness). For arriving at the glacier we have to walk for approximately 20minutes more. Then we come back to the parking lot, to take the bikes to go downhill until the Limpiopungo Lake.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Itinerary<\/h3><\/div>
Cotopaxi Tour<\/h3><\/div>Daily Tour Ecuador<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Cotopaxi National Park was founded on August 11th, 1975. It is one of the most important protected areas in Ecuador. Also, it is the second place most visited by tourists.
\nIt is located between the provinces of Cotopaxi, Napo, and Pichincha, 1.5, or 2 hours from Quito. \u00a0It has an extension of 33.393 hectares. The temperature is between 0\u00ba – 15\u00baC. It has an altitude of 5897meters at the top.<\/p>\n
It is considered the highest active volcano in the world. In native language Cotopaxi means \u201cCuello de luna \u201c\/ Neck of the moon). The form of Cotopaxi Volcano is like a perfect cone. And, it is covered by a glacier over the 4800meters.
\nThe landscape of the park is volcanic, around it exist some \u201clahars\u201d, the depot of ash.<\/p>\n
You might visit the Interpretation Center (Mariscal Sucre). After that, we are going to walk from the parking lot to the refuge (Jos\u00e9 Rivas) for approximately 40minutes (it depends on your fitness). For arriving at the glacier we have to walk for approximately 20minutes more. Then we come back to the parking lot, to take the bikes to go downhill until the Limpiopungo Lake.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Itinerary<\/h3><\/div>
Daily Tour Ecuador<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Cotopaxi National Park was founded on August 11th, 1975. It is one of the most important protected areas in Ecuador. Also, it is the second place most visited by tourists.
\nIt is located between the provinces of Cotopaxi, Napo, and Pichincha, 1.5, or 2 hours from Quito. \u00a0It has an extension of 33.393 hectares. The temperature is between 0\u00ba – 15\u00baC. It has an altitude of 5897meters at the top.<\/p>\n
It is considered the highest active volcano in the world. In native language Cotopaxi means \u201cCuello de luna \u201c\/ Neck of the moon). The form of Cotopaxi Volcano is like a perfect cone. And, it is covered by a glacier over the 4800meters.
\nThe landscape of the park is volcanic, around it exist some \u201clahars\u201d, the depot of ash.<\/p>\n
You might visit the Interpretation Center (Mariscal Sucre). After that, we are going to walk from the parking lot to the refuge (Jos\u00e9 Rivas) for approximately 40minutes (it depends on your fitness). For arriving at the glacier we have to walk for approximately 20minutes more. Then we come back to the parking lot, to take the bikes to go downhill until the Limpiopungo Lake.<\/p>\n<\/div>