Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve
Pululahuais a Quichua word that means “cloud of water” or fog. It is a collapsed volcano with great biodiversity and unique geological formations. It is due to this uniqueness that it was declared a geobotanical reserve. The Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve was created as a national park on 28 January 1966. It was the first national park created in Ecuador and in South America to protect this unique place. On 17 February 1978, this national park was declared a geobotanical reserve. This declaration was due to its geological uniqueness, and great diversity with more than 2000 species of flora, great diversity of birds, mammals, and insects of exotic appearance. It is a caldera formed from the collapsed volcano after it emptied its magma chamber during the eruptions dating back to 500 BC. T
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