Zamora (Ecuador) activities: What to do in Zamora (Ecuador)
Zamora (Ecuador) activities: What to do in Zamora (Ecuador)
if you are one of those people that like to start your day with something special or different try visiting the parque lineal, a nice park next to the Zamora river. you can watch how the light gradually changes and it turns into a new day. After this your next stop perhaps would be the main market, where you will find some stands dedicated to natural beverages, jugos naturales, i recommend to you to try the horchata con savila, a sort of herbal tea made of 5 different medicinal plants mixed with aloe. Definitely one of the healthiest breakfast you can serve ever.
Zamora is home to a large section of the Podocarpus National Park. This park possess one of the highest bio-diversity areas on earth, contributing to the amazing beauty of this place.The area itself is cut up into two main areas, an upper pre-montane section which has sensational walking routes, the tropical cloud forest that is superb for birdwatching and the lower subtropical section, with remoter areas including virgin forest and endemic species of flora and fauna with a cost of around $5.00 to enter either area.
Ecuador Tierra Viva Travel Company offers an 8 day tourthrough the provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe, passing through two different geographical regions of Ecuador (Highland or Andes Region and Amazonian Basin Region), two different ecosystems (lower montane rain forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes and dry shrub forest) and two different native cultures (Saraguro and Shuar). Also, you'll engage in community tourism, ethnic tourism and nature tourism and in activities such as camping, hiking and nature interpretation.
Orquideario Paphinia, some 2 km away from town is a greenhouse which is actually developing a great collection of over 3000 native plants including orchids and aroids, as well as living samples of useful timber trees, medicinal plants, edible native plants and many other ornamental plants and shrubs.
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