- Address: Morona-Santiago, Ecuador;
- Official website: parquecondor.com;
- Telephone number: +593 98 431 1769;
- Cost of visiting: 4 dollars;
- Opening hours: Mon, Tues-day off, Wed-Sun from 9 to 17.
The National Park of Condor, located near the Ecuadorian city of Otavalo , is well known all over the world. It was created, first of all, to become a reserve, a home for the preservation of such a rare and, unfortunately, endangered species of birds, like a condor. For Ecuador it is not just a rare bird, but also a symbol of the whole country.
Condor Park - condor house
In Ecuador, there is even a national holiday, which is called - the day of the condor, it celebrates on July 7. This bird is unusual in that it is the largest of all birds in the vast expanses of the western hemisphere. It's hard to believe, but the range of its wings can reach three meters.
Employees of the reserve organized work aimed at the care and cultivation of chicks not only of condors, but also of vultures. When the birds grow up, they are released into their habitual environment. Unfortunately, today the population of the condor does not reach hundreds. Female can lay only one egg for a period of two years. Obviously, for the specialists of the Ecuadorian Reserve, the task of preserving the species is very difficult.
Employees of Kandor Park are happy to tell visitors about the population, care of birds. Here, tourists see the condor in flight and the sight is spectacular, because the bird really strikes its size and grandeur.
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Advantages of the Condor Park for tourists
The location of the Condor Park with confidence can be called successful, since it is located in the so-called strategic point, from which amazing panoramas are opened:
- If you look at the northeast tourist can impress the view of the Imbabura volcano;
- from the north-west view of two more volcanoes: Cotacachi and Cuicocha, as well as the neighborhood of the small town of Cotacachi.
For the convenience of visitors near the reserve created the Indian market Otavalo , which sells hundreds of different souvenirs, which are usually purchased by visitors to the park Condor in memory of the trip. Other attractions worth visiting are nearby, such as the Peugche Falls and San Pablo Lake .
It is a mistake to assume that in the park of Condor, visitors are only to meet one rare Ecuadorian bird. On the contrary, other wild predators live in the territory of the reserve, among which eagles, harpies, falcons, owls, hawks, or, as they are called by Ecuadorians - kestrel, are especially impressive. The Condor Park is so diverse in the number of plants growing on its territory that every year new inhabitants appear in it. The cost of visiting the reserve is only $ 4.
In the territory of the Condor Park there is a unique pavilion in which the eggs of the most diverse birds are represented. In addition, day and night there are organized shows with the participation of birds of prey, however, park supervisors conduct it exclusively in Spanish. Tourists who decide to go to the park of Condor, it is not superfluous to take a raincoat or an umbrella, since the rains here are more than regular.
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