Cajas
National Park, Ecuador (click
on thumbnail for full-size image)
After
our trip to the Galapagos, we spent a few days in Cuenca,
a quaint, colonial city which is the third largest in Ecuador.
From Cuenca, we took a half-day tour of the nearby Cajas National
Park in the highlands (ranging around 10,000 - 11,000 feet
above sea level).
Overlooking some of the
multitude of lakes and mountains
One of 200+ beautiful Andean lakes
dot the high-altitude grasslands
Lichens growing on rocks
decorate the bleak terrain
Polylepis
(quenua) trees
grow at the highest altitudes
of any treee in the world
