GENERAL INFORMATION

• Area: 1.235 acres (500 ha)
• Date of Creation: December 11, 1996
• Altitude: 9.679 — 13.777 ft (2.950 — 4.200 m)

Pasochoa is a volcano crater that collapsed, leaving an area of forest that was left untouched by man, and which guards species that were almost lost in other parts of the country. The Ecuadorian Fernando Ortíz discovered it in the seventies. Since then it is one of the best administered protected areas of Ecuador, due to the excellent management of Fundación Natura, an Ecuadorian non-governmental organization.