Cotopaxi National Park
National parkEcuador
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Cotopaxi National Park
National park · Ecuador
Description
One of Ecuador most visited parks, built around the near-perfect cone of Cotopaxi, one of the world highest active volcanoes. Páramo, wild horses and the Limpiopungo lake surround it.
Key facts
Cotopaxi National Park is in Cotopaxi Province.
- Region
- Cotopaxi Province
- Area
- 334 km²
- Established
- 1975
- Nearest hut
- Refugio José Rivas · 4,864 m, 4.4 km, staffed
- Parking
- 2.4 km
- Nearest village
- Hacienda Ilitío de Maldonado · 8.2 km