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Here in Mindo Cloud forest stands for Forest with clouds. And if you have clouds you can have rain,too. And so, when the weather is foggy or rainy…it isn’t bad. We want to emphatize it in order to avoid that you could be frustrated once you find out it. We would be frustrated too. One thing for certain: it’s never cold and so the rain and the fog are not the same that you could meet in Milan (the birthplace of the writer) on November. In another point of the site we give You some explanations and links to encourage Your scientifical knowledge of the Cloud forest. Once You have accepted the above the Forest won’t disappoint You, night and day. During the day for what you’ll meet walking along the trails, bathing at the Rio ... read more

Everything arises from the morphology of the country. Ecuador is a vertical country, that explains its deep biodiversity. In a few hours one can go from Cotopaxi on Andes, 5000meters above sea level , to the Ocean of Esmeraldas. One leaves Quito, the capital at more than 2800 meters above sea level, and after a couple of hours is in the Cloud Forest of Reserva Ecologica Pachijal, 1000 meters below on sea level, that is four or five Ecosystems below. One day bus trip takes you from Quito to Amazonia. In the Cloudforest live thousands of species of birds, orchids, bromelias, insects, butterflies and…more (frogs, for example). Such a biodiversity could only lead to a cultural diversity spread on a small territory. Are thirteen the indigenous nationalities survived after centuries of external pressure. And are alive ... read more