page_title: Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve
section_title: Tourist attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve / Tourist attractions
caption_attribution_description: Español: Cascada de San Rafael limite provincial de Napo y Sucumbíos
context_page_description: Cayambe Coca National Park is a national park in Ecuador located along the Equator about 38 km from Quito. The park encompasses an area of 4,031.03 km².
context_section_description: Papallacta, which features hot springs and highland prairies frequented for fishing and bird watching.
  Cayambe Canton, which is the site of the Pambamarca pre-Incan structures, the Sun and Moon temples in Puntiatsil, and part of the Inca Trail.
  The snow-topped Cayambe volcano.
  Lake Puruhanta, which has trails, and camping, and is the site of ancient ruins called la Mesa.
  Lago San Marcos
  San Rafael Waterfall on Coca River, until recently, the tallest waterfall in Ecuador, with a height of 131 metres (430 ft).
  On February 2, 2020 the water stopped flowing, the result of a sinkhole nearby which divided the cascade into three streams which are no longer easily observed.
  Quijos Valley
  The summits Sarahurco (4,725 metres (15,502 ft)) and Cerro Puntas (4,452 metres (14,606 ft)) and the Reventador Volcano (3485 m)
  The virgin forests of Paquiestancia and Cascade of Buga (3500 m)
caption: San Rafael Waterfall (2012)
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