Cotopaxi national park, Ecuador

Cotopaxi national park is a reserve in Ecuador, and it contain Cotopaxi which is an active volcano with more than 50 eruptions over the last 3 centuries. The volcano rises out of a high area of grassland and forest. Its interest is not only the fact that it is an active volcano but also that it hosts one of the few glaciers that lie on the equator.

The park hosts more than 200 species including animals such as wild horses, deer, llamas, Andean foxes and even Andean spectacled bears. Birdlife includes condors eagles falcons, and fascinating hummingbirds.