Centro turístico enfocado al adulto mayor en Mindo

Abstract

Mindo is a small town to the Northwest of the San Miguel de Los Bancos canton, located in the middle of the cloud forest and the Mindo- Nambillo ecological reserve. Which consists of 19,200 hectares protected, making it one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Declared as a parish on May 20, 1861, by the President of the Republic Gabriel García Moreno, it is one of the oldest parishes in the Northwest of Pichincha and is part of the San Miguel de los Bancos canton. Mindo was nominated as the first area of importance for the conservation of birds in South America, for its exceptional flora, fauna and botany; with which Mindo is known as "World Capital of Birds". It has various altitudinal floors and varied microclimates and therefore has a high biodiversity of flora and fauna, especially in orchids with more than 400 registered species. The Mindo orchid garden has approximately 200 species of orchids native to the area. It aims to cultivate and reproduce them. Currently, its main activity is ecological tourism, thanks to the extraordinary characteristics of its surroundings, which are strengthened by the Mindo Nambillo Protected Forest, declared as such in 1988, and by a large area of forest in the buffer zone, which has led to the implementation of tourist activities. Mindo is world famous for birdwatching, an unforgettable tourist destination for many foreign and domestic tourists, but there are plenty of other activities on offer, such as tubing in rivers, horseback riding through beautiful scenery, hiking. in the woods or flying among the trees suspended from a zip line or 'canopy', as they are known in Mindo. Mindo is ideal for people who love nature and above all who respect it in its entirety preserving its flowers and plants, avoiding the destruction of natural homes for unique animals of the place.