Lago Agrio Recreational Ecological Park

Pearl Recreational Park 

• This beautiful park is located in the city of Nueva Loja. Its goal is to provide recreation, conservation and tourism services. In this place you can perform various recreation activities. Its natural ecosystem is of great interest in the education sector.  
• The Ecological Park has a Protective Forest and a lagoon.     
• In this ecosystem inhabit several species of birds such as toucans, there are also reptiles near the riverbank such as the alligator, in addition to mammals such as the guatusa. 

What should you know?

• Location: Lago Agrio Canton, specifically in the city of Nueva Loja. 
• Office Hours: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00 
• Entrance fee: $ 1 

Climate

It has a humid tropical climate. The approximate temperature is 25 ° C 

Creation date

June 2009

Extension

It has a total of 110 hectares, 20 hectares are part of the administrative area and the difference is destined to the conservation and recovery of this place.

How to get there?

It is located 3.5 km away from the city of Nueva Loja, within the protective forest Lago Agrio. This place can be accessed by bicycle using the bike path.  

• Interpretation Center: In order to promote the care of natural resources, and transfer knowledge of the indigenous culture of Sucumbios. 
• Atari Community Center
• Trails : With the help of a guide and itinerary we can make the route of one of the two senders, the one called the Hoatzín Trail and the other called the Psas Pari Jaira Trail. It has two interpretive trails.   
• San Miguel international bridge
• Lagoon of Lago Agrio : Known in the Siona language as Psasa-Pari-Jara and its translation is chaparita due to an Amazonian turtle. It is a deep and extensive lagoon. You can make the crossing with the canoes that leave from the pier.       
• Laguna Bay
• Blue Lagoon
• Yanakucha lagoon
• Viewpoint: The ideal place to observe the forest and the birds, since it has a 20 meter tower.
• Cross the lagoon using a zip line.  
• Spas on the Aguarico River
• The pyramids.