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Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque (Boyacá)
The Santuario de Fauna Y Flora Iguaque is a beautiful site near Villa de Leyva (Boyacá), with an equatorial forest and the so-called Páramo at high altitudes (above the tree limit) where you meet all seasons and weather types in a couple of minutes. The vegetation is increadibly diverse. According to a Muisca legend, one of the lakes (the Sacred Iguaque Lake) was believed to host the place where Man was created. The Santuario hosts a plethora of ferns, orchids, bromeliaceae and typical equatorial and Páramo vegetation. The trails are often steep, damp in the forest and very slippery and muddy above the tree limit (Páramo).

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0453. 2003-07-22 16.43.06 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Start of the trail that leads to the main barracks and the Iguaque lakes. 0454. 2003-07-22 16.46.24 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Tree fern. 0456. 2003-07-22 16.50.56 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0460. 2003-07-22 17.05.00 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0463. 2003-07-22 17.14.18 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0467. 2003-07-22 17.35.20 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0468. 2003-07-22 17.35.50 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Bromelia. 0469. 2003-07-22 17.41.48 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Oncidium orchid. 0474. 2003-07-22 17.52.36 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Stelis orchid. 0475. 2003-07-22 17.54.46 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0480. 2003-07-22 18.03.24 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Oncidium orchid with the typical yellow flowers resembling dancing 19th century well-dressed women. 0481. 2003-07-22 18.06.44 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0482. 2003-07-22 18.06.52 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). 0483. 2003-07-22 18.10.12 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Bromelia. 0485. 2003-07-22 18.11.38 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Passiflora. 0487. 2003-07-22 18.13.10 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Stelis orchid. 0490. 2003-07-22 18.24.14 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Oncidium orchid with the typical yellow flowers. 0491. 2003-07-22 18.57.26 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). View from the main lake in the direction of Villa de Leyva. 0494. 2003-07-22 19.04.06 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0495. 2003-07-22 19.06.08 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0499. 2003-07-22 19.50.36 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0502. 2003-07-22 20.00.00 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation and upcoming mist. 0503. 2003-07-22 20.00.08 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Our slippery muddy trail on a steep slope in the Paramo, with the main lake in my back. 0507. 2003-07-22 20.02.40 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0509. 2003-07-22 20.04.08 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0510. 2003-07-22 20.04.32 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0511. 2003-07-22 20.06.06 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). The main lake, above which misty clouds hang and hide the encircling mountain tops. 0515. 2003-07-22 20.11.00 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Typical plant from the Paramo, with the main lake in the background. 0516. 2003-07-22 20.11.34 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation at the far side of the main lake. 0521. 2003-07-22 20.16.20 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0524. 2003-07-22 20.22.26 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation. 0525. 2003-07-22 20.27.56 Parque Nacional Iguaque (Villa de Leyva). Paramo vegetation and view towards Villa de Leyva.
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