The reserve protects the humid forests and dry forests that surround and cover the Chindul Mache mountain range on the Ecuadorian coast. The humid forests belong to Chocó, a very humid region that extends from Panama to the northwest of Ecuador. The dry forests replace the humid forests to the south, from the environs of Cojimíes and JAMA, in the north of Manabí; They cover the Cordillera de mache Chindul and the coastal strip of the Ecuadorian south and arrive to northern Peru. The reserve protects the Laguna de Cube, an area that in the 2001 was declared a wetland of international importance, both for the biodiversity that is found there and for the important ecological functions it fulfils and the environmental services it provides to the neighboring populations.
from Quito. Take the Via Quito – La Independencia – Quinindé (227 km) or the Via Quito – Sto Domingo – Quinindé (218 km). From Quinindé you go along the road to Esmeraldas for 12 kilometres asphalted, to the point that indicates km 80, from there continue towards the "Y" of the lagoon. Access to the reserve is:
The lagoon. From the "Y" of the lagoon you take the route to the Laguna de Cube, a total of 17 kilometers of road ballasted. In winter there are problems with the road and it is necessary all terrain vehicles to pass; In the summer you arrive by bus without problems.
From Quinindé you can take the Cooperativa de transporte quinindé that leaves every two hours with destination to the "Y" of the lagoon.
Dágola-Mono. From the "Y" of the lagoon you reach the community the Eden of the Dógola, by a summer road of 21 kilometers; In winter time you can only do it on foot or on horseback. You arrive in private vehicles up to 5 kilometres before the community.
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