Description

Laguna de Secas is located bordering the Antisana Ecological Reserve, in a place of great beauty, around which there are some tourist stops and viewpoints that allow you to observe a diversity of birds and with a bit of luck the condors, which usually nest in the rocky cliffs that surround the lagoon. Hiking is also a very recommended activity, which offers a very photogenic landscape, and at the same time the possibility of following one of the trails that descend and cover a stretch of the Muerte Pungo volcanic flow. It was precisely this lava flow that clogged the river, forming the Tipopugro and Secas Lagoons, originated in a secondary crater of the Antisana Volcano.

Elevations
PlaceElevation
Road to Antisana (Secas Sector)3420m
Secas Lagoon3396m

Photos

Laguna de Secas

Laguna de Secas

Going down to Laguna de Secas

Going down to Laguna de Secas

Laguna de Secas

Laguna de Secas

Flora

How to get

Eastern Cordillera; 32 kilometers in a straight line southeast of Quito; 12 km from Pintag.

  1. Normal Approach “Vía al Antisana”: Take the paved road that goes up from Pintag to the Antisana Ecological Reserve, about 12 kilometers and you can see Laguna de Secas on the left. In this sector there are some tourist stops and inns.

Antisana Ecological ReserveCentral North SierraQuito