Mache Chindul Ecological Reserve
Mache - Chindul is one of the three areas protected by the National Park System. It is located in Manabi where some of the last remnants of the very humid tropical forests are located. It is about 25.000 hectares in size and characterized by one of the highest levels of biodiversity and surprising levels of endemism. In their extensive areas tropical humid zones of Forest are (BhT); humid Forest Premontano (Bh-PM) and very humid Forest Premontano(BmH-PM).
The two main areas of the reservation includes: Cabeceras de Bilsa, in the high basin of the Bilsa river, a few kilometers to the east of San Jose of Bilsa, south of the city of Muisne, and very close to the coast line.
A second area is Biological Station Bilsa, an area protected by the Foundation Jatun Sacha that covers around 3.000 hectares. Although it is physically isolated from the Andes, this reservation possesses species that also are found in the cloud forests of the high Andes about 100 km to the southeast.
In this area there is an inventory of approximately 491 species of birds, 136 species of mammals, 38 species of reptiles, and 54 species of amphibians in the reserve. According to Tirira (2001), 27 threatened species of different levels are included. 1 species in Critical Danger (CR), Tie them fusciceps, 1 in Danger (IN), Artibeus fraterculus, 10 Vulnerable (VU), Alouatta palliata, Cebus capucinus, Choeroniscus periosus, Dinomys branickii, Leopardus tigrinus, Lontra longicaudis, Neacomys tenuipes, Panthera onca and SpeothosVenaticus, 8 Almost Threatened (NT), Bassaricyon gabbii, Cabassous centralis, Caluromys derbianus, Cebus albifrons aequatoralis, Chironectes minimus, Leopardus pardalis, Leopardus wiedii and Vampyrum spectrum.
Living Culture
The Reservation is populated by communities of Chachi, two are black communities and more than thirty dispersed communities of mestizo colonies. The inhabitants of these colonies as in other zones of the province of Esmeraldas are poor peasants displaced from their places of origin, they lack property titles for the majority of the land, appropriate technical training and technical aid for sustainable production and commercialization, this situation has had severe affects to the forest ecosystems of Mache-Chindul and of its exceptional biodiversity.
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Multitud de colores en un mundo diverso. |
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Colibries también pueden ser observados con mediana facilidad |
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Aventuras abordo de canoas a remo guiadas por nativos chachis del lugar |
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Caminatas o cruzando el río. |
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La vida desde el principio en estado puro |
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Impresionantes colores de la naturaleza |
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Guiados por nativos del lugar, visitantes, voluntarios o estudiantes disfrutan y aprenden de los conocimientos ancestrales de los chachis. |
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Inmensas lianas sirve para disfrutar de la aventura y la naturaleza |
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La biodiversidad de anfibios es única |
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La vida en estado puro |
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Turismo de investigación visita constantemente la reserva. |
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Cascadas son parte de la aventura |
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Naturaleza en su máxima expresión, en la costa manabita. |
