About two hours from Quito are the Canton Pedro Vicente Maldonado
with perfect places for a weekend trip. With a warm climate, beautiful scenery and refreshing waterfalls are home to the tourist looking for a place to forget about the routine of the city. Falls To get there take the Green Calacalí Independence and driving to Banks (1406m N 00 ° 01,406 'W 78 ° 53,314'), which is an economically active population, where you can buy supplies, including water and sports drinks will be needed during the walks that lead us the waterfalls.
From Banks follow the road until you reach kilometer 122 (828m N 00 ° 06,150 'W 79 ° 06,168') in about 20 minutes. At this point is the entrance to the Cascade Green with a very visible sign on the right.
The hike to the first waterfall is short, well-defined trail that shows the vegetation in the area.
For a small bridge is continued until the second cascade, the trail is easy walking, but we must be careful in areas with mud. The second waterfall is a little bigger and has a small veranda on the top of where you can jump to the pond that forms the waterfall.
Two miles north on the road to the left is the entrance to the Cascade Blue (0 ° 6'38 .32 "N 79 ° 7'15 .80" W), which similarly presents a path that leads to a cascade with a fall of over 20 meters. On the way is very easy to listen to and watch the birds typical of the sector, especially hummingbirds and bakers.
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