Drive just 10km east from Papallacta and you enter the Amazon Basin's cloud forest, which covers the slopes and the valley in green growth.
BBC: Hot springs and hummingbirds in Ecuador
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Of the world's 340 species of hummingbird, more than 130 are found in this country, and Guango Lodge, 11km east of Papallacta, is one of its finest bird-watching sites.