PARK  JAIME  DUQUE

Jaime Duque Park is an amusement park devoted to family recreation. It is located in the municipality of Tocancipá, Bogotá metropolitan area in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia.

History

The park was developed and opened on February 27, 1983 by Jaime Duque Grisales, a personality of Colombian civil aviation and chief pilot first national airline Avianca. He wanted to create a cultural and recreational space for the whole family, with the aim of generating income to help nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving the elderly and children.



Zoological
Opened in 1992, administered by the Parque Jaime Duque under the technical and professional advice at the University de la Salle, is a unit dedicated to conservation activities and environmental education, training students from different professions in the study and management of species wild and supports the environmental authorities to provide a foster home to animals that have been seized, and restored there and then serve to define the final location or their reintroduction into their natural environment. It has copies of some 200 species. It highlights their species of birds, monkeys, snakes and cats.


Monument to God
Homage to the creator of the world, is the emblem of the park and the largest of a series of monuments located in different parts of the park, including the monument to include nationality, place of flags and patriotic symbols, the war memorial andunknown to police, the monument to the navy and many others.


Other attractions include
The exhibition of the costumes in the world.
The fantasy of a thousand and one nights.


Jaime Duque Park Monorail.
The Castle of Dante with scenes from the classic of world literature written by Dante Alighieri 700 years ago, on a tour of scenes depicting the passage of Virgil, circling through the hell.
Low-impact rides familiar character.
The Monorail makes a scenic drive along the park and the zoo.
The Museum of Man in the universe. In 113 scenarios is presented through paintings and sculptures, the most important moments in the history of man and the universe from its origins to the conquest of the moon on a guided tour, divided into two stages with an average of 40 minutes each one.
The natural environment. The attractions of the Parque Jaime Duque are distributed over more than 100 hectares of land, surrounded by lakes, wetlands, high Andean forest, meadows and gardens. Additionally it is surrounded by 80 additional acres planted thousands of trees of different species. His environmental work was recognized with the Silver Seal of Environmental Responsibility Award 2010 and was considered by the Discovery Channel Travel & Living as one of the best centers of its kind in Latin America in its program Top Five.

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park chicaque

   PARK CHICA QUE

 CHICA QUE  is a cloud forest of 244 acres with 10 miles of nature trails that traverse gorges crystal pure water sources, oaks and native vegetation in danger of extinction45 minutes from Bogotá
Location and Access to the Reserve: The reserve is located southwest of the savannah of Bogota in Cundinamarca department, municipality of San Antonio del Tequendama, Township of Santandercito. It covers an area of ​​approximately 244 hectares. From Bogota via Mosquera reached 21 kilometers or on the road to 11 kilometers Soacha.
  Altitude (range): 2100 to 2700 meters.
  Average temperature: 16 degrees Celsius.
  Ecosystems in the reserve: In the area of ​​the Natural Reserve of Civil Society Chicaque Mountains Natural Park is dominated by a large matrix forest, whose conservation is mainly due to the steep topography that limits land use and impedes the progress of penetration corridors. Forests are associated to the most outstanding. In the outer areas are high percentages of shrubs, grasslands that are the product of human influence.
Chicaque Natural Park is nestled in a mosaic characterized by relatively large areas of pasture, generally dedicated to livestock and crops diverse and urbanized areas to the bottom and in areas surrounding the Park.Towards the top of the park is the Integrated Management District Salto del Cerro Manjui Tequendama and there is a wooded cord at the top of the mountains surrounding the park, which is a corridor for some wildlife species. There are also neighbors who still have patches of forest that communicate with Chicaque Natural Park and are also interested in conservation, however, in general, landscape connectivity is very low and here is the characteristic fragmentation general as with the rest of the Andean forests.
In the reserve there are four vegetation types: herbaceous vegetation (grass), shrubs (ferns and shrubs), forest vegetation (cloud forest, secondary forest and mixed oak forests and gaques) and lacustrine vegetation (shrubs of flooded areas ) Forest cover is the largest (79.05%) The patch is introduced herbaceous cover, shrub cover is distributed in patches of any disturbance (such as landslides and fallen trees) or chronic anthropogenic (eg selective logging)
 

Flora and Fauna in the reserve, the park's wildlife has been little studied. The most studied taxonomic group of birds is highlighted as being in danger toucan (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), guan (Penelope montagnii), the tinamou (Nothocercus julius), pigeon (Claravis Mondetour) cotinga (Pachyramphus versicolor) and hummingbird (Coeligena prunellei), the latter being endemic to the area. Have been reported 15 species of hummingbirds.
Regarding mammals: There have been 20 species of mammals: Agouti taczanowsky, spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), deer (Mazama americana), mountain cats (Felis yaguarondi), nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) comedrejas (Mustela sp .) opossums (Didelphis albiventris), night monkeys (Aotus lemurinus), two-toed sloths bears (Choloepus hoffmanni), squirrels (Sciurus granatensis) and rabbits (Sylvilagus sp.). Of reptiles have been reported Anadia gender, Anolis, Iguana, Pryoctoporus, Stenocercus, Phenacosaurus. Among the snakes are Atractus gender, Liophys, Chironius monticola and Lampropeltis triangulum.There are also coral mipartirus Micrurus.
As amphibians are present genera Hyla, Bufo and Eleutherodactylus. Arthropod studies have been conducted dung beetles and identified the following species: Dichotomius Achaman, D. Sulcatus, Ontherus brevicollis, Uroxys caucanus, U. Coarctatus, Canthon politus, Canthidium sp. And Cryptocanthon altus.
Regarding the flora, so far identified 630 species of plants for the Park, 121 families and 275 genera (467 dicots, 82 monocots, 77 ferns and gymnosperms 9) found 20 species in some category of risk, including highlighting 17 orchids, two of which (Telipogon sp. And Myoxanthus sp.) are in a state of extinction. The most representative families are Asteraceae (30) and Orchidaceae (22). The genera Ficus wealthiest (7) and Anthurium (7)
Other species of terrestrial orchid habitats are at risk are Xilobium aff. Lycaste Corrugatum and aff. Ciliata
  Production Systems in the Reserve: Currently in the Park established agricultural systems are not yet integrated farm is projected to serve ecotourism, the main production system in the park.

National Park Cocuy

 in this blog we will talk about the national park cocuy:
The National Park Cocuy is one of 56 national parks of Colombia.1 is located in the center-east,on the border between the departments of Boyaca and Arauca, with an area of 306,000 ha (3060 km ²). The territory of the park is located within the municipal jurisdiction of Chita, theCocuy Güicán, El Espino, Cubará Chiscas and Boyaca, Casanare Sácama and Tame andFortul in Arauca. It was created by agreement of the Ministry of Agriculture No 0017 of May 2,1977.2
Within the jurisdiction of the park is the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita or training Güicánlocated on the northern mountain of the Cordillera Oriental in Boyacá department and consists of two parallel subcordilleras oriented north to south with a length of approximately 30 km. The highest point is in the eastern chain, Ritacuba White (5330 m) (the highest peak in the CordilleraOriental of the Andes in Colombia) and Black Ritacuba (5,300 m). The Sierra Nevada of Cocuyhas the largest glacier in Colombia, the lower limit of snow is 4,800 m high. There are 18mountain peaks that are covered by perpetual snow. In the area there are also numerous lakesand waterfalls. With its 30 km long and more than 22 peaks, is the continuous mass of South America's biggest snow in northern Ecuador. Located in the northeast of Boyaca and also covers the departments of Arauca and Casanare.

*ecosystems
The park has all the climatic zones that can be found within the Colombian territory, from theequatorial rain forest at 700 masl cloud forests between 1500 to 3000 m, then the area of ​​heath and moor to the super-4200 to the perpetual snows from 4800 up to 5330 meters culminating in the White Ritacuba.

*fauna
Due to the large variety of ecosystems, there is a diversity of fauna, among them can be found,the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), jaguar (Panthera onca), ocelot (Leopardus tigrinus), tapir moor (Tapirus pinchaque), white-tailed deer (Odocoileusvirginianus), the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lugens), the armadillo and the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus). It is believed that the páramo tapir and spectacled bears no longer live within the park.




*vegetation
The vegetation is divided according to climatic zones found in the park, the forest is 700 mbordering piedmont area, which is badly damaged by the activity of settlers who are admittedfrom the region eastern plains in search of wood, as occurs in the high Andean forest zone,which is best preserved in the park areas that overlap with the U'wa indigenous reservation, in some upland areas of the park continue to present the burning and grazing land by U'wacommunities that follow the same process that upland settlers from causing major damage andlandslides, on the moor is located 5 of the 7 known species of frailejones, which can reach 5 min height, but the use of certain areas of the park like grazing sheep and cattle has deterioratedin this region, as well as super wilderness area where they are different kinds of quiches,isolated frailejones certain types of algae in wetlands. In the zone of perpetual snow, there is novegetation, except for rocky areas where certain types of bromeilas. apart from those mentioned there are several types of plants, especially of the cruciferous family and compound.Towards the western slope area are drier moors where plant species are represented as alder(Agnus acuminata), Colorado (Polylepis cuadriguja), straw Páramo (Calamagrostis effusive)and a large number of angiosperms belonging to 22 families and 42 genres.

*soils
It is composed of metamorphic rocks and sedimentary rocks.
*climate
Due to the vastness of the park, the weather ranges from warm, to warm and cold weather tomoor. The temperature ranges between -4 and 30 ° C.
*hydrography
The park irrigation to two watersheds, which are those of the Magdalena and Orinoco rivers, which flow both in the Caribbean Sea, the basin of the Magdalena River joins the hydrography of the park by the river Chicamocha, whose major tributary which descends from the park is theSnowy River. In the Orinoco basin is divided into two branches of Casanare and Arauca rivers, this river reaches Cobaria, and Rifles Bojaba born near the Laguna de Los Verdes.

*Arauca River Basin
Squig, Snakes, Orozco, Chuscal, La Union, Rifles, Cabugón, collapsed, Tamara, Cobaría, RoyatBojabá.
*gaps
Laguna Plaza, Laguna Grande de la Sierra, Lake of the Greens, Avellanal Lagoon, Laguna La Isla
*Communities present in the area
Within the park there are communities of settlers who came from the highlands to the west limit of the park and use it as grazing and cultivation in the lowlands are likewise settler communities that come from the plains region Orientals. There is also an Aboriginal community called indigenousU'wa region or Tunebo, which are within an overlapping shelter within the park area and engage in farming, grazing, hunting and fishing.

National Park Cocuy

 in this blog we will talk about the national park cocuy:
The National Park Cocuy is one of 56 national parks of Colombia.1 is located in the center-east,on the border between the departments of Boyaca and Arauca, with an area of 306,000 ha (3060 km ²). The territory of the park is located within the municipal jurisdiction of Chita, theCocuy Güicán, El Espino, Cubará Chiscas and Boyaca, Casanare Sácama and Tame andFortul in Arauca. It was created by agreement of the Ministry of Agriculture No 0017 of May 2,1977.2
Within the jurisdiction of the park is the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita or training Güicánlocated on the northern mountain of the Cordillera Oriental in Boyacá department and consists of two parallel subcordilleras oriented north to south with a length of approximately 30 km. The highest point is in the eastern chain, Ritacuba White (5330 m) (the highest peak in the CordilleraOriental of the Andes in Colombia) and Black Ritacuba (5,300 m). The Sierra Nevada of Cocuyhas the largest glacier in Colombia, the lower limit of snow is 4,800 m high. There are 18mountain peaks that are covered by perpetual snow. In the area there are also numerous lakesand waterfalls. With its 30 km long and more than 22 peaks, is the continuous mass of South America's biggest snow in northern Ecuador. Located in the northeast of Boyaca and also covers the departments of Arauca and Casanare.

*ecosystems
The park has all the climatic zones that can be found within the Colombian territory, from theequatorial rain forest at 700 masl cloud forests between 1500 to 3000 m, then the area of ​​heath and moor to the super-4200 to the perpetual snows from 4800 up to 5330 meters culminating in the White Ritacuba.

*fauna
Due to the large variety of ecosystems, there is a diversity of fauna, among them can be found,the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), jaguar (Panthera onca), ocelot (Leopardus tigrinus), tapir moor (Tapirus pinchaque), white-tailed deer (Odocoileusvirginianus), the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lugens), the armadillo and the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus). It is believed that the páramo tapir and spectacled bears no longer live within the park.




*vegetation
The vegetation is divided according to climatic zones found in the park, the forest is 700 mbordering piedmont area, which is badly damaged by the activity of settlers who are admittedfrom the region eastern plains in search of wood, as occurs in the high Andean forest zone,which is best preserved in the park areas that overlap with the U'wa indigenous reservation, in some upland areas of the park continue to present the burning and grazing land by U'wacommunities that follow the same process that upland settlers from causing major damage andlandslides, on the moor is located 5 of the 7 known species of frailejones, which can reach 5 min height, but the use of certain areas of the park like grazing sheep and cattle has deterioratedin this region, as well as super wilderness area where they are different kinds of quiches,isolated frailejones certain types of algae in wetlands. In the zone of perpetual snow, there is novegetation, except for rocky areas where certain types of bromeilas. apart from those mentioned there are several types of plants, especially of the cruciferous family and compound.Towards the western slope area are drier moors where plant species are represented as alder(Agnus acuminata), Colorado (Polylepis cuadriguja), straw Páramo (Calamagrostis effusive)and a large number of angiosperms belonging to 22 families and 42 genres.

*soils
It is composed of metamorphic rocks and sedimentary rocks.
*climate
Due to the vastness of the park, the weather ranges from warm, to warm and cold weather tomoor. The temperature ranges between -4 and 30 ° C.
*hydrography
The park irrigation to two watersheds, which are those of the Magdalena and Orinoco rivers, which flow both in the Caribbean Sea, the basin of the Magdalena River joins the hydrography of the park by the river Chicamocha, whose major tributary which descends from the park is theSnowy River. In the Orinoco basin is divided into two branches of Casanare and Arauca rivers, this river reaches Cobaria, and Rifles Bojaba born near the Laguna de Los Verdes.

*Arauca River Basin
Squig, Snakes, Orozco, Chuscal, La Union, Rifles, Cabugón, collapsed, Tamara, Cobaría, RoyatBojabá.
*gaps
Laguna Plaza, Laguna Grande de la Sierra, Lake of the Greens, Avellanal Lagoon, Laguna La Isla
*Communities present in the area
Within the park there are communities of settlers who came from the highlands to the west limit of the park and use it as grazing and cultivation in the lowlands are likewise settler communities that come from the plains region Orientals. There is also an Aboriginal community called indigenousU'wa region or Tunebo, which are within an overlapping shelter within the park area and engage in farming, grazing, hunting and fishing.