El Lechero

IT'S A TREE

I know this place has importance to some of the local population and offers some nice views of the surrounding countryside but there are nice views pretty much everywhere you go around this area - you...

TREE DESTROYED IN MID JAN

Unfortunately El Lechero was destroyed by strong winds a week ago and has been reduced to a fraction of the original size.

It's a tree

Important to the locals, but not so much younger kids. Ok views, it's worth the 5 minute stop if you're heading to the Condor Parque.

What damaged El Lechero and How to fix it

November 6, 2018 I visited the historic tree known as El Lechero (Sapium glandulosum) located on a hill 9,340 ft. (2,847 m.) above sea level overlooking Otavalo in northern Ecuador. The tree has be...

Nice

Quite a nice walk of roughly 5 km mostly uphill, but the tree really is a majestic being. You can really feel why it´s holy to the indigenous people, especially great when visiting in good weather. Yo...