To arrive at the next community-owned enterprise, it is necessary to follow the road to Mayrana about 16 kilometers from Samaipata, towards Comarapa; one leaves the highway going north, going through the towns main square, to take the road that takes to La Yunga, about nine additional kilometers.

In the La Yunga community we find a shelter with two cabins, baths and a central room with a kitchen. The place, at a rather high altitude is also rather windy. Thanks to a very good pathway that has been built on the very edge of the Amboró National Park, one can appreciate ancient giant ferns.

The three-hour walk, in an elevated pathway of about three kilometers built to avoid the erosion that visitors could cause, allows observation of several species of tree ferns, epiphytic plants growing on trees to capture the scarce sunlight in this cloud forest that is known in ecological terms as an ecotone, a union of two ecosystems, the humid tropical forest and the dry Chaqueño spiny forest, mixing very diverse fauna and flora species.

The visit and the use of the pathway is made with the company of a guide, whether for one or five persons (the maximum per guide). There is also a circuit on offer that includes an archaeological site with rock paintings.


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