Puyango The Petrified Forest is a nature reserve of approximately 2659 hectares located south of Ecuador, is crossed by the river Puyango that divides the province of El Oro and Loja. It is located 111 km to 225 km from Machala and Loja ( Ecostravel ).
The reserve protects a typical tropical dry forest, but also houses one of the most impressive treasures paleobotanical the continent: a petrified forest Cretaceous trunks more than 65 million years turned into stone and preserved until today, surprised at the similarity to a real trunk, even preserved growth rings, giving valuable information on climate and atmosphere at the time, and due to impurities of iron and magnesium (mainly) who were part of its fossilization have very similar colors and shades to the trunks are not fossilized, a wonder of geology . ; 
local government in partnership with the ministry tourism has generated amazing results in the petrified forest Puyango reception facilities for visitors: A museum paleontological and mineralogical components of the area, a cafeteria and totally made of wood trails to avoid contact with fossil logs. It is beginning to implement another route to some waterfalls that are within the reserve, near the Petrified Forest, to diversify tourist proposal. 
Venezuela Geoparks Foundation appreciates the invitation and acknowledge the effort and advances geotouristic Puyango Petrified Forest, National Geopark future of the Republic of Ecuador. 
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