Another natural attraction is San Marcos Lake 33km from Cayambe, ideal to fish the rainbow trout. It lies at an altitude of 3510 a.s.l..Temperature ranges from 0 to 12 º C. It is on a plain level. San Marcos Lake is the result of glaciers and volcanic events that have acted simultaneously. The flora we find around the lake is: ferns, cauchillo, chilca, butterfly bush, chilco, moral, mortiño, valeriana, etc. In Fauna we have: vultures, hawks, ibises, Torronteras ducks, owls, hummingbirds, spectacled bears, deer, dwarf deer, moor wolves, skunks and cougars.
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