After leaving the farm we stopped along the way to buy some fruit before the long climb up to the park. The road was very windy and, as you can well imagine, very steep. At the top, 14000 ASL =/- , there is a small cafe and an interpretation center. We had a bowl of potato soup and then took a 2 hour hike along the top, moving slowly downward to catch up to the bus which had moved several KLM down the road.

At first the altitude was very noticeable, ( at this point we were around 13,000 ASL), but as the hike progressed both us felt much better and quite frankly felt that it actually helped us to adjust.

We have seen other mountain tops before, (understatement), but the Andes still have their own enchantment and it was a very enjoyable sightseeing adventure.