This park is located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes between the departments of Cundinamarca and Meta. It has 53.385 hectareas and its mountains range from 800 to 4020 meters above sea level. The average temperature range from 4 to 21ºC. However, most of the park is composed of high and cold mountains that have fog forest and "Paramo", the last one is an unique and endangered type of wet forest that exist only in Venezuela, Colombia (most) and Ecuador. The park could have about 2000 species of plants and many endangered vertebrate animals as the Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) and the Danta (Tapyrus spp.). The park is also a protection area for nine important rivers of the surrounding areas. The closest towns are: La Calera, Guasca, Choachi and Fómeque.