Termas Pumamaqui
- Location
- Chico Soldados, Ecuador
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Termas Pumamaqui is a natural hot spring resort near Papallacta in the Napo province of Ecuador, situated at around 3,200 metres elevation in the cloud forest transition zone of the Andes, where sulphurous geothermal water emerges from the volcanic geology of the Ecuadorian Andes in a landscape of extraordinary Andean beauty. The Papallacta area, one of Ecuador's premier high-altitude thermal resort zones, sits at the eastern edge of the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve in a region of páramo grassland, cloud forest, and volcanic peaks. The combination of high-altitude Andean scenery, exceptional biodiversity of the cloud forest transition, and quality sulphurous thermal water makes Termas Pumamaqui part of one of Ecuador's most rewarding thermal tourism destinations.