Chinchiquilla

Along the highlands of San Ignacio, Cajamarca in northern Peru, there is a big, beautiful, and protected humid montane cloud forest called Bosques el Chaupe, Cunía y Chinchiquilla that nurtures the region and benefits the members of the community with rainfall, ideal microclimates, and amazing biodiversity, flora and fauna. The region is known for having constant rainfall during the year, which helps them keep an ideal climatic balance and produce amazing coffee. This forest extends to various communities inside the province of San Ignacio such as Chirinos, La Coipa, Namballe, San Ignacio, and Tabaconas. The water streams that form within this forest, supply water to all the communities around the province of San Ignacio.