This beautiful lagoon is located near Apartaderos (Merida State, Venezuela). It is more than 3,600 meters above sea level, with high mountain climate, very low temperatures, we stop Andean with vegetation such as the beautiful frailejones and the pines planted around it. In it there is a large number of species of butterflies, adapted to the climate, in addition to fish (trout) introduced into its waters years ago. This lagoon previously drained into the Rio Chama, due to the effects of the tectonic faults, it now drains into the Orinoco river, through the mucubaji ravine. It is of glacial origin, it is approximately 10,000 years old. It is observed surrounded by moraines, geoforms formed by a glacier.