Natural Ecuador




THE PACIFIC COAST

pacific coast Enjoy the marvelous beaches of the Pacific Coast, where you will find exotic and paradisiacal nature places next to the beautiful and increasing cities of our coast like Guayaquil or Manta.
The Coast that extends from the North in the Esmeraldas province to the south in the province of El Oro offers great variety of unique attractive sites.
In this way we will find the impressive "Sun Route", very well-known by its virgin beaches and places full of entertainment and culture. Some of these places are: the incredible waves in Montañita and the famous Machalilla National Park, with the Agua Blanca community, the white sand beach of "Los Frailes" and the wonderful "Isla de la Plata", that is a small piece of the Galapagos in the continent, in addition to being able to enjoy the presence of Humpback Whales, that they come to reproduce in our Coasts.

These reasons make of this zone a sanctuary from matchless life, by the variety of fauna and beauty landscapes and beaches.

Come and discover with us the marvelous things that offer our Natural Ecuador.

GUAYAQUIL

guayaquil With its big mole "Malecon 2000" and being the main port of Ecuador, Guayaquil is the main economic capital of the Country. With its very modern city, places like the "Las Peñas Neighborhood", with his wood houses and their narrow paved with stones streets, it constitutes an important colonial center.

Between the sites of greater interest is the Centennial Park, the Theater of Art, some beautiful churches like Santo Domingo, La Merced, San Agustín and San Francisco, numerous museums like the Municipal Museum, the Museum of Anthropology and the Museum Nahim Isaias Barquet.


After admiring the city of Guayaquil, two hours of trip we can visit the beautiful Salinas beach such as, La Libertad, General Villamil among others all this beaches makes important tourist places to practice different aquatic sports or simply to have a little while relaxed, since the beaches count on a great basic tourist infrastructure, they cause that the visitor feels to taste, comfortable and satisfied in its visit.
malecon 2000




THE PACIFIC COAST PROGRAMS

23 ECUNAT

Basic Guayaquil 2D/1N

The first day will be the arrival to Guayaquil. Reception in the airport.
Transfer to the hotel of your preference. Soon from the arrival to the hotel we offer optional tours to the environs of Guayaquil and museums (under request).

2 Day: After the breakfast transfer to the airport.

Includes: transfers in private transport, hotel with American breakfast.

guayaquil2


24 ECUNAT

City tour 3 Hrs.

la rotonda We begin the tour with a stroll in car by the city of Santiago de Guayaquil until the famous district of Las Peñas. Throughout the passage is "La Rotonda", where the impressive Guayas River can be admired, it gives the name to the province.
One of the most modern places to visit is new MALECON 2000, here we will be able to appreciate historical monuments of the city and the country. We continue to the most important avenue of the city 9 of October Ave., until the Centennial Park, the greatest of the city.

The following visit is the Simón Bolivar Park, where you will be able to see fascinated tens of land iguanas taking a walk by the gardens. The day finishes with the visit of the Nahim Isaias Museum , who kept infinity of archaeological pieces.
colonial churches at Guayaquil

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees.


25 ECUNAT

Botanical Garden 2 Hrs.
The Botanical Garden is 30 minutes from the city of Guayaquil.
Here we can find a fabulous collection of orchids. Nevertheless, also here is an exhibition of spectacular plants of the zone such as palms, bromelias, diversity of trees and fruits and a charming garden of butterflies.

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees


26 ECUNAT

City tour and Botanical Garden 5 1/2Hrs.
This tour in a combination of the excursions before described.

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees


27 ECUNAT

Historical Park 2 1/2 Hrs.
This new park of 8,5 hectares has 3 different regions.
Greatest, than it occupies more than half of the total of the area, is a wild zone that lodges 45 species of birds and several animal species, like caymans and iguanas.

The second region constitutes a natural habitat, where it is possible to be admired segments of forest of manglar. The third region of the park focuses in rescuing local traditions, putting emphasis in rural customs, its crafts and agriculture.

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees


28 ECUNAT

Cerro Blanco Ecological Reserve and Puerto Hondo Manglart 1 DAY

beautiful beaches At 15 km to the west of Guayaquil, are located in dry tropical the Cerro Blanco forest. This private reserve lodges more than 210 species of birds, between which is guacamayo green.

Also are 33 species of mammals like monkeys, pecaríes, ocelotes and jaguars. In the reserve the visitor also can admire the gigantic trees of Ceibo and hundreds of species of plants.

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees


29 ECUNAT

Isla de la Plata 1 DAY
The Machalilla National Park, is the only one protected area of the country has three ecological zones: continental zone, marine zone and islands.

The park is located in the province of Manabí, 4 hours from Guayaquil, and is the best alternative for the lovers of the nature who also want to know something of different pre-incaicas cultures that they inhabited the region. From Port Lopez, tour to La Isla de la Plata begins (1 1/2 hours).

During the route towards the island Humpback whales that arrive in May from the Antarctic Ocean looking for warm water and procreate.

Once in the Island long walks by the different footpaths are made admiring the fabulous wild life that lodges this fascinating well-known island like the Galápagos Small. It is possible to observe frigates, Blue-footed boobies and Masks boobies between the amazing amounts of birds that inhabit the island.

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees
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30 ECUNAT

Beach of Los Frailes 1 DAY

This is a virgin beach. Near of Puerto Lopez, and it is considered like one of most beautiful beaches of Ecuador, located to 20 minutes of this small fishing population.

Here you will be able to choose between enjoying a beautiful day of beach and making long walks by the different footpaths, admiring the tropical dry forest.
The Frailes beach

Includes: private transport, bilingual guide, all entrance fees

37 ECUNAT

Machalilla National Park 4D/3N

Day 1:
Flight from Quito to Portoviejo city.
We transfer you until the Machalilla National Park. In the way we visit the city of Montecristi, home of the Panama Hats. Arrive to Puerto Lopez. Lodging.


Day 2:
After breakfast transfer to the beautiful Beach of "Los Frailes", surrounded by tropical dry forest. After morning of relax we visit the White Water community. Return to Puerto Lopez (B, BL)

Day 3:
We early have the breakfast and tour to the Silver Island, also part of the National Park Machalilla. This island lodges colonies of marine birds, boobies, frigates, pelicans and seal lions, is well known like the Small Galápagos. During the months of July, August and September in this place Humpback Whales are observed, which arrive from the south once at the year to reproduce.. Return to the hotel (B,BL)

Day 4:
Early after breakfast we transfer to Portoviejo to take the flight to return to Quito.

Level of difficulty: comfortable
Includes: private transport, lodging in double rooms full-featured, bilingual guide, indicated meals, all entrance fees.
It does not include: internal flights, personal expenses, drinks, extras, tips.


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