Top Guayaquil Nature and Wildlife Tours

You don’t need to visit the Galapagos Island to experience the rich wildlife of Ecuador. Get up close to howler monkeys, freshwater birds, and more on a tour to Churute Mangroves Ecological Reserve. After comfortable transfer from your Guayaquil hotel, enjoy a peaceful canoe ride and hike through the tropical dry forest. Later, tour the grounds of a nearby cocoa plantation and enjoy a traditional lunch prepared with local ingredients.

Leave the busy city behind on this private full-day tour combining nature, culture, and Ecuadorian flavors. Increase your chances of spotting howler monkeys, forest birds, reptiles, and amphibians as you explore a natural reserve with a guide. Then visit a cacao farm to taste cacao-based products, learn the complete process from bean to bar, and prepare a cacao-forward 3-course meal during a hands-on cooking session. Hotel pickup is included for convenience.

Cerro Blanco is a birdwatcher's paradise home to more than 200 bird species, many of which live nowhere else on Earth. Rise and shine on this roundtrip door-to-door tour from your Guayaquil hotel, arriving at Cerro Blanco visitors center in time for the morning chorus. Your naturalist guide will lead you around the lower mountain paths, helping spot and identify the flora and fauna you'll see and hear along the way.

Enjoy nature with this incredible full day in our tour, we will find, coffee plants, rice, around 50 tropical fruits, which you can taste and learn the processes of each, you can taste an exquisite 3-course lunch, and then move on to the preparation of artisanal chocolate, where you will visit the chocolate workshop and you can decorate with dehydrated fruits to your liking. Then we move Cerro Pereque Chico is one of the largest vanilla crops in the region, we will tour the vanilla greenhouses to learn about the process of cultivation, harvest, fermentation treatment and drying.

Make the most of the journey from Guayaquil to Cuenca, Ecuador. This full-day one-way trip includes a stop at a cacao farm to see how the main ingredient in chocolate is grown and processed. In Cajas National Park, enjoy a short hike through the high altitude paramo moorland which is an important and scenic watershed.

The minute you step out of your Guayaquil Hotel, get ready for a mesmerizing journey. This trip commences with a tranquilizing canoe ride and an adventurous hike through the tropical rainforest. Also, get prepared to be jolted by encountering the howler monkeys in the middle of the natural habitat in the pristine tropical forest. If you plan the tour during the rainy season, you will be delighted to see a small waterfall on the southeast slope of the hill, which can be easily reached in a 2-hour hike.

Spend a day amongst the waterfalls and wildlife of Ecuador on a full-day private tour to a coastal cloud forest. Comfortable round-trip transportation from your Guayaquil hotel offers spectacular views of the Bucay Mountains. Follow your guide through the cloud forest trails to three different waterfalls and swim beneath each. Afterwards, learn how to operate a sugar cane press and enjoy a traditional lunch before your return to the city.

Skip confusing bus timetables and taxi queues in Ecuador’s largest city with an airport meet-and-greet service and private transfer straight to your Guayaquil hotel. You are met upon arrival with a smile and an easy-to-spot board with your name on it and taken to your downtown hotel (roughly 30 minutes, depending on traffic).

Combine culture with nature on a private full-day city and cocoa farm tour from Guayaquil. Designed for travelers passing through Guayaquil, this excursion takes you to a rural cocoa farm where you’ll tour the plantation and make chocolate from scratch. Then, you’ll embark on a sightseeing tour of Guayaquil city, home to attractions such as Las Penas neighborhood, Malecon 2000, and Parque Historico. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

Enjoy a day of wild adventures by land and water during the 10-hour excursion to practice canyoning near Guayaquil. The cloud forest is one of the best places in Ecuador to practice canyoning, since its waterfalls are located in the middle of the forest and they are beautiful and can be traversed in abseiling, swimming, or walking on water. Book your adventure now and we include a lunch at a local restaurant. The excursion to practice canyoning includes a professional guide, all the equipment and transfer to and from the hotel. - Spend the day doing canyoning in the Cloud Forest during your trip through Guayaquil. - Experience a site that is considered one of the best places of canyoning in the world. - Enjoy a beautiful natural environment with waterfalls and clear mountain pools - Descend with a combination of abseiling, swimming and sliding in natural slides - Celebrate your exciting adventure day with a lunch at a local restaurant

Explore the Morro port near to Guayaquil to see bottlenose dolphins in its natural area, here we can live the experiences in seeing these magnifican animals in a arm of pacific ocean, we will know more about the differents mangroves that this area has, additional we will see differents kind of birds and our guide will provide more information obout all this experiences

At Isla de los Pajaros (Bird Island), you don’t have to fly all the way to the Galapagos to enjoy Ecuador’s diverse birdlife. This private day trip from Guayaquil takes you from Puerto Morro through the mangrove forests of the coast to an island where numerous species of migratory birds make their home. Spot frigates, albatross, pink herons, cormorants, and boobies in their natural environments.

Escape the hustle and bustle of the city and set sail on a tranquil adventure along the Pacific coast. Benefit from the expertise of a naturalist guide who enriches the journey by identifying local wildlife, such as blue-footed boobies and frigatebirds, along the way. You can also dive into the crystal-clear waters near Isla Salango for snorkeling opportunities, and admire the scenery from the El Rocio viewpoint in Machalilla National Park.

In this tour we will visit the main attractions of Guayaquil in a panoramic tour that includes the Seminario Park, the Simon Bolivar Malecon and the neighborhood of Las Peñas, with breathtaking views from the Santa Ana Hill. You will also visit the Historic Park of Guayaquil, where nature and traditional architecture merge.

Live a unique experience in the Churute Mangrove Reserve, the ideal destination for nature and bird lovers. With more than 300 bird species, impressive landscapes and expert guides, this tour connects you with biodiversity in all its splendor. Discover the magic of the mangroves while observing unique birds in their natural habitat! Book now and make your visit an unforgettable memory.

Birdwatching in Cerro Blanco is a unique experience, ideal for nature lovers and wildlife watchers in their natural habitat. Cerro Blanco is an area of ​​tropical dry forest located near the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. This ecosystem is home to a rich biodiversity of species that, due to their geographic and climatic characteristics, are not found elsewhere in the region. In addition, the fact that it is a protected area allows the species to remain in a relatively high state of conservation, making it an exceptional destination for birdwatching. Biodiversity: The area has an impressive variety of flora and fauna, which attracts many species of birds, some of them endemic to the region. Accessibility: Its proximity to the city of Guayaquil makes it easy for tourists to get there, without having to travel long distances. Conservation: The Cerro Blanco Ecological Park has been vital for the preservation of bird species, many of them in danger of extinction.

The reserve is a refuge for many species of fauna, some of them threatened, such as the canclón, a water bird that lives in the lagoon of the same name, and the crocodile of the coast, which has already disappeared in other areas of the coast. Due to the diversity and great extension of aquatic environments that the reserve protects, in the year 1990 it was declared a Ramsar site, an international recognition for wetlands of great importance.

Join us on a 3-day tour from Guayaquil to discover Cuenca, one of Ecuador's most beautiful cities. Often overlooked by travelers, Cuenca is a hidden gem that captivates those who visit with its colonial and French-influenced architecture and rich cultural heritage. Its historic downtown is a UNESCO World Heritage site that will surely leave a lasting impression. The tour also includes a visit to the largest Inca ruins in Ecuador, Ingapirca, and the stunning Cajas National Park, one of the country's most beautiful protected areas. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore this off-the-beaten-path destination.

The lush countryside outside of Guayaquil on the Ecuadorean coast packs big natural and cultural appeal. On this day tour, trade the bustle of the big city for the tranquility of the Churute Ecological Reserve. Connect with nature as you explore its forests and spot local wildlife on the Howler Monkey Trail including birds, reptiles, and, of course, howler monkeys. In the afternoon, delve into the world of cocoa at an Ecuadorian chocolate farm. Experience the fascinating transformation of cocoa into artisanal chocolate, from bean to bar.

Getting to your flight couldn’t be easier, with a private, door-to-door transfer from your Guayaquil accommodation to the international airport. Your Spanish-speaking driver will help with your luggage, and chilled, bottled water is supplied in the car too. Most downtown hotels are between 25 and 45 minutes from the airport.

The guide will pick up you in the lobby of ypour hotel ( Hotel pick up inside the urban perimeter of Guayaquil) In this tour we will watching Dolphins then we will go to Puerto Villamil to take the lunch and see the sea

The reserve is a refuge for many species of fauna, some of them threatened, such as the canclón, a water bird that lives in the lagoon of the same name, and the crocodile of the coast, which has already disappeared in other areas of the coast. Due to the diversity and great extension of aquatic environments that the reserve protects, in the year 1990 it was declared a Ramsar site, an international recognition for wetlands of great importance.

Spend a day amongst the waterfalls and history a native tribe from the amazon of Ecuador on a full-day private tour to a cloud forest. Comfortable round-trip transportation from your Guayaquil hotel will offers spectacular views of the Bucay Mountains. Follow your guide through the cloud forest trails to three different waterfalls and swim beneath each. Afterwards, learn history and activities a native tribe from the amazon and enjoy a traditional lunch before your return to the city. - Get the personalized experience of a private tour - Take a break from the hustle and bustle of Guayaquil - Relax in complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off - Enjoy a traditional Ecuadorian lunch during the tour