Top Guayaquil Full-day Tours

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.

This full-day tour of some of the most beautiful and popular coastal areas of Ecuador includes Salinas, the San Lorenzo boardwalk, white sand beaches around the Ruta del Sol and Ballenita Beach, salt mines, a sea lion refuge, a nautical and pirate museum, and an included seafood lunch.

Spend a day exploring the Isle of Silver which is also known as a mini Galapagos. Short hiking trails provide opportunities to see marine birds including blue-footed boobies, red-footed boobies, pelicans, frigate birds, and albatrosses. Snorkel around the island to enjoy coral reefs and marine life including colorful reef fish, sea turtles, manta rays, dolphins, and even sea lions. Whales may also be spotted from June to September.

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 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.

Coastal Ecuador often gets overlooked in favor of the Andes or Galapagos. With this full-day tour from Guayaquil, see firsthand what makes this region so special. During a morning stop at a tropical plantation, learn about how artisan chocolate is made from bean to bar. Continue to Puerto del Morro for a boat ride in the Pacific in search of bottlenose dolphins and a variety of migratory seabirds.

Spend a day exploring the picturesque dairy and cacao farm called Hacienda La Danesa on horseback. Learn about its 145-year history from your local guide and enjoy some time engaging with the Olsen family--three generations of farmers who call this peaceful plot of land home. Learn to make chocolate, navigate mountain trails on horseback, enjoy a lunch of Ecuadorian cuisine, and sample Ecuadorian Chardonnay during a delicious meal on site.

You don’t have to go all the way to the Galapagos Islands to experience up the biodiversity of Ecuador. Surround yourself with howler monkeys, mangroves, and more on a 7-hour tour from Guayaquil. Comfortable air-conditioned transportation whisks you away from your city hotel and takes you to nature reserve, which houses nearly 300 different species. Round out your adventure with a visit to a cocoa plantation and learn to prepare chocolate.

Leave the busy city behind and discover the wildlife and cocoa production unique to Ecuador on an 8-hour tour. Comfortable transportation from your Guayaquil hotel takes you to a wildlife reserve. Home to hundreds of species, you have the opportunity to see numerous mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Next, visit a local plantation and learn about the in depth cocoa process the sets Ecuador apart from other countries.

Enjoy of a wonderful experience where you will have direct contact with the nature and learn about our customs, traditions, elaboration of chocolate and different kind of trees and plantations of tropical fruits of the coast region.

We will visit a beautiful waterfall in Bucay this place is a good point near to Guayaquil, we have an incredible viewpoint there and we will visit the train station to take some photos

Within the Cerro de Hayas Protective Forest you can visit the Siete Cascadas, a tourist attraction in Naranjal, just an hour and a half from Guayaquil. A 4-hour round trip ascent where you can connect with nature and meet the flora and fauna that this attraction has

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.

It consists of an interpretation service for the cultivation of cocoa, which begins in the nursery, where attendees will be able to understand the importance of this product from the seed and will have the opportunity to observe how a graft is made. The talk will allow them to understand what cocoa with a fine aroma is, its importance for the country, the world and chocolate makers. During the tour they will be able to appreciate the plantations, they will learn about the varieties of cocoa, its flavors, uses, cultural, environmental data, post-harvest, and the situation of cocoa in the world. The experience at Hacienda Victoria will allow them to see with new eyes both the cocoa bean and the chocolate bar.

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.

If you want a day of non-stop adventure, this is the tour for you.  Private pickup from Guayaquil takes you to Riobamba, where you’ll hop on the Ice Train with your guide and discover some of Ecuador’s best natural wonders and meet the famous Baltazar Ushca.  You’ll also visit La Maya, where you’ll learn from the descendants of the Puruha people. After an included meal, head back to Guayaquil.

Chimborazo is the highest volcano and mountain in Ecuador, and the point furthest from the center of the Earth with an altitude of 6263.47 meters above sea level. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around A.D. 550. We will make a panoramic view of the Chimborazo Volcano, the car will arrive at the first refuge the we begin walking to the second refurge of this amazing volcano.

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.

Within the Cerro de Hayas Protective Forest you can visit the Siete Cascadas, a tourist attraction in Naranjal, just an hour and a half from Guayaquil. A 4-hour round trip ascent where you can connect with nature and meet the flora and fauna that this attraction has.

The guide will pick up you in the lobby of the hotel ( Hotel pick up inside the Urban perimeter of Guayaquil) to go to the Morro to begin with the activities, we are going to hike in the island of the birds and then we are going to see the bottlenose dolphin.

Pick up 07H00 AM, we begin the tour picking up the pax at the hotel, then we go to Ayangue, province of Santa Elena where we will enjoy a tour of the marine reserve islet el pelado where we will meet: sea lions, blue-footed boobies, pelicans and frigates. We will continue snorkeling: within it you will get to know the marine fauna and flora. We will enjoy a marine tour of the neighboring beaches: Playa la Leona, Playita linda, Playa rosada. We will know the viewpoint of the Cumbres de Ayangue hotel, profile of the Indian's face, the Cave of love and enjoy for 20 minutes in the warm waters of the pink beach. End of the Service and return to the hotel of the pax.

Take a break from the Guayaquil’s hustle and bustle on a 9-hour private tour to Ecological Reserve Manglares Churute.  The action packed day begins with private transport from your hotel, followed by a canoe ride and easy mountain hike. Along the way, see the famous flora and fauna of Ecuador.  Your private guide then takes you for an included Ecuadorian lunch before visiting (and taste testing at) a cacao farm.

Spend a 12-hour day at the Barceló Colón Miramar, with drinks, meals, and transportation included from Guayaquil. Enjoy tours of the local Chocolatera and Salt Pool.

After the meeting point, we go to Ayangue, province of Santa Elena where we will enjoy a tour of the Marine Reserve Islet el Pelado where we will meet: sea lions, blue-footed boobies, pelicans and frigates. We will continue snorkeling: within it you will get to know the marine fauna and flora. End of the Service and return to the hotel of the pax.

The beaches and laidback vibe of Montañita, a coastal town on the Pacific west of Guayaquil, have long attracted surfers and sun seekers searching for a place to relax. With this full-day tour, trade the busy streets of Guayaquil for this beach retreat. Your guide can point out points of interest, like a scenic viewpoint at Stella Maris Church or the handicraft shops of Libertador Bolívar.