La Costa Travel Guide
Ecuador's Coast - where green-fringed beaches meet the sea
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Sweeping down the western slopes of Ecuador’s High Andes takes one through dense cloud forest and to the coastal plains below.
Stretching approximately 700 kilometres from the northern border with Colombia to the south, the northern coastal lowlands are covered by tropical rain forest, marshes and mangroves. With beautiful beaches, rich agricultural lands including vast coffee and banana plantations and fishing villages where you can find some of the best local seafood restaurants in the country, the region becomes more arid towards the border with Peru.
The biggest port on the coast is Guayaquil, Ecuador’s commercial capital, is the gateway for flights to Galapagos and this city has seen a lot of positive development in recent years making it a place of interest in its own right. There are several important beach resorts including the attractive Salinas and Montañita, which is famous for surfing. Esmeraldas in the north is home to a large Afro-Ecuadorian culture, including distinctive food and marimba music.
Coastal Ecuador contains several important ecological reserves, of which the most famous is the Machalilla National Park, containing rare tropical dry forest and the island of La Plata, a popular location for whale watching. Species that frequent the area include pilot, sperm and humpback whales.
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