Puerto López lies at the Pacific Coast of Ecuador. A fishing village, it is now also becoming a tourism hotspot and is most famous for being the departure point for visits to Isla de la Plata.

Agua Blanca

Photo: Michael Shick, CC BY 2.0.

Agua Blanca is a very calm village close to Puerto Lopez and part of the Parque Nacional Machalilla. It is a catholic community and they manage the little tourism they get communally.

Ensenada Bálsamo

Type: Bay
Also known as: “Ensenada Balsamo”
Category: body of water
Location: Manabí, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude

-1.5° or 1° 30′ south

Longitude

-80.81667° or 80° 49′ west

Open location code

66CXG52M+28

GeoNames ID

3746116

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