Top Guayaquil Day Trips

Take a break from the city and head to Alausí for a train ride along the Devil’s Nose.  This full-day excursion begins with private pick up from your Guayaquil hotel.  Your train ticket is pre-arranged by your private guide, so there’s no need for you to fuss over money or stand in long lines.  Then, enjoy an immersive cultural experience with the Puruhuas people in Sibambe before returning to Guayaquil.

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.

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. Spot tropical and migratory birds on a cruise through the estuary and keep your ears open for howler monkeys on Pancho Diablo Hill. In the afternoon, you’ll have time to sample artisan chocolate along the Cacao Route—the heart of Ecuador’s chocolate industry.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

Escape the concrete jungle for a couple of hours inside the Botanical Garden of Guayaquil. Avoid the confusion and crowds that come with public transit and relax in private round trip transportation from your hotel. With a pre-purchased ticket, there’s no need for you to wait in line at the entrance. In just two hours, you’ll experience over 300 plant species and animals ranging from squirrel monkeys to red piranhas.

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. After this visit we will be a stop in Balbanera’s Church to admire this incredible church

This tour will start from Guayaquil at 02:00 AM the departure due to the distance of this destination from Guayaquil. The Quilotao lagoon is considered one of the most beautiful due to its location and the nature and fauna that the place offers us. Definitely a magical place to explore.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

Our experience stars in a farm surrounded by trees in the middle of a extense forest, also we will find many crops of tropical fruits, like mango, pitahaya and cashew, in addition we will learn about the processes that farmers use to ferment the cocoa beans in optimal temperature conditions to guarantee the quality of the product and obtain a good organic chocolate. In the afternoon we are going to a community of fishers, we will walk for about 1 hour around the mangroves, this site is wonderful to enjoy a sight of birds and herons, here live about of 80 different species that nest here to feed, this place is a wild life refuge where most Ecuadorian and migratory birds are concentrated, then we return to Guayaquil.

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

GUAYAQUIL’S CITY TOUR 3 to 3.5 hours   Guayaquil is known as the "Gateway to the Galapagos Islands".   This tropical city is Ecuador's main port and the largest city with a population of three and a half million inhabitants and is the financial and commercial center of the country, is located along the Guayas River.   All flights going to the Galapagos Islands depart exclusively from Guayaquil and also return to Guayaquil first, which offers travelers the opportunity to explore the city and its surroundings. We´ll do the tour in a mini-van for 6, if your group is a larger group will have a larger capacity vehicle.