Natural wonders of Ecuador (Machalilla)

MACHALILLA NATIONAL PARK

 

Machalilla National Park is located in downtown area of the West Coast Region of Ecuador; southwest of the Province of Manabi have a 727800 area ha. It is considered one of the most beautiful countryside of the Coast. Its main attraction is the island of Silver Beach and the Friars.

It has a vegetation that dominates much of the parish, with thorn scrub and dry, except forest heights forest where there is drizzle.

The faunal diversity of the Machalilla National Park, in the marine and terrestrial areas, is represented by 81 species of mammals, 270 birds and 143 fish. The main access road is the road between Puerto López-jipijapa north and south Nyanza.

.Machalilla National Park is important for the following characteristic.

• Only marine protected area in the continental Ecuador.

•  Limits reefs of southern and eastern Pacific.

• Distribution is the location of many tropical marine species.

• Important areas of outcrop.

• Located in the transit routes of migratory species.