Puerto Lopez: Eleventh festival whale watching.

Representatives of the Chamber of Tourism of Puerto Lopez estimate that in this canton, located south of Manabí reach approximately 60 thousand tourists, among domestic and foreign, to enjoy the eleventh festival of whale watching.

Technical environmental organizations about 30 registered births in each breeding season but it is estimated that annual number is 100. Species remain in front of Puerto López and Puerto Cayo until October, when the mothers return with their calves to Antartica.

Humpback Whale Festival marked the beginning of a series of studies, projects and surveys to Puerto Lopez and inserted in the world tourist map of sightings of marine and coastal species.