Puerto El Morro is one of the rural areas that belongs to Guayaquil. This small location has kept the secret of having enormous natural attractions that most “guayaquileños” ignore, for example, an extended mangrove forest and its birds, and not less important: the Bottle Nosed Dolphins. Add to this the different experiences you can live on this area, since from these mangroves most of the crab, shells, oysters and others are taken to Guayaquil. Come and get to know a new destination kept as a secret for such a long time and discover “Guayaquil´s Natural Secret”.

Since September 2003 the “Ecoclub Los Delfines” (The Dolphins Ecological Club), which is a non profit organization, has been creating awareness about the importance of our environment, caring of the natural resources in the area of Puerto El Morro in Guayas, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.

Nowadays their work is based on an annual plan of activities and every three months there are some meetings with local people and institutions who want to help with training and social environmental actions which benefit children, young people and inhabitants of Puerto El Morro.

In March 2006, the huts where the “Centro de Interpretación Ambiental” (Centre of Environmental Interpretation) works were finished, including the Restaurant for Tourists and the Rustic Pier which is the jetty landing for passengers. This construction was made based on the project “Formación de Líderes Comunitarios en Ecoturismo y Gestión Ambiental Local” (Formation of Community leaders in Ecological tourism and Local Environmental Issues), encouraged by the Fundación Natura-Guayaquil (Foundation Natural-Guayaquil) and with the support of the local committees such as Junta Parroquial El Morro (Parish Council El Morro), Comité de Desarrollo (Development Committee), Asociación de Pescadores (Association of Fishermen) and institutions like Marina Mercante (Merchant Marine), Capitanía del Puerto de Guayaquil (Captaincy of the Port of Guayaquil), Dirección de Turismo y Medio Ambiente del Municipio de Guayaquil (Direction of Tourism and Environment of the City Hall of Guayaquil), and Cámara de Turismo de General Villamil-Playas (Camera of Tourism of General Villamil – Playas).

During its activities, this centre has established cooperation links with local schools, universities of Guayaquil, and other provinces, ONGs (Non Governmental Organizations), Fundación Ecoclubs (Foundation Ecoclubs), Programa de Recursos Costeros (Coastal Resources Program), Subsecretaría de Turismo (Sub secretary of Tourism), hoteliers and tourism operators, and the press and media who have contributed to promote this area helping to improve our work.