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Which bus goes to Chanduy? Where does your tap water come from? Where can you watch whales from the shore? Real answers from people who live on Ecuador's sunniest coast. 🌎
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📅 Right now on the coast
January — High season: warm sea, sunny days and surf season on the Ruta del Spondylus. Beaches fill up at weekends. Find your beach →
February — Carnival — the biggest party on the coast. Book early, travel early, and bring a water pistol. How Carnival works here →
March — Warm water and quieter beaches after Carnival. Afternoon showers are normal until April. Rainy-season tips →
April — The rains are ending, the hills are green, and on 14 April La Libertad celebrates its canton day. Discover La Libertad →
May — Shoulder season: quiet beaches, lower prices and a sea that is still warm. Thinking of staying? Start here →
June — The humpback whales are back! And on the third Friday, La Libertad's fishing boats carry the Virgin across the bay. Where to see the whales →
July — Whale season in full swing, and highland school holidays bring visitors from Quito. Whale season guide →
August — Peak whale watching, breezy afternoons, and the cloud forest above the Ruta at its greenest. Explore the Ruta →
September — Last chance to see the whales. Quiet, cool and cheap. The best whale viewpoint →
October — The quietest month of the year: empty beaches, low prices — and the perfect time to get your paperwork done. Open the how-to guides →
November — A long weekend on 2–3 November, then on 7 November the province celebrates its birthday. Provincialization Day →
December — Festive season: Salinas celebrates its canton day on 22 December, the surf returns and the beaches fill up for New Year. Salinas' big week →
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Ecuador's westernmost tip: 8,000-year-old lovers, the first oil well, sea lions, whales and three towns that grew into one.
✅ With a bucket listThe coast road north: turquoise bays, surf towns, 5,000-year-old villages and cloud forest — all on one bus line.
🗺️ Stop-by-stop route mapThe paperwork and systems nobody explains when you arrive — written by people who figured it out the hard way.
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June's sea procession, when the fishing fleet escorts the Virgin.
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…two people buried in an embrace 8,000 years ago are still together, in a museum in Santa Elena?
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…the coast road is named after a red shell once offered to the gods to bring the rain?
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