Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats

4.5 (76 reviews) Manta, Ecuador
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Duration5h - 6h
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesGerman, English, French, Spanish
Group sizeUp to 80 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Best prices, high quality! This tour will give you a sense of what locals experience everyday, you will learn about our education system, history, customs, culture, & cuisine.
You will learn how we build our fishing boats, fishermen may approach asking to take them with you on a picture posing and holding a big tuna while you visit the fish market; We will take you to one of the factories where we process "tagua" buttons, tons of these buttons get exported, so you might be wearing one right now, to complement this tour we will visit a chocolate bars factory, we will also show you how the Montecristi hats are woven, and how much work a weaver put into it, through a demonstration, in one of the artisan's shops, we will explain the process, right after, we will take you to the museum Ciudad Alfaro, which is full of art and history that you will be introduced to. On the way back, do not miss taking a picture of the weaving woman statue on the roundabout.

Options

Manta's highlights & Montecristi

Pickup included

Two participants and over

Share tour
Duration: 5 hours
Bus for 15 passengers max
Pickup included

30 Participants tour bus

Duration: 4 hours
4 destinations : We will visit 4 destinations, fish market, boatyard, Button factory and Hats factory
Bus for 35 Passengers
Pickup included

Language French and German

Extra fee : This prices apply to German and French guidance only
Pickup included

What's included

  • Entries and plenty water bottled
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Air-conditioned vehicle

What to expect

  1. Plage de Tarqui
    1h
    Firstly we will visit the fish market fish market, at this point we will learn how our fishermen bring the fish in to our cost and table, then we will visit the boat factory, were you will see some of the fishing boats being built.
  2. Plage de Tarqui
    20m · Admission ticket included
    Boatyard, where you will have the opportunity to see how the fishing boats are being built.
  3. 1h · Admission ticket included
    We will visit a Tagua Factory, where we will learn how the tagua nuts or the vegetable ivory is processed into pieces that will be carved into nice buttons or figures.
  4. Montecristi
    30m
    Hat weaving demonstration: We will witness an artisan weaving, ironing, shaping, and pressing a hat, we will tell you how a hat is made from the very beginning of the process.
  5. Museo Ciudad Alfaro
    2h
    We will visit, Ciudad Alfaro, a complex that was built in order to honor our ex president Eloy Alfaro, who regardless of being a wealthy man, he fought agains the inequality in 1895, and where we singned our last constitution in 2008.

    Then we will visit a shop, where we will be shown how we weave the Montecristi hats, and you will have time to shop and look around downtown.
  6. Manta
    30m
    Chocolate factory. In this visit we will learn a little bit of high quality chocolate bars, an opportunity to taste the different products and bring some souvenirs with you.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Inside the terminal, we will be next to the exit door or standing at the entrance door.
WI-FI available in the terminal.

End point

Inside the terminal, we will be next to the exit door or standing at the entrance door.
WI-FI available in the terminal.

Pickup details

We accommodate our start time to match your arrival, take the free "Shuttle" to the ship terminal, our representatives will be wearing uniforms with MANTA SOS'S logo, We will meet you at the waiting area, inside the terminal, next to the exit door as you see on the pictures on the tour description.
You can recognize our team by their uniform, that will have our logo on the shirt, Our representatives will meet you at the waiting area next to the exit.

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In case you are bringing a wheelchair, you need to notify this to us, otherwise we won't be responsible of not being able to take you on the tour.
  • If you require a guide that speaks another language other than English or Spanish, you will have to choose the option "Other languages"
  • Not recommended for travelers with mobility issues, unless they bring their own assistance.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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