Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats

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.

Boatyard, where you will have the opportunity to see how the fishing boats are being built.

etable ivory is processed into pieces that will be carved into nice buttons or figures.

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.

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.

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.