Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats
Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats
Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats

Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats

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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.

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Things To Know

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Entries and plenty water bottled
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • 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"

What's included in the package

Itinerary

Plage de Tarqui

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.

Plage de Tarqui

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

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.

Admission Ticket Included

Montecristi

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.

Museo Ciudad Alfaro

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.

Manta

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.

Where to meet and pickup

Pickup and Dropoff

You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points

Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.

Additional Information

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.

Meeting / End Points

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

Ticket Redemption

Direct access, no redemption is required

Reviews By Other Travelers

4.8
Based on 35 reviews

What do other 35 guests say about Manta's highlights & Montecristi Hats

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Ian_W
5
Mar 2024
A really good time without any problems at all. All the visits were very interesting and informative. Seeing the Panama hats being made was excellent.
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Elaine_B
5
Mar 2024
Very enjoyable great guide Fernando would recommend to anyone prompt pick up at the cruise terminal. all areas we visited were good
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Priscilla_H
4
Mar 2024
A very educational tour . The hat factory demonstration is fascinating and the chocolate factory and button making from a type of seed are very interesting . The only reason I don’t give five stars is the fish market was mildly interesting culture/wise but long time spent there seemed unnecessary...

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Things to know

Included
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Entries and plenty water bottled
Additional Information
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • 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"

Payment Methods

Accept all major debit and credit cards
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alipay_hkCreated with Sketch.
Accept crypto currencies