Machalilla National Park is in the Manabí province on Ecuador's central coast. Offshore, Isla de la Plata is known for its marine birds and migratory humpback whales. Near Puerto López town, secluded Los Frailes Beach shelters nesting sea turtles. In the park's tropical dry forest, Agua Blanca village has a sulfur lake. Farther inland, the cloud forest in the Chongón-Colonche mountains is home to toucans and monkeys.