How to get Puerto Lopez

Puerto López is located on the coast of Ecuador in the province of Manabí. You can get here via Manta, Quito, Guayaquil, or Portoviejo.
Multiple airline companies offer daily flights from Quito International Airport to Manta (2 hours north of Puerto López), Portoviejo (2 hours northeast), and Guayaquil (4 hours south). Two options are: Tame and Icaro.
Also, the following companies offer ground transportation from all over Ecuador: 

From Manta:

Manglaralto
Manglaralto
 
Schedule:

every 30 minutes
Manglaralto
Cooperativa Transporte Manta-Jipijapa

Schedule:

every 30 minutes
From Portoviejo: From Guayaquil:
Reales Tamarindos
Reales Tamarindos

Shedule :

5:00

9:00

11:00
Transporte Jipijapa
Transporte Jipijapa
Depart from Guayaquil:
 
7:15
9:45
13:15
15:45
11:00
There are two option for buses direct from Quito (approximately 11 hours, all day or overnight):
Carlos Alberto Aray
Carlos Alberto Aray
Departs from Terminal Terrestre Cumanda.
Schedule:

9:30
20:00
11:00

Telephone numbers :

+593 52300178
+593 91958320
Reina del Camino
Reina de Camino
Departs from Oficina de norte, Calle18 de septiembre y Manuel Larrea esq.

9:00
20:00

Or, departs from Terminal terrestre Cumanda
9:30
20:45

Telephone numbers:

+593 52300207
+593 52572673

 

 

Within Puerto López, you can find trucks-for-hire or "taximotos" from 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM every day.

Taxi moto...