The forests that we found here are primary, secondary and of recovery of the tropical dry and humid kinds.

Inside zones exists a great potential of scientific and tourist interest, for the natural and cultural resources.

The regional scope of the 'CHURUTE Mangroves' Ecologic Reserve includes the inner estuary of the Gulf of Guayaquil and the low river basin of the Guayas, in effect the Reserve preserves a sample of the great biological diversity and the ecological processes of this region.

In this reserve we found an incredible biological diversity, and there are also found many species uniques of this place.

264 species of birds in the reserve are registered which, belong to 59 families and 7 subfamilies, 50 are migratory species of aquatic birds of importance for the international conservation that in its majority is in the zone of manglar and the zone of estuaria, the others are resident birds most of which commonly they are seen.

For its tourist handling, the reserve have on 4 footpaths guided and the zone of manglar that it is visited solely in the boat.

It is in the hill of the same name. At the beginning of the footpath also are the facilities of the headquarters of the Ecological Reserve.
The time of route can take between 3 and 4 hours, is of easy ascent and the main interest is the forest are the vegetal species and its use in the past and the present, the function in the ecosystem and the strategies you specify of survival of the tropical forest as well as its fauna of great diversity where the birds, the monkeys, the squirrels, the invertebrates in general and others make of the place an interesting experience.

It is in the hill of the same name, his access from the highway is made through a secondary road - 20 minutes by car.
This footpath has representations of forest in also cosque secondary recovery like, with hydric representation of formation.
Like the 'EL MATE' footpath, its ascent is easy but its vegetation is more varied -finding palms real, giant matapalos, fine wood among others with greater representations of birds and mammals of tropical forests, being commonest the howling monkey. Its time of visit is of 3 to 4 hours.

This is a short route. Ascending to about 70 to 80 meters on the sea level, it's possible to have an incredible 360º panoramic view of the reserve area, and from there you can easily differentiate the 5 zones of life. You can also appreciate the different activities of the local people, and the shrimp fisher industry that is developed close of there. Its time of visit is one hour. This activity is made the footpath along with 'Pancho Diablo', as they both are in the same direction.

It is most difficult being marshy specially between the months of December to May, but it has a very particular interest since in the lagoon an aquatic bird of the same name exists (Canclón).
This bird is as great as a duck and belongs to the family anhimidae. The Canclón only has three species in Centro and South America, one of which it's in Churute: 'Anhimidae Cornuta' and is in extinction danger (150 to 180 individuals).

The lagoon this surrounded by the hills PEREQUETE CHICO, PEREQUETE GRANDE, CIMALON, that are those that feeds the lagoon with small slopes of water. All the excursion is make very slow in 8 hours, stoping on each of the above named hills and at the border of the lagoon, therefore this place is very promising specially to see birds -600 species in all the route, and several species of flora.

To half of hour by car from the reserve's headquarters, and passing through a shrimp fisher is the wharf where a boat is taken to enter to the mangroves zone, which is a 35000 hectares zone, including the 6000 of the shrimp fishers.

There are 5 different kind of magrove in the zone, and an infinity of organic species live tied to the roots of them.

This reserve is the last one left in the SouthAmerican Continent, and it also is an important humid forest zone for 50 species of migratory birds protected internationally. There are also resident bird species like frigates, flamingos, herons, pelicanos, etc.

CLIMATE

Although our country this on the equatorial line and in the tropical center, we do not have a tropical climate, but a subtropical climate which had mainly to the influence of the current of Humbolt and to the mountain range of the Andes. So, our climate is divided in dry and rainy seasons, the drought goes from December to May and the rainy from May to December.

The temperature in our country varies from 0ºC to 38ºC to the outside. In the specific reserve's case, in the dry season we have a pleasant weather, just a bit hotter than in Guayaquil -because the forest has its own micro climate. In the rain season the atmosphere is more humid the temperature increases. In both cases, hot is tolerable.