Meeting Carlos is like coming back to your birthplace and embracing your old friend. He's a great person with an enormous heart, strong life values and good sense of humor. This great man is a soul of this place, his wonderful dogs are its mood and warmth. Nothing else matters, when you see his smile, his relationships with the dogs, listen to his stories about nature and see how his love for life leads him to great purposes.

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The host Carlos is the nicest person ever. He gave us a lot of information about the area and activities around. Staying in Machalilla is a perfect option if you want to visit Playa de Los Frailes, Isla de la Plata or Agua Blanca etc. Rooms are really simple but staying there you also help the work Carlos does with the corals and the whole community.

Host was excellent and very helpful, dogs were super cute, easy access to local restaurants, easy access to transport

Noisy road, very little water pressure in shower, shower was not cleaned prior to arrival, our mosquito screen was broken, kitchen was not very clean

very social vibes, the owner is amazing, has great stories to share and good recommendations about what to do. location is awesome, you can walk into the national park and great restaurants around

Great host, great breakfast, super nice stay

Owner is friendly and he speaks english - so rare in Ecuador. His dogs are very friendly too, you can see the good owner. There was many dogs of other owners in the village, not so friendly at all. Good location as a starting point everywhere in a beautifull Machallila reserve, but maybe to close to Spondilus route, which is now more road than route.

Bigger cars from Spondilus road very quite a noise. At least there was not a night music, like in Montanita.

We had a wonderful time in Guesthouse Machalilla! It's very close to beautiful Los Frailes beach and there is a lot of activities to do around the area. The owner, Carlos, was lovely, gave many useful and interesting tips and had the cutest rescued dogs. We really enjoyed spending time with him! Would recommend 100%!! Thank you so much

The host is an amazing guide. very helpful. very interesting and full of stories. A wonderful way to get a real “slice of life” of life in a fishing village. I loved my stay there.

Unfortunately we could hear the traffic … but was Carnval time which is a particularly busy time for traffic.