Fishing piers — Local services in Parroquia Puerto Ayora

This is an incredible place to visit to see a variety of wildlife up close. The fishermen arrive with their catches and add they fillet and prepare them, they throw the waste to the wildlife that wait patiently. You can see seals, pelicans, herons, sea iguanas and the craziest thing are the large Frigate birds that repeatedly circle the market, waiting for the perfect chance to swoop in and steal from the other birds. I went to Frigate Hill on San Cristobal and was disappointed not to see any Frigate birds there, but this place more than made up for it. I'd recommend a visit to anyone. The fishermen even let children throw the waste scraps to the birds. Great close up photo opportunities await you here, as you can see from the photos that...

I am embarrassed to say but I spent 3 hours just standing and looking at the fishermen bringing the fish from the boats, cleaning them while feeding the scraps to a sea lion that acts like a pet puppy. The pelicans are crowding around either waiting their turn or boldly making moves only to be waived off by the fishermen or other pelicans. But let me go back to the sea lion; it lays patiently until a customer comes by and that is when it stands with his nose at the counter, barking gently and waiting patiently for his...

It’s a beautiful spot to see Sea Lions and birds, they are gathering there to being feed by fishermen.

Just be careful to keep your distance and pics without flash. There are some babies that they were born there, it’s important to keep our distance because of our smell can be printed on the babies and then could being rejected by their moms and die later.

The market opens early in the morning like 6:00 am and it closes before 5pm (depends of...