About 15 km [nine miles] west of Guayaquil on the main road, the Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco, is a private reserve set up and run by the local cement works and the Fundacion Pro-Bosque. The small reserve protects some 3,500 [8,645 acres] of tropical dry forest, home to over 200 bird species and plenty of mammals such as howler monkeys, kinkajous and jaguars. Contact Fundacion Pro-Bosque tel.: [042] 416975 or 417004, Edificio Promocentro, Cuenca and Eloy Alfaro, in Guayaquil, for more information about the park and guided tours.

The reserve is open daily from 8:30 am till 4:30 pm. The admission fee is: US$5.00* for adults and US $2.00* for children and students, per day and, if you would like to spend the night is another US$4.00*.
To see the animals at the rescue centre is an extra US$2.00* admission fee.

*Prices are approximate.

|Article contributed by Dominic Hamilton|||