Agua Blanca is a commune in Machalilla Parish

Machalilla Parish

Machalilla is a rural parish of Puerto López Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador....

, Puerto López Canton

Puerto López Canton

Puerto López Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the town of Puerto López. Its population at the 2001 census was 16,626....

, Manabí Province

Manabí Province

Manabí is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people.-Economy:Manabí's economy is based heavily on natural resources such as cacao, bananas, cotton, etc. It's industrial sector is based on Tuna canning, tobacco, and alcoholic beverage production...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

. It is east of the city of Puerto López

Puerto López

Puerto López is a small fishing village set in an arched bay on the Pacific coast in the Ecuadorian Manabí Province. Puerto Lopéz is the Machalilla National Park headquarters. The main industries include fishing and ecotourism...

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The community has a small church and a museum in the center of the village. The church is fantastically painted in bright colours.

The area itself is in Machalilla National Park

Machalilla National Park

Machalilla National Park is a preserve in the Ecuadorian Manabí Province near Puerto López and the rural parish of Machalilla, a small fishing village in the vicinity of the park....

 and it requires a small entry fee for tourists. The park is home to a sulphur lake which smells strongly of rotten eggs. The water and the underlying mud are extremely good for the skin because of the sulphur in deposits. Around the lake one frequently sees humming birds feeding at the flowers overhanging the water.