The site is found near Puerto Villamil, you can walk about 6 Km. (2.5 miles) but it is possible also to go by car through the road to “La Playa del Amor” (Love Beach).

Isabela was a penal colony from 1944 to 1959 when the prisoners rebelled, abducted a foreign yacht and escaped to the northern coast of Ecuador. This colony was famous for cruelty and torture practiced against the convicts. The “Wall of Tears” was constructed by inmates during this period, it is 5 to 6 meters tall by 3 meters wide and a length of approximately 100 meters. Its main feature shows thousands of lava rock stacked on each other without any cement to hold them together.

On the way to the Wall, about two and a half Kilometers along the white sand beach, there are beautiful lagoons surrounded by four varieties of mangroves found in Isabela, also different migratory birds are commonly seen; for example: sanderlings, ruddy turnstones, black billed plover, american oystercatcher, lava gulls and other shore species.

Duration: 2-3 hours.

While going to this ancient historic prisoner camp, you can not only be witness of Isabela´s history, but you can also enjoy biking while visiting dozens of unique wetlands, privileged spots that look over Puerto Villamil and beaches in their forming process...