Overview
Mompiche is a small fishing village at the south end of a large fish hook shaped bay, the Ensenada de Mompiche, about a two-hour drive south of the much larger city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Description
Mompiche is a quiet little pueblo which attracts backpackers, tourists and surfers seeking uncrowded beaches. Famed for its world-class waves and gorgeous 7km-long strip of pristine (if grayish) sand beach, this little fishing village has long been popular with backpackers and surfers for its good waves, and cheap eats and lodgings. Mompiche had barely been touched by the modern world until the creation of a good new road nearly a decade ago, but even now there's not extensive vehicular traffic, and everyone in town still knows everyone else. Besides its fabulous stretch of palm-fringed sands, Mompiche has little else (not even an ATM), and that’s its beauty.