Canoa

Surfing

Canoa has some nice surf to learn or perfect your skills. surfshop bahaya one block from the beach rent out shortboards or longboards no intermediates for about $5 per halfday.

Parapente

Or paraglide and recently an american has setup a school fly canoa (http://www.flycanoa.com) which offers several courses. if you don't have time or the desire for this there are also inexpensive tandem flights available so you can get a taste of flying.

An adventure company Canoa Thrills recently opened at the Surf Shak. They organize paragliding, kayaking, surf lessons and rentals, custom swell specific surf tours up and down the coast, whale watching tours, kayaking cave tours and much more. Stop by the Surf Shak and speak with the team about booking a trip.

Beachcombing along the beautiful beach at Canoa can be quite rewarding as some beautiful tropical sea shells wash up. One annoying aspect of the popularity of the beach is that, like any popular Ecuadorian beach it often has a lot of rubbish on it at the end of each day. Canoa itself is known for its ecological pride, but the rubbish is washed in from other coastal areas. You can avoid making this worse by avoiding plastic bottles. Even if you are not staying at Hotel Bambu, they will give you one free cocktail if you fill a bag up with rubbish - you can fill a bag quite quickly and it's a free drink and a great way to keep the beach clean, so everybody wins.

Rio Muchacho Organic Farm

Take a trip to Rio Muchacho Organic Farm. (http://www.riomuchacho.com/) They offer 1-3 day tours with activities including horse treck to howler monkey forest and waterfall, making chocolate and coffee from the bean, making necklaces, bowls, and rings from natural materials, and lots more. They also offer volunteer programs for the farm and ecoschools. You can get more information on Rio Muchacho or other tours in Ecuador at their office in Canoa which also sells fair trade items.