Santuario de Flora y Fauna Malpelo

Pacific Coast


The vast Santuario de Flora y Fauna Malpelo, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, provides a critical habitat for threatened marine species. It is centered around Isla Malpelo, a tiny, remote Colombian island that has some of the best diving in the world.

The diversity and, above all, the size of the marine life is eye-popping, and includes over 200 hammerhead sharks and 1000 silky sharks.


  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "colombia/isla-malpelo/attractions/santuario-de-flora-y-fauna-malpelo/a/poi-sig/1181757/1342211",
      "destination": "Pacific-Coast",
      "continent": "South-America",
      "country": "Colombia",
      "region": "Pacific-Coast",
      "position": "superzone"
    }