A lone man stands on the beach in front of El Almejal Lodge watching the sunset over Colombia's Pacific Coast.  

Young Colombian children hang out at the beach in front of El Almejal Lodge near the town of El Valle on Colombia's Pacific Coast.  

Near the town of El Valle on Colombia's Pacific Coast, brightly colored laundry hangs on a clothesline surrounded by tropical foliage.  

A local takes tourists out on the Pacific Ocean in his aluminum outboard motor boat for a whale-watching expedition near the town of El Valle, Colombia.  

Every year between June and October, humpback whales come to Colombia’s Pacific Coast looking for warm weather to give birth to their calves. Local boat owners take tourists out to see them up-close in their natural habitat.  

A young man finds the window of a store in the small town of El Valle on Colombia's Pacific Coast the perfect place to take a nap, while the proprietor waits on a customer.  

A path leads to the main building at El Cantil Ecolodge on Colombia's Pacific Coast near the town of Nuqui. Its crow's-nest design and open sides make for spectacular ocean and rainforest views.  

Pictured here are two hand-carved wooden boats at low tide near the town of El Valle on Colombia's Pacific Coast.  

A young Colombian man relaxes in a hammock on the porch of one of El Almejal Rainforest & Beach Lodge's bungalows.  

Brilliant pink and orange tropical blooms nestle among the lush foliage along the beach near El Cantil Ecolodge on Colombia's Pacific Coast.  

Two boys arm wrestle in the town of Nuqui on Colombia's Pacific Coast.