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How to get to the Red Booby Hotel?

18 March 2024

STEP 1: RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOUR TRIP

At the Quito and Guayaquil airports, visitors must go to the AGROCALIDAD offices and facilitate the inspection of their luggage with specialized personnel who will review it to avoid the accidental introduction of animal or plant species that could put the biodiversity of the islands at risk. . You must also acquire the transit control card at the GALAPAGOS GOVERNMENT COUNCIL offices for which you must present your identification document or passport. This card is used for immigration control of entry and stay of visitors on the islands, which can be up to 90 days.

STEP 2:  UPON ARRIVAL IN BALTRA:

Take into account these 4 very important points:

  1. Galapagos Entry Control Card:
  2. Payment of the Tax or Tribute for Entry to the islands:
  3. Important to take into account Access to Baltra:
  4. Baggage Check Process:

STEP 3: ACCESS TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

Upon arrival at the Seymour airport on Baltra Island, take the Lobitos service bus that will take you to the Itabaca Channel, where, aboard a barge, you will cross to Santa Cruz Island to take buses or taxis that will take you to Puerto Ayora in a journey of approximately 45 minutes.

 

The cost for the transfer is $5.00 from Baltra to the Itabaca Canal on the Lobito Bus - Duration 10 minutes.
The ferry or barge that you must take to cross to the other side of the Itabaca canal costs $1.00 - Duration 10 minutes.

When you have crossed to the other side of the Itabaca channel on Santa Cruz Island, to reach Puerto Ayora, where the largest number of tourist establishments and activities are concentrated, you have two options: get around by bus or taxi.

STEP 4: HEADING TO THE RED BOOBY HOTEL

Any means of transportation you have chosen Bus or Taxi to get to our Hotel Red Booby establishment.

  • If you had your tour by Bus, it stops at the Malecón of Puerto Ayora. From the Malecón to the hotel it is just 5 minutes from the Red Booby Hotel.
  • If you take a taxi, you will be arriving at the Red Booby Hotel in approximately half an hour.

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