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Two national airlines: TAME and Aerogal, run daily flights to both of Galapagos’ principal airports: Baltra (Santa Cruz) and San Cristobal.
Access to Isabela is easier from Baltra. From Baltra, there are two ways to get to Isabela: Air or sea.
Air: EMETEBE is Galapagos’ inter-island air operators. Their 8-seater plane takes 20 minutes to reach Isabela and leaves from Baltra at 12:30pm
The return flight leaves at 8:30am. One Way: $155, Return: $260
Sea: First you must get to Puerto Ayora docks about an hour from Baltra airport. Take the free airline bus from the airport to the Canal (10 mins). Once there a ferry will take you across the canal to Santa Cruz for $1 (5 mins). From the other side you can take either a bus ($2) or a taxi ($15) to Puerto Ayora (40 mins). Boats called ‘fibras’ leave Puerto Ayora docks at 2pm every day. The crossing is 2 ˝ hours and costs $30. Boats leave Isabela at 6am in order to make same-day flight connections from Baltra
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