Galapagos Island Transfer: Airport-Hotel with Giant Tortoise Visit

Optimize your time in Galapagos with our airport-hotel transfer that includes a visit to the giant tortoise reserve and lava tunnels. Save a day and make the most of your stay!

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Galápagos Ecologic Airport - Upon arrival at the Galapagos airport on Baltra Island, you must present your documents and pay the entrance fee to the Galapagos National Park, after which you can take your luggage and upon your departure our guide will be waiting for you with a sign with your name.
    From here our guide will assist you at all times and…
What's Included
  • Entrance to the Lava Tunnels
  • Guided tour with a bilingual Galapagos National Park-certified guide
  • Private transportation from Itabaca Channel to the hotel
  • Visit to see giant tortoises
  • Transportation ticket from the Airport to Itabaca Channel
  • Ferry ticket for Itabaca Channel crossing
What's Not Included
  • Tips
  • Feeding
Additional Information

Make the most of your Galapagos trip!
You can efficiently utilize your time by visiting the oversized tortoise reserve and lava tunnels immediately after you land. Generally, the transport taking you from the airport is direct and without halts, with a return trip the following day to the top of the island for the tortoise and tunnel tours, robbing you…

Location
Galápagos Ecologic Airport
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ashley_w
Jan 18, 2025
Best tour ever! - This was the best tour experience I have ever had! We learned so much and not just about where we toured but also about the people the island and the way of being on this unique and beautiful place.
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Dominique_r
Jan 14, 2025
Informative airport transfer tour! - Ricardo was on time to greet us at Baltra. He is a friendly, polite, and knowledgeable guide with a good sense of humor. We highly recommend this airport pick up option especially if you have limited time on Santa Cruz. On the way to our hotel we stopped at Los Gemelos, lava tunnels and Rancho Primicias giant tortoise reserve. We had a fresh good snack (empanadas) at the reserve. Carlos was a good and helpful driver. Definitely recommend this option as an efficient way to use your time if you don’t plan to go north again on the island.
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Steve_r
Jan 7, 2025
Best way from airport to town. - Great plane to hotel excursion. We wanted to see the giant tortoises in the wild as part of our journey from the airport on Beltran to Puerto Ayora. This excursion combined dedicated transportation with an informative trip. Our guide Andy was excellent and engaged our late-teen grandsons in educational experiences. Highly recommend.
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Heather_c
Jan 2, 2025
Family Transfer - Our guide was wonderful! She was waiting for my family with our name on a board once we cleared customs at the airport. She helped us onto the bus, then the boat, then a private ride towards our hotel. On the way we stopped to see a crater, the huge tortoises, and a quick drive through the town so we knew where things were. We saw most of Santa Cruz Island just from this transfer and I highly recommend this company!
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Samantha_m
Nov 14, 2024
Fun and easy tour! - This trip was easy and allowed us to explore the island before checking into our hotel. Our guide Jefferson was knowledgeable and took time at the end of the trip to drive through town and point out place to eat and shop. Great experience!
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Ethrivrav
Apr 12, 2024
A great Galapagos tour with a great guide - Taking this tour was the perfect way to start our trip to the Galapagos. The tour guide, Ricardo Loor, was excellent and was waiting right there at the Baltra airport to pick us up, even after our flight time was changed to arrive an hour earlier. They track your flight to make sure they are there when you arrive. The bus fee and ferry fee were included in the tour price. Ricardo was very helpful throughout the tour, giving us time to eat lunch and when one of our group forgot her gifts at the tortoise reserve, Ricardo called the place and had someone bring it back to us. Ricardo is also a fountain of knowledge and can answer any question you have about the Galapagos and was helpful in getting us the best photos of the tortoises. All in all, a great trip!
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Christina_j
Dec 30, 2023
Excellent tour with Jefferson! - We were picked up at the airport by our guide, Jefferson, and he helped us with the whole process of getting to our hotel. On the way, we stopped to see the giant tortoises and lava tunnels in the highlands. We really enjoyed the tour and it was made even better by Jefferson. He was super friendly and knowledgeable (and also very patient with our young daughter!). We highly recommend this tour and if you can, request Jefferson as your guide because you won’t be disappointed!
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Veronica_s
Dec 18, 2023
Great Introduction to Galapagos Hot Spots - My family of five really enjoyed our tour with Andres. He was extremely knowledgeable, kind, and had a wonderful personality. He made sure we were comfortable from the moment we met him at the airport, was able to accommodate all requests, and find the perfect pace/groove for a mixed ability group. Andres spoke great English and had an answer for every question we asked and was also very savvy and helpful with other recommendations and suggestions for activities and restaurants in town. We would highly recommended this tour and Andres to anyone visiting!
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691analiab
Sep 3, 2023
Excellent tour and a great time saver! - Great tour. After taking several planes to get to Baltra airport, it was nice not to be thinking about how to get to the hotel. We also appreciated the amount of time we saved by visiting the space where the giant tortoises live. The guide was amazing. The visit to the tunnel was also very interesting. We really enjoyed the tour.
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Stephanie_w
Aug 18, 2023
Wonderful day in Santa Cruz - We had a wonderful time with our tour guide, Ricardo, and our driver Carlos. Ricardo was very knowledgeable and went above and beyond when I misplaced my luggage. He found my missing luggage and waited with me while a currier brought my missing bag. Wonderful experience.
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