Baltra Island (Departure)
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Baltra Island (Departure)
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SITE OVERVIEW
After spending your pleasant days in Galapagos and you are returning to Guayaquil or Quito from Baltra, you must take into account certain recommendations. If your trip was aboard a yacht and on the same day that your trip ends, you return to the mainland, the company in charge of your cruise will normally provide and makes the bus service's arrangements to go to the Itabaca Channel, then cross by ferry to Baltra and finally, by bus go to the airport of Baltra Island. This whole journey takes at least a couple of hours, so you must coordinate with your naturalist guide the departure time from Puerto Ayora. In case your trip ends in Baltra, the trip to the airport is much faster (approximately 15 minutes) than from Puerto Ayora. You must disembark at Aeolian Bay and wait for a bus to the airport. The Naturalist Guide of your yacht will give you the corresponding indications. Be clear that the bus you take on Baltra Island counts USD $ 5.00 per person.
Destination | Baltra Island |
Activities | • Shopping • Flights check-in • Photography |
Inhabitants | Yes |
Type of Landing | Dry landing |
Tours Allowed | Land based or cruise ship |
LOCATION
FAUNA
Lava gull | Leucophaeus fuliginosus - E |
Swallow-tailed gull | Creagrus furcatus |
Sally lightfoot crab | Grapsus grapsus - N |
Galapagos sea lion | Zalophus wollebaeki - E |
Magnificent frigatebird | Fregata magnificens magnificens |
Blue footed booby | Sula nebouxii - ES |
Lava heron | Butorides sundevalli |
Marine iguana | Amblyrhynchus cristatus - E |
Galapagos land iguana | Conolophus subcristatus |
Small ground finch | Geospiza fuliginosa - E |
FLORA
Palo santo | Bursera_graveolens - N |
Dwarf palo santo | Bursera graveolens malacophylla - ES |
Prickly pear cactus | Opuntia cactaceae - E |
Muyuyu | Cordia lutea - N |
Mesquite | Prosopis juliflora - N |
Poison apple tree | Hippomane mancinella - N |
Red mangrove | Rhizophora mangle - N |
White mangrove | Laguncularia racemosa - N |
Black mangrove | Avicennia germinans - N |
Saltbush | Cryptocarpus pyriformis - N |
Palo verde | Parkinsonia aculeata - N |
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