Go Galapagos on your own

Go Galapagos on your own

Going to Galapagos on your own is what I make a title for people. I think the dream of every traveler is meet once in your life destinations that have been more appointed by travelers around the world but one of the places most visited by foreigners worldwide is Galapagos Islands.

I usually like to travel by ourselves due to I want to walk out on my path and not on the expense of a Travel Agency or Operator. I also want to learn about travel tips already walked through these places in order to take advantage the most of my trip and avoid the drawbacks.

So in this post I want to tell people who want to save their time and money, and learn how to travel in the Galapagos Islands on their own ways.

First of all I would like to advise local guides as the destination of the trip that is to make your flight arrival is in San Cristobal where is the capital of the islands and return from Baltra to Guayaquil.

Guayaquil - San Cristobal

San Cristobal - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz - Isabela

Isabela - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz - Baltra

Baltra - Guayaquil

when you are in the San Cristobal, let I tell you about your spending that you do is lodging and food as the places you can meet on your own.

What does it cost for traveling in Galapagos on your own

When you were there some of your budget that can be handled within your trip to the different islands.

USD 180-250 airplane to Ecuador Passage (Round Trip) Airlines: Tame - LAN - Avianca

USD 350-450 aircraft for Foreign Passage (Round Trip) Airlines: Tame - LAN - Avianca

USD 6 National Park entrance fee for Ecuatorianos (This payment you do just off the plane)

USD 100 Entrance to National Park for Foreign Tourists (Equal pay him off the plane)

USD 50 National Park entrance fee for Mercosur and the Andean Community (Similar, the pay off the plane)

USD 20 Cartilla Migration / This you must buy it at the airport or you sell when entering the island migration is required to buy it and fill it.

USD 15 Food / Breakfast USD 3 to USD 4 - Lunch USD 4 - Snack USD 8 (often lunch money do not use it because the tour will include lunch that keeps you full until Snack)

USD 20 Lodging / Hotels and Hostels There you can get in 20 always asking the simplest, and most come with air conditioning for the season from December to May where the heat is unbearable we commented on the premises.

USD 30 Transfer / Go from one island to another will cost USD 30 which takes 2 hours to go from island to island this is just a transfer, not tour. Less than Santa Cruz to Baltra is a channel that costs USD 5. You must calculate your budget based on the islands angers San Cristobal to Santa Cruz Santa Cruz then back to Isabela Isabela and Santa Cruz to miss out on $ 90.

NOTE: All children pay half of the tours and transfer from island to island.

Tours in Isla Santa Cruz

USD 10 - Taxi per hour / Full Day / To go places on their own as in Santa Cruz you can hire a taxi which are white vans to Los Gemelos, the lava tunnels and the Rancho de las Tortugas normally that what beams in 2 to 3 hours and if you divide it accompanied.

USD 35 - Tour Bay / A boat trip to the outskirts of Santa Cruz Island, visits the beach dogs, the crack of love, also do a little snorkeling to finish in the cracks where the water is not cold like the rest of the island and can make fixed.

FREE - Turtle Bay: One of the best beaches around Galapagos, no doubt. You come walking down a trail, 45 minutes. Closes at 5 pm. You get to a beach where surfing is popular but it is impossible to bathe. The fine white sand, beautiful. Walk along the beach to the tip, about 10 minutes. You come to a small path, and find turtle bay, hidden. Many people bathing in the calm waters. transparent water without depth. Ideal for children.

Tours on Isabela Island

USD 3 x Time - Bike / Full day / To go places on their own in Isabela can rent a bike for the day and go out tomorrow and do the tour Wetlands, La Playita, Playa del Amor, and Western Wall Lagrimas then get some rest on the beach and eat something to go to the turtle breeding center that is open until 5pm and a few meters is the well of the Flamingos.

USD 40 - Tour to Tintoreras / half day / This tour you do on Isabela Island where they make a trip to an island where you see marine iguanas, sea lions and sharks Sharks after that take you snorkel.

USD 90 - Tour Tunnels of Cape Rosa / Full day / This tour is great because you're going to first to a rock called the union and see birds with blue feet, then go to the tunnels take a tour and see a little more blue-footed and then make a place where if you're lucky swim with sharks sharks phenomenal snorkel.

USD 45 - Tour Volcano Sierra Negra / We did not go as I had to walk 2 hours there and 2 hours coming though it is the widest in the world's second volcano, but hey this is good choice for those who like hiking.

FREE - Shell Pearl / A place in Isabela where you can snorkel and swim with fish and sea lions nearby, the water is super clear and that is to bring your own snorkel or rent.

Tours on other islands

USD 90 - Tour to Floreana / is a tour full day where is the island that has more stories of all and is one of the two island that has its own side of fresh water and can also be very close to the turtles, and I you do the best fish and snorkel if you're lucky like ours have the penguins, stingrays and sea lions swimming near you.

USD 150 - Tour to North Seymour / We were not but say you have four colonies of sea lions, frigates, the land iguanas and blue-footed birds.

USD 170 - Tour Bartolome / We were not, but told us that there is nothing beautiful scenery alone makes it worthwhile to visit her.

Go to other island you can only do it with cruises that can be 4 days $ 500 to $ 800 depending on the boat you go if not more.

You can go Galapagos on your own without relying on an agency or operator just need a little common sense to find the right people that will help you get things according to the budget that you drive. I leave this link different databases tourist Serbians authorized by the Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador