How to Get There
To join us for Aqua Mare’s cruise itineraries, guests must arrive at Seymour Airport (GPS) on Baltra Island. We recommend a flight by LATAM Airlines which flies every Friday from Quito, Ecuador via the city of Guayaquil.
How to Get to Baltra Island
Destination Airport: Seymour Airport (GPS)
The Galapagos Islands can only be reached via a domestic flight within Ecuador. LATAM Airlines operates flights from Quito or Guyaquil which arrive on the day of Aqua Mare’s departure.
LATAM LA1415 departs from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) in Quito, Ecuador at 08:50 AM every Friday. The flight has a stop-over at Jose Joaquin Olmedo Airport (GYE) in Guayaquil, following which it arrives at Seymour Airport (GPS) on Baltra Island at 11:28 AM. Guests may also choose to board the flight at Guayaquil.
Those arriving at Quito or Guayaquil via an international flight will need to stay there overnight before departing for Galapagos the following morning.
Embarkation
Upon arrival at Seymour Airport on Baltra Island, guests will make their way to Aqua Mare through one of the following routes, depending on their itinerary:
7-night East itinerary and 14-night East & West itinerary
Meeting Point: Arrival terminal, Seymour Airport (GPS), 12:30 PM
Guests will be welcomed by the Aqua Mare team at Seymour Airport and escorted on a short cross island transfer to the jetty. Following this, they will board Aqua Mare at around 01:00 PM.
7-night West itinerary and 14-night West & East itinerary
Meeting Point: Arrival terminal, Seymour Airport (GPS), 12:30 PM
Guests arriving on our recommended flight will be escorted on a cross-island van and ferry transfer from Seymour Airport to Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island.
Those making separate flight arrangements will have to come directly to Gus Angermeyer dock by 03:00 PM on the day of Aqua Mare’s departure.
Disembarkation
7-night East itinerary and 14-night West & East itinerary
Guests will disembark Aqua Mare at Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island. Following this, they will be taken on a cross-island van and ferry transfer to Seymour Airport (GPS).
7-night West itinerary and 14-night East & West itinerary
Guests will disembark Aqua Mare at Baltra Island and be taken on a short land transfer to Seymour Airport.
