Seeing Galapagos From The Air
We decided to fly back from the island of Isabela to the island of Baltra so as to return to the island of Santa Cruz instead of taking the 2-hour (very) rough boat ride across the Pacific Ocean during the garua season. There’s only one airline carrier plying the routes in Galapagos - Emetebe. We booked our flight at the Emetebe office behind Hotel Albermarle, and were lucky to get the last 2 seats on the 9-seater plane.
This plane fits only 9 people including the pilot himself. There’s only a small space to contain all our luggage.
That’s the cockpit
A chance to see Galapagos from the sky!
The flight was very smooth despite our initial reservations. We hope though that Emetebe would consider changing or upgrade these small planes sometime in the near future.
A volcanic island
Seeing Galapagos from the air is different from seeing it on the ground. It’s amazing how much of Galapagos is still untouched despite pockets of tourism.
The flight is worth every penny
Such clear waters
About to land…
Touching down on Baltra island
Our first sighting of a Land Iguana on Baltra
From Baltra, we had to wait quite a while for a bus to take us to the tip of the island where we had to take a 10-min ferry to the island of Sanata Cruz. Once there, we then sat through a 30-min bus ride to the town of Puerto Ayora where we had booked a house for the remaining days in Galapagos.
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