Air Tickets

One of the ingredients of a expensive Galapagos Trip recipe is the air ticket. Well, until two or three years ago the only air company was the the goberment TAME (Transporte Aèreos Militares Ecuatorianos). The company has 3 prices: one for the Galapagos Settlement (which is very cheap), the second for the ecuatorians and the last rate for foreigners. According to tame web site https//:www.tame.com.ec the price of an air ticket round trip Quito - Baltra is:

PASAJERO INTERNACIONAL WEB

1

$332.00

$52.04

$384.04

The situation of the islands are changing a lot. In this moment, we have 4 companies that are operating Galapagos route: TAME, AEROGAL, LAN and ICARO. The result better prices and competition. LAN: http://www.lan.com/es_ec/sitio_personas/promociones/ecuador/20100728_galapagos.html?otid=315406&Email_OID=banner_nuevas_rutas_glps&Email_PageName=20101124_vd_domesticos_EC#; is offering round trip to the Islands a great price.

With a final price of 199 dollars you can take the airplane from Quito or Guayaquil. This is for limited time but, you must be eager to check always between the air companies for special prices and promotions.

The conditions for this ticket are:
Tarifa válida para emitir hasta 08 de diciembre del 2010.
No permite cambios antes del comienzo del viaje.
No permite cambios después del comienzo del viaje.
No permite devoluciones antes del comienzo del viaje.
Tarifa sujeta a disponibilidad de clase y vuelos.

Included taxes.

Flight Times and Prices

» Quito - Galapagos (Baltra airport) - Quito

Day	Departure	Arrival	Airline	Flight #	Low Season	High Season
Mon	07:50	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$369	$425
Mon	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423
Tue	07:50	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$369	$425
Tue	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423
Wed	07:50	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$369	$425
Wed	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423
Thu	07:50	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$369	$425
Thu	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423
Fri	07:50	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$369	$425
Fri	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423
Sat	06:45	9:10	AEROGAL	38	$369	$425
Sat	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423
Sat	09:30	11:40	TAME	193	$367	$423
Sat	09:45	12:10	AEROGAL	34	$369	$425
Sun	06:45	9:10	AEROGAL	38	$369	$425
Sun	07:50	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$369	$425
Sun	08:45	11:00	TAME	191	$367	$423

Low season goes from May 01-June 14 / Sep 15-Oct 31
High season goes from Jan 01-Apr 30 / Jun 15-Sep 14 / Nov 01-Dec 31

*Subject to change without notice

Quito - Galapagos (San Cristobal airport) - Quito

Day	Departure	Arrival	Airline	Flight #	Low Season	High Season
Mon	9:45	11:55	AEROGAL	30	$369	$425
Tue	9:45	11:55	AEROGAL	30	$369	$425
Wed	9:30	11:30	TAME	195	$367	$425
Thu	9:30	11:30	TAME	195	$367	$423
Thu	9:45	11:55	AEROGAL	30	$369	$425
Fri	9:30	11:30	TAME	195	$367	$423
Sat	10:15	12:45	AEROGAL	36	$369	$425
Sat	13:00	15:00	TAME	195	$367	$423
Sun	10:15	12:45	AEROGAL	36	$369	$425

Low season goes from May 01-June 14 / Sep 15-Oct 31 High season goes from Jan 01-Apr 30 / Jun 15-Sep 14 / Nov 01-Dec 31

*Subject to change without notice
» Guayaquil - Galapagos (Baltra airport) - Guayaquil
Day	Departure	Arrival	Airline	Flight #	Low Season	High Season
Mon	9:10	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$332	$375
Mon	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Tue	9:10	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$332	$375
Tue	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Wed	9:10	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$332	$375
Wed	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Thu	9:10	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$332	$375
Thu	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Fri	9:10	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$332	$375
Fri	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Sat	8:30	9:10	AEROGAL	38	$332	$375
Sat	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Sat	11:00	11:40	TAME	193	$330	$375
Sat	11:30	12:10	AEROGAL	34	$332	$375
Sun	8:30	9:10	AEROGAL	38	$332	$375
Sun	9:10	9:50	AEROGAL	32	$332	$375
Sun	10:20	11:00	TAME	191	$330	$375
Low season goes from May 01-June 14 / Sep 15-Oct 31 High season goes from Jan 01-Apr 30 / Jun 15-Sep 14 / Nov 01-Dec 31
*Subject to change without notice
Guayaquil - Galapagos (San Cristobal airport) - Guayaquil
Day	Departure	Arrival	Airline	Flight #	Low Season	High Season
Mon	11:15	11:55	AEROGAL	30	$332	$375
Tue	11:15	11:55	AEROGAL	30	$332	$375
Wed	11:00	11:30	TAME	195	$330	$375
Thu	11:15	11:30	TAME	195	$330	$375
Thu	11:00	11:55	AEROGAL	30	$332	$375
Fri	11:00	11:30	TAME	195	$330	$375
Sat	12:00	12:45	AEROGAL	36	$332	$375
Sat	14:30	15:00	TAME	195	$330	$375
Sun	12:00	12:45	AEROGAL	36	$332	$375
Low season goes from May 01-June 14 / Sep 15-Oct 31 High season goes from Jan 01-Apr 30 / Jun 15-Sep 14 / Nov 01-Dec 31
*Subject to change without notice

Why Galapagos Islands Need to be expensive?

Everytime that I travel and I start to talk with the people about Galapagos Island, they express me the indeep wish to travel and visit the place that one time ago impressed and imspired the celebred British naturalist Charles Darwin. From 1.835 to today the nature chages were so little and most of the animal are very tame and curious to the humans.

But the problem that I always heard from many people is the expensive limitation of Galapagos. That disapoint me, because Galapagos Island not need to be that expensive. Galapagos is a UNESCO Natural Heritage of the Humanity from 1.978 and everybody have the right to visit the island in their own posibilities, and without affecting the fragile enviroment. So many tourist that visit Ecuador can not afford to go to that paradise because the prices or because they think that is expensive to travel according to the ad on internet. That is a big, Big, BIG pitty, because That is not completly true.

In this blog, I want to share many ways to travel cheap as you can, to my Home Islands without broken a law, affect tour operators, or so on; but maybe helping the Galapagos local economy and make you happy tyraveling unexpensive.