Digital Declaration System to Enter the Galapagos Islands
From December 1st, travelers to the Galapagos Islands can now submit their Sworn Goods Declaration digitally, an alternative to the paper process.
– Submissions are required at least 48 hours before travel.
Passengers have two options:
First Option
– Guests must complete the declaration via declaracion.abgalapagos.gob.ec
Second Option
The Airport in Quito

1.- Please you must be in the airport (national departures area) 3:00 hours before the departure. The transfer Hotel –Airport will take around 1.5 hours. Please leave the hotel 4 hours before the flight.
2.- First, Go to TRANSIT CONTROL REGISTER COUNTER. There, show them your passport, and pay the 20$ in cash. They are going to give you TRANSIT CONTROL ID-Card with your personal information.

3.- In the same office, your luggage is going to be checked by x-rays.
4.- Then, go to the LATAM or AVIANCA COUNTER, and show them Transit Control Id Card, Passport, and e-ticket.
5.- Finally, go to the waiting room
The airport in Galapagos

1.- Please go to the Galapagos National Park Counter, the first one. And show them: Passport, Transit Control Id Card, and pay the 200$ (in cash) for the entrance.
2.- The guide is going to wait for you at the airport with an advice signal from the Yacht in case of a navigable tour and a signal with your name in case of a Land-Base tour.

NOTE: In case you are traveling on your own, after arriving in Galapagos you must take the Lobito bus($5) to get to the Itabaca channel and then take an aqua taxi ($1) to cross the channel. And after that, you can take a taxi or a bus to go down to the airport.
