Talk:Puerto Ayora
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It is often unclear to tourists what to expect upon arrival in Baltra. Expect to pay a 100 dollar park entrance fee immediately in the airport terminal. Once you have recovered your luggage you need to get on a bus at the front of the airport, this is first come first serve so be prepared. The 10-minute bus ride takes you to a small ferry that crosses the narrow strait to Santa Cruz. From there you will take one more bus for an hour through the center of the island to Puerto Ayora. All these providers charge a small fare. Be sure to bring small change.
The vast majority of tourists arrive with reservations already made for a charter vessel. If you plan to look for a boat on arrival, just walk the main street and inquire in any of the many charter offices around town. In the busy season, however, be prepared to wait up to a week for a space. Puerto Ayora itself has the Charles Darwin Research Station, some tourist shops and some restaurants and bars. Tortuga Bay, a long white sand beach just outside of town, is a good site to view marine iguanas, rock pools and seabirds, as are the Las Grietas swimming fissures. Outside of town are the lava tubes, horseback riding, tortoise reserves, scuba diving, etc.
A new and very important action to reduce the human impact in the Galapagos Islands, and the population growing, is the april 2005 deportation process started by the Ecuadorian government, to extract 5000 people who live in Galapagos without permission and create a threat to the environment with the solid and liquid garbage management. The process must end in 2006.
The first two paragraphs were to much of a how to guide on tourism. The last part about the deportation process is a bit unclear and needs some sources.--Isotope23 20:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)