• Regular flights from either LAN, TAME and AEROGAL airlines are available into Baltra Island, where the archipelago’s main airport is located. From there, you may choose to come by boat or small plane, and although both experiences are highly recommended as they each present a unique view of the Galapagos, perhaps flying into Isabela for the first time is not only quicker and slightly easier, but offers an incomparable bird’s eye view of the island complex itself.
• If you choose to fly, seek out the EMETEBE airline’s post in Baltra airport. There are flights that depart regularly into Isabela, and the trip takes roughly about 25 minutes.
• Getting to Isabela by boat is a wonderful experience in itself.
• From the Baltra airport, take the bus to the ferries that cross into Puerto Ayora and, from there, take a speedboat, or “fibra” as they’re called locally, into Isabela. A 3 hour journey awaits as several islands from the archipelago pass by over the turquoise waters where pirates once sailed for shelter, and coastal birds swoop to hunt the schools of fish that swim beneath.