17 December 2009
Galapagos Cruising Permit / Autografo
Steven
There are all kinds of rumours circulating about the rules governing private vessels visiting the Galapagos islands. We have met a few cruisers who insist that we would not be eligible for a cruising permit or that such permits exist only in theory but in practice are not issued. Others assure us that there is no problem. The official word from Tripp at Puerto Amistad is that no one knows.
Scream applied for a cruising permit for the Galapagos island by email. We sent scanned images of our passport and boat registrations to Bolivar Pesantes (naugala at hotmail dot com) along with the following information:
Name of Boat / Nombre del barco:
Ship’s Flag / Buques de bandera:
Registration Number /Número de Registro:
Length in meters / Longitud en metros:
Width in meters / Ancho en metros:
Depth in meters / Profundidad en metros:
Gross Tonnage /Tonelaje Bruto:
Color:
Propulsion / De propulsión, motor o vela:
Captain’s Name / Nombre Capitanes:
Crew Names / Los nombres de la tripulación:
Arrival Port / Puerto de llegada:
Arrival Date / Fecha de llegada:
Departure Date / Fecha de salida:
Length of stay in days / Duración de la estancia, número de días:
Type of Visit / Tipo de visita: Tourist-Only ports or Populated Centers
We were informed by email about one week after we sent our information that our permit has been approved!
The fees will be:
- Cruising Permit / Autografo $300 (includes agent’s fee)
- Immigration $30 per person (may not apply as we’re arriving from Ecuador)
- Quarantine Inspection $30
- National Parks Fee $100 per person
So not quite $600 for the two of us, all of which is to be paid in cash upon arrival.
More information about cruising the Galapagos is available at Yachtpals.
2 Comments currently posted.
dad ensslen says:
SV Tula says:
Darusha and Steven,
I follow your blogs regularly and enjoy them and keeping up with your progress. Michelle and I wish you the very best for 2010. You are both living all our dreams. We both have just returned from skippering a 47 foot Leopard cat in the Grenadines with 8 people on board. Had a great time. Tame compared with your adventures. I enjoyed the video of the peacock and the sloth(?).
Keep up the reporting and keep safe,
Good luck from Mich, me and the Calgary BCA Chapter
Captain Pedro
talk about a money making racket!!!
sorry to hear that.
and that in a poor part of the world
too bad
i bet the people that fly in are not stiffed like that
can’t you pirate the galapagos?