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Finch Bay is the best-scoring stay across the bay from Puerto Ayora. It runs its own airport transfer service, which it says handles the logistics, per the hotel. There’s a heated pool, a spa, a fitness space and a restaurant serving until 22:00.
Two things cost it. The transfer has no published fare, and breakfast is served without a word on whether it’s in the rate.
Getting there is part of it: a water taxi from the public dock, then a five-minute path. Book the transfer.
Book it if
- You want a pool and a spa the night before
- You want the hotel to handle the airport legs
- You’re travelling with children
Look elsewhere if
- You want breakfast confirmed in the rate
- You want to walk into town after dinner without a boat
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Finch Bay publishes and our own map estimates.
Galapagos Restaurant & Bar and a beachfront bar: lunch 11:00 to 18:00, dinner 18:30 to 22:00, plus room service, per the hotel.
Finch Bay offers its own transfer service, which it says handles the logistics of arrival. No fare is published. Ask it to take you back to Baltra airport, where your line’s guide meets you.
Served 06:15 to 10:00, per the hotel. It doesn’t say breakfast is in the rate.
It’s a water taxi to the public dock, then the road, the ferry and the airport bus to Baltra. Book the hotel’s transfer and let it do the legs.
No parking is mentioned. You’ll arrive by water taxi.
Night-Before Score: 49 of 100
Every point comes from Finch Bay’s own site; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Finch Bay is about 33.6 km from Baltra Airport in a straight line, and about 35.2 km from the Baltra dock. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Finch Bay recommends its own transfer service, which it says handles the logistics of getting you to the hotel. No fare is published. On your own, it’s the bus, the ferry and a bus or taxi to the Puerto Ayora dock, then a water taxi.
Finch Bay offers its own transfer service, which it says handles the logistics of arrival. No fare is published. Ask it to take you back to Baltra airport, where your line’s guide meets you.
From GPS without a hotel shuttle
From the airport it’s three legs: a bus to the Itabaca Channel, a ferry across (US$1, per the national park), then a bus (about US$2) or a pickup taxi (US$25 for up to four) to Puerto Ayora. The park calls the airport bus free; Quasar and Galapatours put it at about US$5. The airport page has the fares, the fees and the timing.
No parking is mentioned. You’ll arrive by water taxi.
Parking for your stay: Not mentioned.
Finch Bay offers its own transfer service, which it says handles the logistics of arrival. No fare is published. Ask it to take you back to Baltra airport, where your line’s guide meets you.
Flying in the morning you sail? The lines we checked are built for it: they meet the morning flights at the airport. the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
the Baltra dockMeasured to the Baltra dock, where Celebrity and Lindblad bus you from the airport to board, Finch Bay is about 35.2 km away in a straight line, and about 950 m from the Puerto Ayora pier. Between Santa Cruz and Baltra sits the Itabaca Channel, crossed by ferry, so every trip to the ship includes a boat. Celebrity says its ships don’t come pier-side; you board by tender. The Baltra cruise guide has the rest.
Source: celebritycruises.comDistance
~35.2 km, straight lineAbout 35.2 km from the Baltra dock in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Not statedNo bus runs to the door. The airport bus goes only as far as the Itabaca Channel; then it’s the ferry and a bus or a pickup taxi on Santa Cruz, per the national park.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedNo parking is mentioned. You’ll arrive by water taxi.
In town
No car to parkParking isn’t a question here. You can’t drive to Baltra: you fly in from Guayaquil or Quito, and your line’s guide meets you at the airport. No cruise parking is published anywhere on Santa Cruz.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteGalapagos Restaurant & Bar and a beachfront bar: lunch 11:00 to 18:00, dinner 18:30 to 22:00, plus room service, per the hotel.
Breakfast
Depends on the rateServed 06:15 to 10:00, per the hotel. It doesn’t say breakfast is in the rate.
Address
Punta Estrada, across the bay from townPunta Estrada, Puerto Ayora, a short water-taxi ride across the bay from the public dock (no street address published)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Finch Bay and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm whether breakfast is included, the transfer fare, check-in and check-out times, room count, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Served 06:15 to 10:00, per the hotel. It doesn’t say breakfast is in the rate.
Parking for your stay
Not mentioned
Pool
A heated pool overlooking the ocean, by the beach, per the hotel.
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Food and drink on site
- Galapagos Restaurant & BarLunch 11:00–18:00, dinner 18:30–22:00
- Beachfront bar
- Room service
Rooms
Two categories, Finch Bay Suites and Finch Bay Rooms, with showers and no bathtubs, per the hotel. No room count is published.
Accessibility
Finch Bay’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Next to the only public beach in Puerto Ayora, per the hotel
- Free snorkel gear; shorty wetsuits US$15 per person per stay
- Laundry at extra cost
- Reached by water taxi and about 5 minutes on foot from the hotel dock
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Water taxi to and from town.
- Breakfast inclusion isn’t stated.
- No published transfer fare.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether breakfast is included
- The transfer fare
- Check-in and check-out times
- Room count
Every hotel fact here comes from Finch Bay’s own site, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins, and almost every pin is our estimate from a street address or less.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Finch Bay: the Baltra (Santa Cruz) cruise guide and our Galápagos cruise guide.
A heated pool across the bay, then the hotel’s ride to Baltra.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Finch Bay for the night before. No payment on the form.
Finch Bay FAQ
Does Finch Bay Galapagos Hotel offer an airport transfer?
Yes. The hotel recommends its own transfer service, which it says handles the logistics of arrival. It doesn’t publish a fare.
How do you get to Finch Bay Hotel?
From the Puerto Ayora public dock, take a water taxi to the hotel’s dock, then walk about five minutes on a signed path, per the hotel.
Is breakfast included at Finch Bay?
The hotel serves it from 06:15 to 10:00 but doesn’t say it’s in the rate. Ask when you book.
Does Finch Bay have a pool?
Yes, a heated pool overlooking the ocean, per the hotel.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Finch Bay, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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