Since December 1st, 2021 at 00H00 foreign tourists and for national tourists and/or residents of the Archipielago are as follows:

All passengers entering Galapagos, over 16 years of age must presents:

1.- A complete vaccination card, with at least 14 days of validity after completing the vaccination schedule; and

2.- A negative result of a qualitative real-time RT-PCR test performed up to 72 hours prior to boarding their flight to the Islands.

Ecuadorian Authorities announced new guidelines to enter the country and the maximum capacity in public and private places that will apply from Thursday, February 3 at 00:01 until Tuesday, February 8 at 23:59, in consideration of the evaluation made over the epidemiological situation of the country.

GUIDELINES TO ENTER THE COUNTRY.

The Ministry of Public Health was ordered to update the guidelines for entering the country with the following information:

All passengers entering the country, over 16 years of age, must present a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination card with at least 14 days of validity after completing the scheme and a negative result of an antigen test or the negative result of a qualitative RT-PCR test in real time carried out up to 72 hours prior to boarding to Ecuador. Crew members are exempt from these requirements.
For children between 2 and 16 years of age, they must present the negative result of an antigen test or the negative result of a qualitative RT-PCR test in real time performed up to 72 hours prior to departing to Ecuador.

Se dispuso al Ministerio de Salud Pública actualizar los lineamientos de ingreso a Ecuador continental e insular, eliminando el requisito de presentación del resultado negativo de las pruebas RT PCR o antígeno, y manteniendo como único requisito la presentación del certificado de vacunación para la Covid-19, con esquema completo

Ministerstwu Zdrowia Publicznego zlecono aktualizację wytycznych dotyczących wjazdu do kontynentalnego i wyspiarskiego Ekwadoru, eliminując konieczność okazywania negatywnego wyniku testu RT PCR lub testu antygenowego oraz zachowując okazywanie świadectwa szczepienia przeciwko Covid-19 jako jedynego wymagania., z pełnym schematem.

National Authorities instructed the Ministry of Health to update the guidelines for entering into continental and insular Ecuador, which come into effect from Friday, February 11, 2022 at 00:01, as follows::

Entry to mainland Ecuador

Any traveler over 3 years of age must present a mandatory vaccination certificate with QR code or COVID-19 vaccination card with at least 14 days of validity after completing the scheme, or a negative result of a qualitative RT-PCR test performed up to 72 hours prior to boarding to Ecuador. Passengers under 3 years of age will not present these requirements.
In addition, any person who enters mainland Ecuador by international air must present the Digital Traveler’s Health Declaration when boarding the plane, which is available at the following link: https://declaracionsalud-viajero.msp.gob.ec/, if the platform is not available, you must present a physical form. Travelers who fill out the digital form are no longer required to submit the form at the point of entry to the Ministry of Health.

Entrance to Galapagos

All travelers entering Galapagos, over 3 years of age, must present a mandatory vaccination certificate with QR code or COVID-19 vaccination card with at least 14 days of validity after completing the scheme, or a negative result of a qualitative RT-PCR test performed up to 72 hours prior to boarding to the Galapagos province. Any passenger under 3 years of age will not present these requirements.
Additionally, any domestic or foreign tourists entering Galapagos must present, the transit control card, issued by the Governing Council of the Galapagos Special Regime.

Explanatory:

The only test authorized for entering the country is a qualitative RT-PCR test.

Any passenger who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and after one month remains positive in a RT-PCR test, must present a medical certificate issued in the country of origin which guarantee the passenger is no longer in a contagious phase.