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SECURITY POLICIES

You are visiting a National Park that is a World Natural Heritage Site and the entry and exit of products that may affect its biodiversity is regulated by the control authorities.

Learn more about this process by visiting the website of the Agency for Regulation and Control of Biosafety and Quarantine for Galapagos, ABG.

https://bioseguridadgalapagos.gob.ec/lista-de-productos/

PROHIBITED ITEMS IN THE CABIN

For safety reasons, the following items are prohibited in the aircraft cabin and in security restricted areas:

A. Light firearms, firearms and other devices that launch projectiles designed to cause serious injury by launching a projectile or that can be mistaken for such devices.

  • 1. Firearms of all types, including pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns.
  • 2. Toy firearms, replicas and imitations of firearms that can be mistaken for real firearms.
  • 3. Parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights.
  • 4. Compressed air and carbon dioxide weapons, including pistols, pellet guns, fuse guns and spherical pellet guns
  • 5. Pistols for flares and starters
  • 6. Bows, crossbows and arrows
  • 7. Harpoons and spears
  • 8. Slings or slingshots and catapults.

B. Stunning devices specifically designed to stun or immobilize.

  • 1.Devices to cause concussion, such as electric fenders and electric batons.
  • 2. Stun machines for stunning and killing animals.
  • 3. Disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and aerosols, such as mace, dry pepper or chili sprays, acid sprays, animal repellents and tear gas.

C. Sharp-edged or pointed objects that can be used to cause serious injury.

  • 1. Cutting and chopping objects, such as axes, hatchets, and cleavers.
  • 2. Ice axes and ice picks
  • 3. Razors, utility knives
  • 4. Knives with blades longer than 6 cm.
  • 5. Scissors with blades longer than 6 cm measured from the fulcrum.
  • 6. Martial arts equipment with pointed objects or sharp edges
  • 7. Swords and sabers

D. Work tools that can be used to cause serious injury or to threaten the operational safety of the aircraft.

  • 1. Iron crowbars.
  • 2. Drills and augers, which include portable electric drills.
  • 3. Tools with blades or shafts longer than 6 cm that can be used as a weapon, such as screwdrivers, chisels, etc.
  • 4. Saws, including portable electric saws.
  • 5. Torches
  • 6. Tightening of tire nuts and pneumatic guns.

E. Blunt instruments that can be used to cause serious injury by striking.

  • 1. Baseball and softball bats
  • 2. Batons and clubs, such as truncheons, nightsticks and spikes.
  • 3. Martial arts equipment.

F. Explosives and flammable substances and devices that can be used to cause serious injury or threaten the operational safety of the aircraft.

  • 1. Munitions
  • 2. Explosives
  • 3. Detonators and fuses
  • 4. Replicas or imitations of explosive devices.
  • 5. Mines, grenades and other military explosive articles.
  • 6. Pyrotechnic materials, including fireworks.
  • 7. Cartridges or other fumigant containers
  • 8. Dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives.

IMPORTANT

All users must bring their shipments (cargo) open to the checkpoints to facilitate their inspection.

X-RAY FOR CARRY-ON LUGGAGE

To prevent more introduced species from entering Galapagos and to protect its delicate ecosystems, hand luggage must undergo an additional inspection by the ABG (Agency for Regulation and Control of Biosecurity and Quarantine for Galapagos).

BAGGAGE RECLAIM AND
CANINE SECURITY

Luggage may be picked up after anti-narcotics detection dogs check the bags to prevent the entry of controlled substances.

Prohibited items will be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Galapagos Ecological Airport Security Program and may not be recovered after removal.