Air
TAME. Daily flights except Saturdays to
Quito [
US$25 one way]. Address: Situated on the road to La Tola.
Bus
Esmeraldas lacks a bus terminal, with companies scattered in the town. For
Quito, the psychotic drivers of
Aerotaxi gather at Sucre and 10 de Agosto for the route to Quito and Ibarra, also served by Trans Occidentales on 9 de Octubre and Sucre.
Trans La Costenita, on Malecon and 10 de Agosto has regular services for more local buses north and south along the coast.
To
Guayaquil, 7 hours, leaving every hour, [
US$5.50*]. To
Bahia de Caraquez, via
Sto. Domingo, [
US$6.80*]. To
Portoviejo, [
US$2.90*]. To
Manta, [
US$6.80*]. To
Quevedo, 6 hours. To
La Tola, 3
1/2 hours, [
US$1.80*]. To
San Lorenzo, 6 hours, daily, [
US$5.50*]. To
Muisne, 3
1/2 hours, every hour, [
US$1.70*]. To
Santo Domingo, 4 hours, [
US$2.50*]. To
Ambato, 8 hours, [
US$6.50*]. To
Sua,
Same and
Atacames, every few minutes. To
Quito, 5-6 hours, [US$4.80
*].
*The prices are approximately
| |Article contributed by Dominic Hamilton||| |
