Travel Information

What You Need:

  • Bring passport. Visa is obtained at Port-Au-

  • Prince airport for citizens of all countries, except

  • China, Colombia, Dominican Republic &

  • Panama. Citizens of USA, Canada (just passport

  • and/or birth certificate).

  • Airport Tax: From USA $25US

  • Proof of U.S. Citizenship(birth certificate or

  • previous passport). Two recentphotographs

  • (2x2 inches color or black/white.)

  • Proof of identity (previous passport or valid

  • driver's license). Social Security number

  • Recommended Vaccine Shots: Malaria

CURRENCY:

  • Gourde: $1 = 39 gourdes (1/07) (see latest

  • rate & bills at Banque de la Republique

  • d'Haiti ("taux de change").

  • US dollar is accepted everywhere

  • Airports: (12, 4 paved)

  • 1. Mais Gate, Port-Au-Prince

  • 2. Cap Haitien Internationa

  • 3. Les Cayes

  • 4. Port-de-Paix

  • 5. Jacmel

  • 6. Pignon

  • By Boat:

  • Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines &Celebrity

  • Cruises go to Labadie (Labadee)near Cap-

  • Haïtien.

TRANSPORTATION WITHIN HAITI:

CAR RENTAL:

  • Rent SUVs for easier access to country roads,

  • especially during rainy season. Cost vary from

  • $100/day for small SUV to $140/day for large 7

  • passenger SUVs.

  • Best to hire a chauffeur at $140-$200/week

  • Car Rental Companies: SECOM (Tel: 225-71913

  • /info@secomhaiti.com)

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Asus Taxi

Asus Tours

Delmas 33 #8

1-877-544-0454 or 509-2816-6363

info@asushaiti.com

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TAXIS:

  • Cost vary: daily personal hire/rental

  • $100US/day?

  • Local trips around metropolitan capital

  • area: Avg $5 per trip. Taxis can be shared.

  • MotorCycle Taxis

PUBLIC:

  • Public buses to provincial cities; cost vary

  • Tap-Taps (decorated vans/buses) to move

  • around capital ($1/trip)

By Boat:

1. To LaGonav from P-A-P

2. To LaGonav from Montrouis

3. To Jeremie

By Air: (~$100)

  • Carib-Intair

  • Route de l'Aéroport, Port-au-Prince

  • 011-509-298-3038/ 011-509-225-02031

  • www.caribintair.com

  • - Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haïtien(North),

  • Pignon (North), Hinche (Central)and Dame

  • Marie (SW)

  • Air MAF

  • Tropical Airways:

  • From Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haïtien, Port-

  • de-Paix and Jeremie

By BUS:

  • Caribe Tours

  • Terra Bus

TEMPERATURE: Avg. 80 degrees

  • Drink bottled water ONLY.

HOW TO DRESS:

  • Most Haitian Christians dress conservatively.

  • Men and women do not wear shorts to church.Women wear knee-length dresses, skirts and do not wear pants to church. Men do not wear earrings. Be sensitive to these things.

TRANSPORTATION TO HAITI:

(prices as of 01/2007)

By Plane:

FROM USA:

IMMUNIZATIONS

Hepatitis A: All travelers should be up-to-date on this vaccination.

Hepatitis B: Important for those visiting the island for 6 months or more or having intimate contact with local residents,

Typhoid: Travelers eating outside of hotels and restaurants should consider having this vaccination.

Rabies: People who may have contact with local animals should have this.

Malaria: Rx pills

Routine immunizations: All travelers should be up-to-date on tetanus-diphtheria, measles-mumps-rubella, polio, and varicella immunizations.

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TELEPHONE

Area Code: 509

Cellular phones on Haiti operate at the same frequency as those in the USA, which is 1900 MHZ. It's best to buy/rent a local cell phone or sim card.

Main providers:

Digicel

Voila

  • ($470 from Newark, NJ)

  • American Airlines :

  • Ave. Marie-Jeanne, Port-au-Prince, Tél : 223-

  • 13414, Daily 4hrs flight from JFK to P-A-P

  • (4hrs): Round Trip ticket cost from $420 to

  • $550 & or from Miami to P-A-P ( 2 hrs)

  • $290-$410.

  • Lynx Air:

  • 1-888-lynx air, 3 flights/week to Cap-Haitien

  • from Miami and Fort Lauderdale (Round trip

  • ticket $366 -$453). Cargo: ~$1.50/lb

  • Air France:

  • From Miami (RT $120-$160)

  • Copa Airlines:

  • From New York to Panama to Port-au-

  • Prince ($388-$411), 7hrs

  • Haitian Aviation Line SA (Halisa Air)

  • Haiti National Airlines (HanAir)

  • Spirit Airline:

  • Starting March '07 - From Fort-Lauderdale

  • to Port-Au-Prince (Round Trip ~$186)

  • FROM CANADA:

    • Air Canada: Round Trip Flights from

    • Montreal, Quebec City - 4hrs ($545 - $710)

  • FROM EUROPE:

  • FROM LATIN AMERICA:

    • Copa Airlines:

    • - Panama to Port-Au-Prince, 1hr30mns

    • (from $273-$435)

    • - Also from any Latin America's capital

    • cities through Panama ($435+)

  • FROM THE CARIBBEAN:

    • Aero Caribbean:

    • From Havana to Port-Au-Prince (Round

    • Trip=$378-$502)

    • Air Caraibes: From Guadeloupe (Round

    • Trip= €478 - €675)

    • Tropical Airways d'Haiti:

    • From Bahamas and Turks and CaicosIslands

    • to Port-Au-Prince & Cap-Haitien.

    • Sky King Airlines:

    • From Turks & Caicos to Cap-Haitien($370, 1h15mns)