Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2018 | Page 346

GETTING TO
HAITI
Flights into Port-Au-Prince
From the USA
American Airlines, Jet Blue, and
United Airways from Miami &
New York requires an overnight
stay if travelling into these
airports from another city.
Sunrise Airways flies from
Florida to Port-Au-Prince.
www.experiencehaiti.org
Haiti’s creole name is Ayiti which
means mountainous land.
Haiti was first inhabited by the Taino
and Arawak people, then later by
African slaves brought in by the
French.
Haiti was the first black republic in
the world.
The island Haiti occupies is called
Hispaniola.
AA flies from Miami to Cap-
Haïtien airport in the north
From Canada
Air Transat from Montreal
From France
Air Caraibes from Paris Orly
Air France via Guadeloupe
Dominican Republic
Sunrise Airways www.
sunriseairways.net (twice a day).
You can fly into Punta Cana
or Peurto Plata and then drive
to Santo Domingo and stay
overnight.
Cuba
Sunrise Airways
A valid passport is mandatory
but no visa is required for stays
less than 90 days. All foreign
passport holders travelling to
Haiti must pay a tourist fee set
at $10.00 at the airport.
Click here for more
information on travelling to
Haiti.
Photo Credit: Rémi Kaupp