diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bf3f1989..671b77b77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- `Surrogate` base class now exposes a `to_botorch` method
+
 ### Changed
 - Passing an `Objective` to `Campaign` is now optional
+- `GaussianProcessSurrogate` models are no longer wrapped when cast to BoTorch
 
 ### Removed
 - Support for Python 3.9 removed due to new [BoTorch requirements](https://github.com/pytorch/botorch/pull/2293) 
diff --git a/baybe/acquisition/base.py b/baybe/acquisition/base.py
index 68ce96824..98fdd01de 100644
--- a/baybe/acquisition/base.py
+++ b/baybe/acquisition/base.py
@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ def to_botorch(
         """Create the botorch-ready representation of the function."""
         import botorch.acquisition as botorch_analytical_acqf
 
-        from baybe.acquisition._adapter import AdapterModel
-
         acqf_cls = getattr(botorch_analytical_acqf, self.__class__.__name__)
         params_dict = filter_attributes(object=self, callable_=acqf_cls.__init__)
 
         additional_params = {
             p: v
             for p, v in {
-                "model": AdapterModel(surrogate),
+                "model": surrogate.to_botorch(),
                 "best_f": train_y.max().item(),
                 "X_baseline": to_tensor(train_x),
             }.items()
diff --git a/baybe/acquisition/_adapter.py b/baybe/surrogates/_adapter.py
similarity index 91%
rename from baybe/acquisition/_adapter.py
rename to baybe/surrogates/_adapter.py
index 5f922f304..6241ac37f 100644
--- a/baybe/acquisition/_adapter.py
+++ b/baybe/surrogates/_adapter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Adapter for making BoTorch's acquisition functions work with BayBE models."""
+"""Adapter functionality for making BayBE surrogates BoTorch-ready."""
 
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AdapterModel(Model):
     surrogate model usable in conjunction with BoTorch acquisition functions.
 
     Args:
-        surrogate: The internal surrogate model
+        surrogate: The internal surrogate model.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, surrogate: Surrogate):
diff --git a/baybe/surrogates/base.py b/baybe/surrogates/base.py
index da01e487d..999bd7c2f 100644
--- a/baybe/surrogates/base.py
+++ b/baybe/surrogates/base.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from baybe.surrogates.utils import _prepare_inputs, _prepare_targets
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from botorch.models.model import Model
     from torch import Tensor
 
 # Define constants
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ class Surrogate(ABC, SerialMixin):
     """Class variable encoding whether or not the surrogate supports transfer
     learning."""
 
+    def to_botorch(self) -> Model:
+        """Create the botorch-ready representation of the model."""
+        from baybe.surrogates._adapter import AdapterModel
+
+        return AdapterModel(self)
+
     def posterior(self, candidates: Tensor) -> tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
         """Evaluate the surrogate model at the given candidate points.
 
diff --git a/baybe/surrogates/gaussian_process/core.py b/baybe/surrogates/gaussian_process/core.py
index bcb7eb361..f22591294 100644
--- a/baybe/surrogates/gaussian_process/core.py
+++ b/baybe/surrogates/gaussian_process/core.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from botorch.models.model import Model
     from torch import Tensor
 
 
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ def from_preset(preset: GaussianProcessPreset) -> GaussianProcessSurrogate:
         """Create a Gaussian process surrogate from one of the defined presets."""
         return make_gp_from_preset(preset)
 
+    def to_botorch(self) -> Model:  # noqa: D102
+        # See base class.
+
+        return self._model
+
     def _posterior(self, candidates: Tensor) -> tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
         # See base class.
         posterior = self._model.posterior(candidates)
diff --git a/tests/test_imports.py b/tests/test_imports.py
index 1ce6970c0..227410297 100644
--- a/tests/test_imports.py
+++ b/tests/test_imports.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ def test_imports(module: str):
 
 WHITELISTS = {
     "torch": [
-        "baybe.acquisition._adapter",
         "baybe.acquisition.partial",
+        "baybe.surrogates._adapter",
         "baybe.utils.botorch_wrapper",
         "baybe.utils.torch",
     ],