Getting there & away
Land
Bus
Buses arrive and depart from the main terminal about 1km east of town. The two main bus lines – Contraibal (434 4932) and Cotuc (444 2181) – rotate service, so ask which is leaving next.
Buses for San Pedro Sula (US$7, six hours) making a stop in La Ceiba (US$4.25, three hours) leave the terminal every 45 minutes from 1:45am to 1:45pm. There’s a 2:30pm bus to La Ceiba only, where you can transfer to the San Pedro Sula bus that originates there.
Although both are technically direct, you can usually get off at any of the intermediate points, including Corocito (US$1.25, 30 minutes), Tocoa (US$1.75, 45 minutes), Savá (US$2.50, 1¾ hours), and Tela (US$6.25, five hours).
Direct buses to Tegucigalpa (US$12, nine hours) leave at 1am and 4:45am.
If you’re only going as far as Corocito, in order to catch a bus to Iriona and La Moskitia, a Trujillo–Tocoa bus leaves every hour from 5am to 5pm (US$1.05, 30 minutes).
Buses for Puerto Castilla (US$0.65, 30 minutes), passing Casa Kiwi (US$0.35) along the way, leave the Trujillo terminal at 7:15am, 9:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 4pm (usually) and 6pm Monday to Saturday; Sunday departures are at 8am, 1pm and 5pm only. Return buses depart Puerto Castilla at 6am, 7:30am, 9am, 11am, 12:15pm, 2pm and 4pm Monday to Saturday, and at 6am, noon and 4pm on Sunday.
For Santa Fe (US$0.75, 45 minutes) and Guadalupe (US$0.80, 55 minutes) buses leave from in front of the Cementerio Viejo (old cemetery).
Boat
It’s theoretically possible to get a ride on one of the many cargo or fishing ships going to the Bay Islands or La Moskitia. Go to the pier and try your luck. Definitely check out the vessel (and the weather) before you sign up.
Air
Trujillo’s airport has been closed for several years; there are no plans to reopen it.
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