Pueblos Mancomunados Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Cuajimoloyas and Llano Grande have the area’s best bus links with Oaxaca: five or more daily buses (to Cuajimoloyas M$25, two hours; to Llano Grande M$30, 2½ hours) from the 2nd-class bus station with Flecha del Zempoaltépetl (951-516-63-42). Transportes Ya’a-Yana (Niño Perdido 306, Colonia Ixcotel, Oaxaca) runs buses to some of the other villages, but these services are occasionally interrupted, so it’s worth checking first with Expediciones Sierra Norte. The stop is next to a Pemex gas station on Hwy 190, a couple of kilometers east of Oaxaca’s 1st-class bus station. Ya’a-Yana schedules:

Amatlán (M$25, 2¼ hours) Departs Oaxaca 4pm daily; departs Amatlán for Oaxaca 5:15am.

Benito Juárez (M$25, two hours) Departs Oaxaca 4pm (5pm during daylight saving) Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; departs Benito Juárez for Oaxaca 5am Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, and 3pm Sunday.

Lachatao (M$30, 2½ hours) Departs Oaxaca 4pm daily; departs Lachatao for Oaxaca 5am.

Latuvi (M$30, 2½ hours) Departs Oaxaca 4pm Friday; departs Latuvi for Oaxaca 4am Friday.

Another way to reach Benito Juárez is to take a Cuajimoloyas-bound bus to the Benito Juárez turnoff (desviación de Benito Juárez), 1¾ hours from Oaxaca, then walk 3.5km west along the unpaved road to the village.

From Ixtlán, camionetas leave for Amatlán (M$15, 45 minutes) and Lachatao (M$15, one hour) at 8am, noon and 3pm.

Important: unlike Oaxaca, the Pueblos Mancomunados does not observe daylight saving time – so triple-check all bus departure times for your return trip!