Getting there & away
From Palenque, vans run to Frontera Corozal (M$60, 2½ to three hours, 13 times daily), and to Benemérito (M$60, 3½ hours, every 40 minutes from 4am to 5:30pm).
Línea Comitán Lagos de Montebello (916-345-12-60; Velasco Suárez s/n), two blocks west of Palenque market, runs vans to Benemérito (M$60) 10 times daily (4am to 2:45pm), with the first five services (4am, 5:30am, 7:15am, 8:45am and 10:15am) continuing round the Carretera Fronteriza to the Lagos de Montebello (M$160, seven hours to Tziscao) and Comitán (M$170, eight hours).
All these services stop at San Javier (M$45, two hours), the turnoff for Lacanjá Chansayab and Bonampak, 140km from Palenque; and at Crucero Corozal (M$50, 2½ hours), the intersection for Frontera Corozal.
There are no gas stations on the Carretera Fronteriza, but plenty of entrepreneurial locals sell reasonably-priced gasoline from large plastic containers. Look for homemade ‘Se vende gasolina’ signs.
