Comitán Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Comitán’s OCC bus terminal (632-09-80; Blvd Dr Belisario Domínguez Sur 43) is on the Pan-American Hwy. Destinations served from here include:

Ciudad Cuauhtémoc (M$52, 1¾ hours, four daily)

San Cristóbal de Las Casas (M$36, 1¾ hours, 15 daily)

Tapachula (M$146, 5½ hours via Motozintla, 6 daily)

Tuxtla Gutiérrez (M$70 to M$84, three hours, 17 daily.)

OCC also serves Oaxaca, Mexico City, Palenque, Villahermosa, Playa del Carmen and Cancún.

‘Centro’ combis and microbuses, across the road from the OCC terminal, take you to the main plaza for M$4; a taxi is M$18.

You can also reach San Cristóbal by vans (M$30) and colectivo taxis (M$35) from Rápidos de los Altos (Blvd Dr Belisario Domínguez Sur). Further vans to San Cristóbal leave from two other stops across the road; vans for Ciudad Cuauhtémoc (M$30, every 20 to 30 minutes, 4am to 8pm) leave from a stop just south of Rápidos de los Altos.

Línea Comitán Lagos de Montebello (632-08-75; 2a Av Pte Sur 23) runs vans to the Lagos de Montebello and along the Carretera Fronteriza, with departures to Laguna Bosque Azul (M$25, one hour) and Tziscao (M$25, 1¼ hours) every 20 to 30 minutes from 3am to 8:30pm; to Reforma Agraria (M$92, 4½ hours) at 3am, 8:55am and 12:20pm; to Benemérito de las Américas (M$150, five hours) 10 times daily, 4am to 2:30pm; and to Palenque (M$175, eight hours) five times daily, 4am to 9:45am.

Transportes Tzoyol (632-77-39; 4a Av Pte Sur 1039) runs further vans to Reforma Agraria, five times daily, 3am to 12:45pm, as well as to Amatitlán (M$55, three hours), the connection for boats to Laguna Miramar, six times a day between 4am and 2pm.

The local immigration office (632-22-00; Carretera Panamericana; 8am-3pm Mon-Fri) is on the Pan-American Hwy just past the turnoff for Tzimol, 5km south of the town center.

Servicios Aéreos San Cristóbal (632-46-62; Carretera Panamericana Km 1262; www.serviciosaereossancristobal.com) has four-seater charter flights to San Quintín for Laguna Miramar and day trips to Bonampak and Yaxchilán (M$8000 round-trip).