Chetumal Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

Gibson Tours and Transfers (www.gibsontoursandtransfers.com) charges M$250/500 to the border/Corozal.

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Land

Bus

The main bus terminal is about 2km north of the center, near the intersection of Avs Insurgentes and Belice. Services are provided by Deluxe Omnitur del Caribe, Maya de Oro and Super Expresso (deluxe); ADO and Cristóbal Colón (1st class); and (2nd class) TRT, Sur and Mayab (a cut above), among others. The terminal has lockers (in the store against the east wall, near the pay toilets), a bus information kiosk (open until 3pm), an ATM, a cafeteria and shops.

You can also buy tickets for some lines and get information about most bus services at the ADO office (Av Belice; 6am-10pm), just west of the Museo de la Cultura Maya.

Many local buses, and those bound for Belize, begin their runs from the Nuevo Mercado Lázaro Cárdenas (cnr Calz Veracruz & Confederación Nacional Campesina), about 10 blocks north of Av Primo de Verdad on a corner also called Segundo Circuito by locals. From this market, most 1st-class Belize-bound buses continue to the long-distance terminal and depart from there 15 minutes later; the 2nd-class buses don’t. Tickets can be purchased on board the buses for 2nd-class transportation and at the main terminal if you are traveling 1st class or deluxe.

The minibus terminal (cnr Avs Primo de Verdad & Miguel Hidalgo) has services to Bacalar and other nearby destinations. Departures listed in the table opposite are from the main terminal unless otherwise noted.

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Air

Chetumal’s small airport is less than 2km northwest of the city center along Av Obregón.

Aviacsa (01-800-771-67-33; www.aviacsa.com; cnr Lázaro Cárdenas & Av 5 de Mayo) flies to Mexico City once a day Sunday to Friday.

For flights to Belize City (and on to Flores, to reach Tikal) or to Belize’s cays, cross the border into Belize then catch a flight from Corozal.

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