What's the best way to go from Flores to san ignacio? The owner of the place we are staying suggests San Juan travel, but there are a lot bad reviews on tripadvisor about this company. Anybody other suggestions with prices? Want to go there om thursday.
Thanks
How do you define "best"? The "best" way might be to charter a helicopter and fly.
The cheapest way is by bus to the border, cross over then taxi/colectivo/bus to San Ignacio.
The most comfortable way would be to hire a transfer service (or private shuttle). The one you mentioned is fairly well known in Belize -- I haven't heard anything negative about them. There are several transfer services that could take you, but you have to make your own arrangements with them. Contact each one for quotes. William's Belize Shuttle is a good one. You can find a list of Belizean transfer services on the BelizeBus website (google it).
Another way is to get a taxi from Flores to the border, walk through Immigration/Customs and then get a Belizean taxi to SI. The Guatemalan taxi to the border should cost in the order of US$50 to $60. The Belizean taxi to SI shouldn't be more than BZ$50 (or US$25).
Regarding San Juan, I've read several negative comments about their service within Guatemala, but there is a San Juan Travel Service that runs a daily express bus from Flores to Chetumal -- I haven't read anything negative about that service, so you could get that bus. It's not supposed to make a stop at SI (check with the driver -- this is Belize!), so you would have to get off at the border (after crossing to Belize) and continue by Belizean taxi/colectivo/bus.
Linea Dorada and Fuente del Norte also run daily express buses to Belize City. You could get one of those buses as far as the border -- they are also not supposed to make a stop at SI. The BelizeBus website has details of all those buses.
Go to the bus station in Santa Elena and take any minibus to the border. Once you have crossed the border you can take a taxi or colectivo to Benque (2 km) and there a bus to San Ignacio.
You could also go straight from Tikal to San Ignacio without backtracking to Flores. Take any minibus going to Santa Elena but ask to be let off at the crossroads (called El Cruce Ixlu) just south of El Remate. There flag down any bus going to the border. We were picked up by an empty tourist shuttle. It takes an hour or so to the border.
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