By bus
By bus
Buses from Guatemala City and Belize City as well as various other destinations all over the country stop at the Fuente del Norte bus station in Santa Elena, a five minute auto-rickshaw ride across the causeway from Flores island Q5.
From Guatemala City travel time: 8 to 10 hours, you have the following options:
By bus
Monja Blanka Has a nice bus with movies for 50Q to Guatemala City from Coban
From Cobán travel time: 5 to 7 hours, there are a few through Fuente Del Norte local buses, or you can use the frequent public microbuses colectivos that operate along the highway between Coban and Santa Elena. If you choose the microbus option total fare: Q70 you will have to change to another microbus at Sayaxché after you take a quick boat or maybe the ferry across a river. The colectivo option may actuelly be quicker, because if there is a backup for the ferry, you can quickly pay a couple Quetzals for a boat ride across.
There are also tourists shuttles offering direct door-to-door service from Flores to Cobán for around Q100. The road from Cobán is very scenic; it's a smooth paved ride all the way though windy for about an hour out of Coban.
From Belize City, you have the following options:
There are tourist shuttle buses from the Belize City water taxi terminal to Santa Elena: Linea Dorada (http://www.tikalmayanworl...) at 9:30AM or San Juan Express at 9:30AM and 2:30PM, US$15-US$20, travel time: 5 hours. Note that these buses do not make any stops in Belize; if you are travelling from San Ignacio or Belmopan, you must use the option below.
Take a local Belize bus to Benque Veijo 3 km from the border. Then take a taxi to the border, walk across, and continue to the Melchor de Mencos bus station less than 1 km from the border, where there are frequent microbuses and the occasional pullman coach to Santa Elena. Approximately US$12; travel time: 2 hours.
There is also a direct bus from Honduras and El Salvador. See the "Get Out" section below for details on travel to Palenque in Mexico.
By plane
Mundo Maya International Airport IATA: FRS is just outside Flores and is the only other international airport in the country aside from Guatemala City. This modern facility with its 10,000 ft. runway is courtesy of the US CIA. TAG and TACA Airlines (http://www.taca.com/) both run daily flights from Guatemala City, but are often delayed in both directions.
Tropic Air (http://www.tropicair.com/) also offer an inexpensive option from Belize City in a light aircraft which, if you're lucky, flies low providing amazing views of the rainforest. They have daily flights from Philip Goldson International Airport to Flores at 8:30AM and 3PM, with return flights at 9:45AM and 4:15PM.
TACA used to fly from Cancun.
Continental Airlines (http://www.continental.com/) flies once weekly between Flores and Houston, TX on a Saturday, though service is currently suspended.
A taxi from the airport to Flores costs Q20 or Q10 per person, whichever is larger. It is about two kilometers from the airport to the Flores causeway.
Shuttles to Tikal meet every flight.