stevechin

Hi guys,


I'll be flying into Cancun and was planning on taking a bus to Chetumal, then taking a boat from Chetumal to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye in Belize.

Has anybody done this before? Do you know if this can be done without spending a night in a hotel on each leg?

It seems to me that if I arrive in CUN, no matter what the time, it takes 5-6 hours to reach Chetumal by bus (not counting immigration at CUN.) The boats leave Chetumal for San Pedro around 3 PM, so there's no way to make it in one day.

Coming back from San Pedro to Cancun, the boats leave San Pedro for Chetumal around 7:30 to 8 AM, and it takes around 2 hours for the boat travel, not counting any possible immigration in Chetumal. That puts me in Chetumal around 10-11 AM. Then the bus back to CUN is 5-6 hours, putting me there around 5 PM at the airport.

Thanks!
Steve

flugvergnugen

Can't really help you, but have you looked at flying directly into CTM? Interjet (an LCC) has started flying there from MEX.

TeaEarleGreyHot

stevechin: Plan on an hour for alighting the plane, immigration, and customs at CUN. You also need to decide whether to catch your bus to Chetumal from CUN or from downtown Cancun (which apparently has some benefits). Here are two series' of posts that I found which might be useful to you:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...readID=1775702
http://belizebus.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/58/

Good luck!

stevechin

Thanks for the tip. But when I priced out the Interjet flight, it came out to around $260 USD, and that's more than I wanted to pay. But thanks!

stevechin

This looks quite promising. Downtown Cancun does seem to have a better bus selection. Thanks!