|
Users viewing this topic: none
|
|
Login  | |
|
Xcalak - 1/17/2013 11:56:43 AM
|
|
|
treefrog
Posts: 3
Joined: 1/17/2013
Status: offline
|
I am planning to go to Xcalak in May. Would it be easier to travel from Belize City to Xcalak or from Cancun? I would likely take a bus.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Xcalak - 1/22/2013 8:49:50 AM
|
|
|
LaTeDa
Posts: 399
Joined: 3/20/2007
From: Michigan
Status: offline
|
Where is your starting point?
Most flights from the US to Cancun are quite a bit cheaper than to Belize City.
From Cancun you would not have to deal with the Belize/Mexico border (customs, immigration) or pay the Belize departure tax. Also, you would need to somehow get from Belize City to Chetumal and take the ADO bus from Chetumal to Xcalak. I don't believe the buses in Belize are as consistent or as nice as the ADO bus would be from Cancun.
Just my opinion but I would opt for the Cancun to Xcalak route.
< Message edited by LaTeDa -- 1/22/2013 8:51:15 AM >
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Xcalak - 1/22/2013 3:08:47 PM
|
|
|
Jamie
Posts: 2578
Joined: 3/10/2005
From: Southern California
Status: offline
|
Are you visiting Xcalak or staying there a night or two? If staying over, it is really best to have a rental car, as the bus drops folks off in town and all the hotels, etc. are north of town across the bridge, anywhere from 2km to 12km and taxis are not real widespread down there.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Xcalak - 1/23/2013 9:23:30 AM
|
|
|
bobcatNH
Posts: 4
Joined: 11/3/2011
Status: offline
|
Made the trip by bus last year from Puerto Morelos. Took the ADO bus to Tulum and spent the night in the pueblo. Then the local bus to Limones and a taxi to Mahahual. Spent the night there and then took the very local bus to Xcalak. It runs once early in the morning and once late at night. It was cheap and easy, and we saw a lot and ate in some great spots. It could be done in a day, but it would be a very long day. If you stay at the XTC Dive Center you do not need a car.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Xcalak - 1/23/2013 7:46:36 PM
|
|
|
Billiam
Posts: 586
Joined: 8/12/2004
Status: offline
|
Treefrog:
My vote would be from Cancun. That way you can get the bus straight from the airport to points south. In Belize you would need to tranfer from the airport to downtown Belize City then get the bus north, then the hassle of crossing the frontier at Chetumal, then another bus etc. Unless you are looking to make it more of an adventure, stick to the same country.
Billiam
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Xcalak - 1/26/2013 12:43:12 PM
|
|
|
treefrog
Posts: 3
Joined: 1/17/2013
Status: offline
|
Thanks for your input. I think you and the others are right, stay in the same country. While I am looking for an adventure I'd like to keep the start of it as simple as possible.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Xcalak - 1/26/2013 12:46:41 PM
|
|
|
treefrog
Posts: 3
Joined: 1/17/2013
Status: offline
|
Thanks! This sounds right up my alley.
|
|
|
|
 New Messages |
 No New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
 Locked w/ New Messages |
 Locked w/o New Messages |
|
Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts
|
|
|
Printable Version
