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 Mayab Bus by LoriPori
We left our hotel at 8:00 a.m. and took the R1 downtown Bus. At the Bus Depot we took the "ADO" Bus to Playa Del Carmen, as we were advised that the buses to Tulum were more regular from there.
ADO -- 1st class -- fare 32 pesos or $3.20 U.S. per person..
That stretch, Cancun to Playa del Carmen took about an hour and the bus brings you to the bus station (5th avenue & Juarez).
Then we took the MAYAB Bus to Tulum.
MAYAB -- 2nd class -- fare 20 pesos or $2.00 U.S. per person.
Make sure you get on the right bus, it's confusing at first. Ask the driver.
The bus lets you off at the "ZONA ARQUEOLOGICA DE TULUM". At first I thought he was dropping us off in the middle of nowhere, but if you cross the highway, you will see a little bus station and some restaurants which is the access road to the Ruins. You will come to a square where they sell souvenirs and is also a pick-up point for the little train. The ruins are at least a 1 k.m. walk from this point, so you may want to take that little train for 20 pesos or $2.00 U.S.
The cost of entry for the ruins is 38 pesos or $3.80 U.S.
For the return to Cancun, we walked back to the little bus station. The 2:00 p.m. ADO bus was there, but it was full, so we missed it. NOTE: The ADO Bus to Cancun runs every hour, on the hour so check out the departure times ahead of time, learn by our mistake.
Fortunately the MAYAB Bus pulled up (2:15 p.m.) and we got on that one. Fare to Cancun was 48 pesos or $4.80 $U.S. The bus first stops in Playa Del Carmen for about 15 minutes. We went on to Cancun and arrived downtown at 5:00 p.m. ( so about a 2 1/2 hour bus ride.) Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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If you do decide to take my advice and rent a car you will need to know a couple of things about driving in Mexico:
Passing: The first time I was passed by another car on the highway I was white knuckling the wheel in terror, both for myself and for the people passing me on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic. Later, someone explained to me that there are actually rules to this: If you are not going as fast as the person behind you are expected to pull to the right side of the road with your left blinker on which indicates to the car beind you that it is ok to pass you. This is considered polite. The left blinker can also mean " I want to pass you" or "I am passing you" depending on the circimstances.
Taxis, Trucks, & Busses: These vehicles always assume that they have the right of way and expect you to move to let them pass. They drive very fast, so move quickly.
Roadside emergencies: Many cars here do not have hazard lights to signal to others that they are broken down on the side of the road changing a tire, etc. Many times drivers will haul rocks, dead trees, etc into the road to ward off oncoming traffic. These are obstacles to watch out for. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Quintana Roo License Plate by emilienoelleLeave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Tulum - Ruins Access Road
(2002) by Kaspian
After Playa Del Carmen, the bus only makes one real stop before Tulum, at the side of the highway in Akumal.
The bus fare is very cheap, only about $5, but the buses can be very full and you could have to stand the entire trip. They leave and arrive in Tulum about every 30 - 60 minutes depending on the time of day (more in the morning and afternoon).
The first stop in Tulum will let you off at the access road to the Ruins. The second stop will let you off downtown. If you're going directly to a cabana beach accommodation, you should find out before which stop is closer to your destination.
This photo is of the bus stop of the access road to the ruins, the tourists are walking away from the bus towards the ruins. The ruins are about a 1 km walk in from the bus stop. Since this photo was taken, they've built a large bus shelter to the front and left of the picture. Leave a Comment
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 Mayab Bus at Tulum Bus station by Waalewiener
Playa del Carmen busstation ,located on 5 th Avenue and Juarez.
Here it can get a little confusing .
When you go to buy your ticket I believe there were 4 ticket wickets (hehe that sounds wicket eh).
So we did not know that there is a fist class
(ADO) and a second class (Mayab ) bus service .So Lori buys the tickets to Tulum ,$ 2
dollar one way per person ,good deal .
So we go to the bus we see and get in with our tickets and later find out that we have second class tickets and we are in a fist class bus (bus driver's fault he never looked at our tickets ,he knew but did not pay attention.Ok we then just tranfered to our second class bus ,NO problemo easy does it.and after an hour drive we were dropped of on the Higway but we could see the Tulum entrance and we were there .Higway 307 Leave a Comment
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 ADO busses by Waalewiener
To get here from your Hotel just take an R 1 Bus it will be written in BIG on the windshield
of the Bus .
Now the frequentcy of this bus to Tulum is not that great so they advised us to take a bus to Playa del Carmen ,and this what we did
I believe a bus to Playa del Carmen leave every half hour .It cost $3.20 one way per person to Playa del Carmen,pretty good price for an about one hour bustrip. Leave a Comment
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 The Tulum Train by LoriPoriLeave a Comment Theme: Train
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 Tractor pulled train by Waalewiener
$ 2 US dollar for a one way 1 km ride .
save your money and walk (is good for you hehe) ,unless you can't of course.
Just kidding it is money well spend ,just two bucks. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Colectivos are white shared vans that start from Calle 2 between 15th and 20th in Playa del Carmen. It cost 20 pesos per person to take the colectivo to the ruins. The vans wait until they are full so they leave every 10-15 minutes. The passengers are mostly local people going to work at the resorts.
The ride took about 45-50 minutes, the colectivo drops you on the highway. From the highway you have to cross the street and from there you can either walk 10-15 minutes or so to the entrance or there is a tram that was around 15 pesos round trip. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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You can get from the ruins to the town of Tulum either by colectivo or by taxi.
The taxis at the entrance of the ruins seemed expensive so we walked back out to the highway to catch a colectivo. A taxi pulled up and said that he would take us for $2US, the colectivo would have been a minimum of 10 pesos each so we hopped in the taxi. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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