Central & Eastern Guatemala - Guatemala - page 445

Regular lanchas depart for Lívingston (Q35, 30 minutes, five daily) between 6:30am
and 5pm. Buy your ticket as early as you can on the day (you can't book before your day
of departure) - spaces are limited and sometimes sell out.
Outside of these regular times, lanchas depart whenever they have six people ready to
go and cost Q50 per person.
Most of the movement from Lívingston to Puerto Barrios is in the morning, returning in
the afternoon. From Lívingston, your last chance of the day may be the 5pm lancha, espe-
cially during the low season when fewer travelers are shuttling back and forth.
Lanchas also depart from the Muelle Municipal three times daily for Punta Gorda, Bel-
ize (Q200, one hour). The 10am departure arrives in time for the noon bus from Punta
Gorda to Belize City. Tickets are sold at the dock. Before boarding you also need to get
your exit stamp at the nearby immigration office (and pay Q80 departure tax).
If you want to leave a car in Puerto Barrios while you visit Lívingston for a day or two,
there are plenty of parqueos (parking lots) around the dock area that charge around Q30
per 24 hours. All of the hotels listed here offer this service, too.
BUS & MINIBUS
Transportes Litegua ( 7948-1172; cnr 6a Av & 9a Calle) leaves for Guatemala City (Q65 to Q100,
five to six hours), via Quiriguá and Río Hondo frequently. Directo services avoid a half-
hour detour into Morales.
Minibuses for Chiquimula (Q45, 4½ hours), also via Quiriguá, leave every half-hour,
from 3am to 3pm, from the corner of 6a Av and 9a Calle. Minibuses to Río Dulce (Q20,
two hours) leave from the same location.