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Puerto Barrios (six hours) Take a Guatemala City-bound Fuente del Norte bus and
change at La Ruidosa junction, south of Río Dulce.
Río Dulce (four hours, 212km) Take a Guatemala City-bound bus with Fuente del Norte
(Q60) or Línea Dorada (Q100/125 económico /deluxe).
San Andrés/San José (Q7/10, 35/50 minutes, 22/25km) Microbuses depart around every
15 minutes, from 5am to 6:30pm, from the left side of the terminal entrance.
Sayaxché (Q20, 1½ hours, 60km) Microbuses depart about every 15 minutes from
5:45am to 6pm.
Tikal (Q50, 1¼ hours, 62km) Four microbuses by Asociación de Transportistas Imperio Maya
(ATIM; 4478-5996) between 6am and 3pm (Q30, 1½ hours), the last returning at 5pm. You
could also take the Uaxactún-bound bus (Q35) at 2pm, which goes a bit slower. Auto-
buses del Norte provides Pullman service at 6am and 8am (Q80).
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Several car-rental companies have desks at the airport.
Hertz (
7926-0415; peten@rentautos.com.gt; Airport)
Tabarini (
7926-0253; www.tabarini.com ; Airport)
SHUTTLE MINIBUS
Aventuras Turísticas ( 4034-9550; www.aventurasturisticas.com ; Av Barrios) offers a daily shuttle to
Cobán at 9am (Q150, five hours) and Lanquín (seven hours). San Juan Travel operates
shuttle minibuses to Tikal (Q60, 1¼ hours each way). They leave hourly from 5am to
10am. Most hotels and travel agencies can book these shuttles and they will pick you up
where you're staying. Returns leave Tikal at 12:30pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm. If you
know which round-trip you plan to be on, ask your driver to hold a seat for you or arrange
one in another minibus. If you stay overnight in Tikal and want to return to Flores by
minibus, it's a good idea to reserve a seat with a driver when they arrive in the morning.
Getting Around
A taxi from the airport to Santa Elena or Flores costs Q20. Tuk-tuks will take you any-
where between or within Flores and Santa Elena for Q5. Aventuras Turísticas ( Click here )
rents mountain bikes for Q30 per day.
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