There are 12 ways to get from California to Tulum by plane, taxi, bus, car, shuttle, train, or bus (Greyhound)
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Fly Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane TIJ - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
11h 36m$3,473–8,108Fly Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane TIJ - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
9h 50m$2,073–6,708Bus via Tlaquepaque
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Terminal Tlaquepaquebus
- Take the bus from Central ACN to Orizababus
- Take the bus from Orizaba to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
2d 17h$6,083–9,778Drive 4,445.1 km
- Drive from Los Angeles to Tulumcar 4,445.1 km
2d 3h$9,020–13,029Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane LAX - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
9h 6m$2,836–10,328Fly San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane SAN - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
9h 59m$5,645–19,289Fly San Francisco International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane SFO - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
10h 2m$5,987–14,826Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane SNA - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
18h 51m$5,008–16,308Fly Tijuana International Airport to Mérida International Airport, bus
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane TIJ - MID
- Take the bus from Merida to Tulumbus
13h 36m$6,517–19,982Train, bus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Stationtrain
- Take the bus from San Antonio Station to Nuevo Laredobus
- Take the bus from Nuevo Laredo to Monterreybus
- Take the bus from Monterrey to Acayucanbus
- Take the bus from Acayucan to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
2d 17h$9,649–18,732Bus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicanobus
- Take the bus from Tijuana Buenavista to ACN Pueblabus
- Take the bus from Puebla to Córdobabus
- Take the bus from Córdoba to Minatitlánbus
- Take the bus from Minatitlán to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
3d 3h$3,641–5,164Bus #2
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Tuxtla Gutiérrezbus
- Take the bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
3d 22h$5,929–10,134
Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Tulum International Airport (TQO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from California to Tulum is to bus which costs $3600 - $5500 and takes 3 days 3h.
The fastest way to get from California to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which takes 9h 6m and costs $2800 - $11000.
No, there is no direct bus from California to Tulum. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles Downtown and arriving at Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum via Central ACN and Orizaba. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between California and Tulum is 3289 km. The road distance is 4445.1 km.
The best way to get from California to Tulum without a car is to bus via Tlaquepaque which takes 2 days 17h and costs $6000 - $10000.
It takes approximately 11h 36m to get from California to Tulum, including transfers.
California to Tulum bus services, operated by Tufesa Mexico, depart from Los Angeles Downtown station.
California to Tulum bus services, operated by Tufesa Mexico, arrive at Terminal Tlaquepaque station.
Tulum is 2h ahead of California. It is currently 8:06 PM in California and 10:06 PM in Tulum.
Yes, the driving distance between California to Tulum is 4445 km. It takes approximately 2 days 3h to drive from California to Tulum.
What companies run services between California, USA and Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico?
You can take a bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum via Terminal Tlaquepaque, Central ACN, and Orizaba in around 2d 17h.
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–5,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–4,800
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–17,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–20,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–9,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–14,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,900–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–8,500
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–14,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–7,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Queretaro
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via San Luis Potosi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Aguascalientes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Mérida International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–4,400
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,700–20,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–17,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,700–20,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–17,000
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,700–13,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–10,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Terminal Tlaquepaque
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–4,778
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $3,000–4,500
- Titanium
- $3,400–3,600
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Central ACN to Orizaba
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,500
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tijuana Buenavista to ACN Puebla
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,600–2,100
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Orizaba to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,900–3,500
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,100
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- contact@cancunshuttle.com
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 55 5652 9331
- eduardo@wayakbus.com
- Website
- wayak.mx
Bus from Merida to Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.wayak.mx/
- Sedan 3 Passengers
- $5,000–7,000
- Medium SUV 5 Passengers
- $5,000–9,500
- Van 9 Passengers
- $7,000–15,000
- Sprinter 12 Passengers
- $9,500–14,000
- Sprinter 18 Passengers
- $9,500–14,000
- Phone
- +1 479 750 3263
- Website
- transporteschayo.com
Bus from San Antonio Station to Nuevo Laredo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $950–1,050
- Schedules at
- transporteschayo.com
- Book at
- transporteschayo.com
- Phone
- 800 881 8181
- atencionaclientes@gruposenda.com
- Website
- ticket.gruposenda.com
Bus from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $300–800
- Website
- https://ticket.gruposenda.com/en/
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $550–850
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 937 132 0108
- santiagosigerocinthia@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Monterrey to Acayucan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–900
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 984 128 4243
- alianzacancunpaseodelmar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Acayucan to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,100
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Minatitlán to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,100
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1-800-231-2222
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com.mx
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $460–800
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 971 729 3140
- informes@trailtravel.com.mx
- Website
- trailtravel.com.mx
Bus from Puebla to Córdoba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $450–550
- Schedules at
- trailtravel.com.mx
- Book at
- trailtravel.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Córdoba to Minatitlán
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $380–650
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4,400–7,000
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $1,800–2,200
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