There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Tulum by plane, taxi, shuttle, ferry, or bus
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Fly to Tulum International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)MEL - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulum
40h 2m$13,016–42,416Fly to Chetumal International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chetumal International Airport (CTM)MEL - CTM
- Take the bus from Huay-Pix to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
38h 15m$12,526–44,646Fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)MEL - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
24h 35m$18,066–26,816Fly to Cozumel International Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cozumel International Airport (CZM)MEL - CZM
- Take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
42h 1m$14,501–51,346Fly to Mérida International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Mérida International Airport (MID)MEL - MID
- Take the bus from Merida to Tulum
36h 6m$15,300–52,315
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tulum International Airport (TQO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which costs $18000 - $27000 and takes 24h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which takes 24h 35m and costs $18000 - $27000.
The distance between Melbourne and Tulum is 14686 km.
It takes approximately 40h 2m to get from Melbourne to Tulum, including transfers.
Tulum is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 6:20 PM in Melbourne and 2:20 AM in Tulum.
There are 2585+ hotels available in Tulum.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico?
There is no direct connection from Melbourne to Tulum. However, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to Tulum International Airport (TQO), then take the taxi to Tulum. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to Cancún International Airport (CUN), walk to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2, then take the shuttle to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum.
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- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $14,000–55,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Honolulu, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–55,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–37,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–37,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $17,000–65,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Honolulu, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $18,000–65,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $12,000–45,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via Honolulu, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $12,000–46,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via San Francisco, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–41,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Los Angeles, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–40,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Honolulu, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–55,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–29,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via San Francisco, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $14,000–50,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Los Angeles, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $14,000–50,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Honolulu, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $18,000–65,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $17,000–65,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via San Francisco, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $10,000–36,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–41,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Los Angeles, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–55,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–36,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via Los Angeles, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12,000–45,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Los Angeles, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $15,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Sydney, Los Angeles, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $15,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $15,000–85,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $16,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via San Francisco, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $12,000–45,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Los Angeles, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $15,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $15,000–85,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–37,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–29,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chetumal International Airport via Los Angeles, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12,000–44,000
- 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
- $850–2,600
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 997 976 0191
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Huay-Pix to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $230–330
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $200–320
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 555 784 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Playa del Carmen to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- 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
- $5,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.wayak.mx/
- Sedan 3 Passengers
- $5,500–7,000
- Medium SUV 5 Passengers
- $5,000–9,500
- Van 9 Passengers
- $7,500–16,000
- Sprinter 12 Passengers
- $9,500–14,000
- Sprinter 18 Passengers
- $10,000–15,000
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- servicioalcliente@ultramarferry.com
- Website
- ultramarferry.com
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–376
- Website
- https://www.ultramarferry.com/en
- Premium Plus Adult
- $316
- Premium Plus Children
- $237
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $188
- INAPAM
- $99
- First Class Adult
- $376
- First Class Children
- $376
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1588
- info@winjet.mx
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–282
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $282
- INAPAM
- $99
- Handicapped
- $99
- Minor
- $193
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $1,800–2,200
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