There are 11 ways to get from Riverside to Tulum by plane, taxi, train, bus, car, shuttle, or bus (Flixbus)
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Fly Ontario International Airport to Tulum International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)ONT - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulum
10h 3m$5,637–19,237Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)LAX - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
10h 35m$3,226–9,035Train, bus
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Puebla
- Take the bus from Puebla to Orizaba
- Take the bus from Orizaba to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
2d 18h$6,301–9,668Drive 4,360.8 km
- Drive from Riverside to Tulum4,360.8 km
2d 2h$9,089–13,129Fly Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)ONT - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
10h 49m$3,687–15,637Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)LAX - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulum
11h 21m$4,576–10,635Train to John Wayne Airport Orange County, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to Fullerton
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)SNA - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
13h 57m$4,167–10,860Train, train to Tijuana International Airport, fly to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to Santa Ana
- Take the train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)TIJ - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulum
14h 48m$4,045–9,805Train, train to Tijuana International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to Santa Ana
- Take the train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)TIJ - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
14h 5m$3,295–10,205Bus
- Take the bus from Riverside to San Ysidro Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Tijuana Centro to ACN Puebla
- Take the bus from Puebla CAPU to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
3d 8h$4,094–7,182Bus via Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Take the bus from Riverside to San Ysidro Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Tijuana Los Pinos to Tonalá
- Take the bus from Tonalá to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Take the bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
3d 20h$4,069–7,572
Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Tulum International Airport (TQO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riverside to Tulum is to bus which costs $4000 - $7500 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Riverside to Tulum is to fly and taxi which takes 10h 3m and costs $5500 - $20000.
No, there is no direct bus from Riverside to Tulum. However, there are services departing from Magnolia + Sunnyside and arriving at Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum via Riverside, Tijuana Centro, Puebla CAPU and Playa del Carmen Alterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Riverside and Tulum is 3400 km. The road distance is 4360.8 km.
The best way to get from Riverside to Tulum without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $6000 - $10000.
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Riverside to Tulum, including transfers.
Riverside to Tulum bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Riverside station.
Riverside to Tulum bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at San Ysidro Bus Terminal station.
Tulum is 3h ahead of Riverside. It is currently 1:16 AM in Riverside and 4:16 AM in Tulum.
Yes, the driving distance between Riverside to Tulum is 4361 km. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from Riverside to Tulum.
What companies run services between Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA and Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico?
You can take a bus from Magnolia + Sunnyside to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum via UCR at Bannockburn Village, Riverside, San Ysidro Bus Terminal, Tijuana Centro, ACN Puebla, Puebla CAPU, and Playa del Carmen Alterna in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,900–18,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–12,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–14,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–12,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–21,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–16,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,600–16,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–16,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,400–8,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Cancún International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–8,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Queretaro
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–6,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City Santa Lucia Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,700–13,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City Santa Lucia Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,400–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Queretaro
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–17,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,400–11,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–11,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,800–21,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,800–21,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–16,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Cancún International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–13,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,000
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City Santa Lucia Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $190–260
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $190–260
Train from Riverside - Downtown to Fullerton
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–190
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $140–190
Train from Riverside - Downtown to Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $150–200
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $490–540
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Puebla
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3,700–6,000
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +52 971 729 3140
- informes@trailtravel.com.mx
- Website
- trailtravel.com.mx
Bus from Puebla to Orizaba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $450–510
- 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 Orizaba to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,900–2,800
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Puebla CAPU to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,000–3,300
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $200–320
- 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
- $850–2,600
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Riverside to San Ysidro Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tijuana Centro to ACN Puebla
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 40m
- 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 Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–430
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 983 119 9526
- alianzabacalar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–540
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 713 120 0700
- ventas@autotravel.mx
- Website
- autotravel.mx
Bus from Tijuana Los Pinos to Tonalá
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2,000–2,900
- Schedules at
- autotravel.mx
- Book at
- autotravel.mx
- Website
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Tonalá to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,100
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $1,800–2,200
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