There are 6 ways to get from Tulum to Fraser Island by shuttle, plane, car ferry, taxi, or train
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Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Hervey Bay, car ferry
best- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Hervey Bay (HVB)CUN - HVB
- Take the car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
29h 13m$1,353–4,494Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport, train, taxi, car ferry
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)CUN - BNE
- Take the train from Eagle Junction station, platform 4 to Caboolture station, platform 3
- Take the train from Caboolture to Maryborough West
- Take the taxi from Maryborough West to River Heads
- Take the car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
32h 6m$1,126–4,229Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Hervey Bay, car ferry
- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Hervey Bay (HVB)TQO - HVB
- Take the car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
27h 28m$1,634–5,261Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport, train, taxi, car ferry
- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)TQO - BNE
- Take the train from Eagle Junction station, platform 4 to Caboolture station, platform 3
- Take the train from Caboolture to Maryborough West
- Take the taxi from Maryborough West to River Heads
- Take the car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
31h 6m$1,357–4,796Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Bundaberg, train, taxi, car ferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Bundaberg (BDB)CUN - BDB
- Take the train from Bundaberg to Maryborough West
- Take the taxi from Maryborough West to River Heads
- Take the car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
33h 22m$1,253–4,325Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Bundaberg, train, taxi, car ferry
- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Bundaberg (BDB)TQO - BDB
- Take the train from Bundaberg to Maryborough West
- Take the taxi from Maryborough West to River Heads
- Take the car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
31h 38m$1,534–5,092
Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Hervey Bay (HVB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tulum to Fraser Island is to shuttle and fly and train and taxi and car ferry which costs $1,100 - $4,300 and takes 32h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Tulum to Fraser Island is to taxi and fly and car ferry which takes 27h 28m and costs $1,600 - $5,500.
The distance between Tulum and Fraser Island is 14082 km.
It takes approximately 29h 13m to get from Tulum to Fraser Island, including transfers.
Fraser Island is 15h ahead of Tulum. It is currently 6:26 PM in Tulum and 9:26 AM in Fraser Island.
There are 25+ hotels available in Fraser Island.
What companies run services between Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico and Fraser Island, QLD, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Tulum to Fraser Island. However, you can take the shuttle to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2, walk to Cancún International Airport (CUN) airport, fly to Hervey Bay (HVB), take the taxi to River Heads, then take the car ferry to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Tulum International Airport (TQO) airport, fly to Hervey Bay (HVB), take the taxi to River Heads, then take the car ferry to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay.
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- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–6,000
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Los Angeles, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–7,000
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Hervey Bay via Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Vancouver, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Los Angeles, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via San Francisco, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Bundaberg via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nadi, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–8,000
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Bundaberg via Houston, Auckland, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Bundaberg via Houston, Sydney, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Los Angeles, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Vancouver, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Los Angeles, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via San Francisco, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Houston, Auckland, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Bundaberg via Houston, Sydney, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Brisbane Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Hervey Bay via Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Hervey Bay via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–7,000
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Hervey Bay via Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,900
- Website
- linkairways.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Los Angeles, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Bundaberg via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Bundaberg via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Brisbane Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Phone
- 13 12 30
- Website
- translink.com.au
Train from Eagle Junction station, platform 4 to Caboolture station, platform 3
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Caboolture to Maryborough West
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–772
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $85–190
- AChoice
- $10–50
- Gold Class
- $616
- Heritage Class
- $772
Train from Bundaberg to Maryborough West
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–315
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $85–170
- AChoice
- $4–20
- Gold Class
- $252
- Heritage Class
- $315
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- contact@cancunshuttle.com
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +61 7 4194 9300
- marketing@kingfisherbay.com
- Website
- fraserislandferry.com.au
Car ferry from River Heads to Fraser Island Kingfisher Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–123
- Schedules at
- fraserislandferry.com.au
- Book at
- fraserislandferry.com.au
- Walk-on Passengers one-way
- $45
- Standard 4WD
- $123
- Walk-on Passengers return
- $80
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- $130–190
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
Black & White Taxis Maryborough
- Phone
- +61 7 3860 1861
- Website
- 131008.com
Black & White Taxis Maryborough
- Phone
- +61 7 3860 1861
- Website
- 131008.com
Black & White Taxis Maryborough
- Phone
- +61 7 3860 1861
- Website
- 131008.com
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
Black & White Taxis Maryborough
- Phone
- +61 7 3860 1861
- Website
- 131008.com
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