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There are 7 ways to get from Tulum to Tikal by train, bus, car, shuttle, or plane

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Train, bus, drive
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1. Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum to Estación Tren Maya Chetumal Aeropuerto
2. Take the bus from Corozal to Benque Viejo el Carmen
3. Drive from Benque Viejo el Carmen to Tikal
11h 19m
$65–164
Drive 590.8 km
1. Drive from Tulum to Tikal590.8 km
10h 15m
$72–103
Shuttle, fly to Mundo Maya Airport
1. Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
2. Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Mundo Maya Airport (FRS)CUN - FRS
3. Take a shuttle bus from Flores Airport to Parque Nacional Tikal
10h 37m
$222–495
Shuttle
1. Take a shuttle bus from Tulum to Belize City
2. Take a shuttle bus from Belize City to San Ignacio
3. Take a shuttle bus from San Ignacio to Tikal
13h
Bus, Public Minibus
1. Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Chetumal
2. Take the bus from Chetumal to Flores
3. Take the bus from Santa Elena to Tikal
13h 54m
$88–494
Bus, shuttle
1. Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Felipe Carrillo Puerto
2. Take the bus from Felipe Carrillo Puerto to Chetumal
3. Take the bus from Nuevo Mercado to CWC Bus Terminal
4. Take a shuttle bus from San Ignacio to Tikal
15h 37m
Shuttle, fly to Belize City Goldson Intl Apt
1. Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
2. Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Belize City Goldson Intl Apt (BZE)CUN - BZE
3. Take a shuttle bus from Belize City Goldson Intl Apt Airport to San Ignacio
4. Take a shuttle bus from San Ignacio to Tikal
10h

Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Mundo Maya Airport (FRS) flights

8Weekly Planes

5h 32mAverage Duration

$156Cheapest Price

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Distance: 603.9 km
Duration: 11h 19m

What companies run services between Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico and Tikal, Guatemala?

You can take a shuttle from Tulum to Tikal via Belize City, San Ignacio, and Tikal in around 13h.

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Tikal

Tikal (Tik’al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. Ambrosio Tut, a gum-sapper, reported the ruins to La Gaceta, a Guatemalan newspaper, which named the site Tikal. After the Berlin Academy of Sciences' magazine republished the report in 1853, archeologists and treasure hunters began visiting the forest. Today, tourism to the site may help protect the rainforest. It is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Tikal Temple I(Opens in a new window)

Tikal Temple I is the designation given to one of the major structures at Tikal, one of the largest cities and archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Mesoamerica. It is located in the Petén Basin region of northern Guatemala. It also is known as the Temple of the Great Jaguar because of a lintel that represents a king sitting upon a jaguar throne. An alternative name is the Temple of Ah Cacao, after the ruler buried in the temple. Temple I is a typically Petén-styled limestone stepped pyramid structure that is dated to approximately 732 AD.

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