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Getting to Santa Elena
BY BUS
Santa Elena or Flores is 7 hours from Guatemala City. Bus lines
that run from Santa Elena from Guatemala City are Fuente del Norte,
Linea Dorada, and
ADN. Luxury lines cost around $30 one way and
economic lines cost about $18 one way. It is not recommended to
take a "chicken bus" to Santa Elena which costs about $10-12, for it
is a most "fowl" experience (I know, bad joke).
Buses from the Belize
border town of Melchor run every half hour to Santa Elena and cost
about $3. The trip takes about
1 hour and 30 minutes.
Buses from the
Mexican border town of Bethel run twice daily, and the trip takes
about 3-4 hours. A shuttle bus is recommended over the chicken
bus, however shuttle buses are usually only available though a travel
agency and cost about $20.
BY PLANE Planes
arrive daily to the Flores (Santa Elena) Airport from Guatemala City and Cancun. The trip takes about 45 minutes
from either Guatemala
City or Cancun. The only airline that flys into
Flores is
GrupoTACA .
Round trip tickets are currently $200.
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