Private Transfer from 100 USD
This unit includes
- 1 to 8 passengers
- One suitcase per passenger
- Air conditioning
- 24-hour customer service
- Travel insurance
- Baby seat (on request)
- Wifi
- Apple and Android USB charger
Luxury Transfer from 185 USD
This unit includes
- 1 to 8 passengers
- Up to 5 suitcases per vehicle
- Air conditioning
- One complimentary beer or water
- 1 refreshing towel per passenger
- Wifi
- Apple and Android USB charger
- Travel insurance
Group Transfers from 185 USD
This unit includes
- 1 to 5 passengers
- 2 wheelchairs plus three passengers or 1 wheelchair plus 5 passengers.
- Air conditioning
- Travel insurance
- Baby seat (on request)
- Wifi
- Apple and Android USB charger
Where is Tulum located?
Tulum is known as the walled city and is located in the state of Quintana Roo, south of the city Cancun, north of the municipalities of Lazaro Cardenas and Solidaridad, east of the municipalities of Solidaridad and Cozumel and the Caribbean Sea; south of the Caribbean Sea and the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and west of the area that lies between the states of Quintana Roo and Yucatan.
This strategic location allows it to be a city surrounded by natural beauties, among which its beaches, cenotes and impressive Mayan ruins built on the edge of a cliff stand out.
What is the distance from downtown Cancun to Tulum?
The distance between downtown Cancun and the city of Tulum is 130.3 km and the approximate travel time is 1 hour and 45 minutes. You have to consider that this time can be more, depending on the type of transfer you choose to get to Tulum from Cancun.
How far is it from Cancun airport to Tulum?
Cancun airport is located a little closer to the city of Tulum, so you have to travel 118.3 km and the transfer time from Cancun airport to Tulum is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
How to get to Tulum?
To get to the city of Tulum, from downtown Cancun, from Cancun airport or from Playa del Carmen, you have at your disposal 4 different types of transfer services: Private Transfer, ADO, Colectivos and cab.
Private Transfer
The best way to get to Tulum from Cancun, no matter if it is from downtown, the hotel zone or the Cancun airport, and even to get to Tulum from Playa del Carmen is through the private transfer service.
As its name suggests, this is a totally private service, equipped with WIFI, air conditioning, comfortable seats, cell phone charger and ample space to comfortably accommodate up to 9 passengers.
In addition, this transportation service to Tulum from Cancun or Playa del Carmen, will pick you up at the door of your hotel, apartment, vacation home or at the Cancun airport.
The approximate cost of the transfer to Tulum from any part of Cancun is 60 USD (1,260.00 MXN) in a single trip and the cost of the round trip transfer from Cancun to Tulum and from Tulum to Cancun is 110 USD (2,300.00 MXN).
It should be noted that these prices may vary, depending on the type of private transfer you choose and the number of people accompanying you.
ADO
The ADO bus is another means of transportation from Cancun to Tulum or from Playa del Carmen to Tulum. If you are at the Cancun airport, you can look for the ADO bus and buy your ticket to take the bus from the airport to Playa del Carmen.
If you are in downtown Cancun, you just have to get to the ADO terminal, which is located in the center of the city and buy your transportation ticket, which costs approximately 200.00 MXN per person.
If you are in the city of Playa del Carmen, you have to find the ADO terminal, which is located on the fifth avenue of Playa del Carmen and then buy your boarding ticket to go to Tulum from Playa del Carmen, which has an approximate cost of 100.00 MXN per person.
It should be noted that this means of transportation has specific departure times and as such, it will not leave you at the door of your hotel, it will leave you at the ADO terminal in Tulum.
Collective
Another way to get from Cancun to Tulum and much more economical than the two previous ones, is through the bus service of Playa Express and the transportation service to Tulum. If you are in Cancun, as a first step you have to go to the ADO terminal, where you will see in front of it, the buses of Playa Express that leave every 30 minutes. The cost of the transfer is 45.00 MXN and the approximate time to get to their base of operations in Playa del Carmen is approximately 1 hour.
Once you arrive at the base of the Playa Express shuttle service, you have to walk about 2 minutes to find the base of the shuttle service to Tulum. From here you can take the colectivo which costs 45.00 MXN per person to get to Tulum.
It should be noted that if you are in Playa del Carmen and want to go to Tulum, you just have to find the base of the transportation service to Tulum, which is located very close to the fifth avenue of Playa del Carmen and take the colectivo to Tulum.
Cab
If you are in a hurry and want to get to Tulum as fast as possible, you are traveling with little luggage and alone, then the cab service may be ideal for you. You just have to consider that the cost can range from 2,000.00 MXN to 5,000.00 MXN. In short, it is the most expensive transfer service that exists in the city, but it allows you to get to Tulum quickly from Cancun or Playa del Carmen.