How to get fromBelize City to Melchor de Mencosby bus, car, or shuttle

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There are 4 ways to get from Belize City to Melchor de Mencos by bus, car, or shuttle

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Bus via San Ignacio
best
1. Take the bus from Belize City to San Ignaciobus Belize city
2h 20m
$28–171
Bus
cheapest
1. Take the bus from Novelo's Bus Terminal to Benque Viejo del Carmenbus Benque / ...
2h 36m
$7–11
Drive 127.3 km
1. Drive from Belize City to Melchor de Mencoscar 127.3 km
2h 11m
$27–39
Shuttle
1. Take a shuttle bus from Belize City to Belize–Guatemala bordershuttle
2h 30m
$20–28

Belize City to Melchor de Mencos by shuttle

6Weekly Shuttles

2h 30mAverage Duration

$20Cheapest Price

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Map of how to get from Belize City to Melchor de Mencos.

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Distance: 127.3 km
Duration: 2h 20m

What companies run services between Belize City, Belize and Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala?

Mundo Maya Travels (MayanOz) operates a bus from Belize City to San Ignacio once daily. Tickets cost $25–170 and the journey takes 2h.

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Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala

Melchor de Mencos is a municipality in the Petén Department of Guatemala with population 23,813. It is situated on the eastern border with Belize, and is the only major border crossing from Guatemala to Belize. The city was established in April 1960. It is named after Sergeant Major Melchor de Mencos y Varón, who in 1754 journeyed with a tiny contingent of Spanish colonial troops from what is now Antigua, Guatemala to the coast of present-day Belize, there to combat English "pirates" who had settled that region and established a self-governing community. A large signboard-map at the border crossing between Benque Viejo del Carmen and Melchor depicts Belize as Guatemala's eastern province, consistent with Guatemala's ongoing claim. Large numbers of its young people attend secondary school across the border in Belize, seeking the competitive benefits of English-language fluency. They can be seen when dropped off on weekday mornings at the Guatemalan end of the pedestrian border crossing, walking through, and boarding the same school buses at the Belizean end, from there to be transported onward to their secondary schools in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Melchor's twin city across the border in Belize, or further afield.

Places to stay in Melchor de Mencos

Hotel La Cabaña(Opens in a new window)

9.2Superb

Clarissa Falls Resort(Opens in a new window)

9.7Exceptional

Los Techitos - Unique open space village stay(Opens in a new window)

9.5Superb

Sweet Songs Jungle Lodge(Opens in a new window)

8.9Fabulous

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