How to get fromPuerto Barrios to Melchor de Mencosby ferry, bus, car, or shuttle

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There are 5 ways to get from Puerto Barrios to Melchor de Mencos by ferry, bus, car, or shuttle

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Ferry, bus
best
1. Take the ferry from Muelle Municipal to Punta Gordaferry
2. Take the bus from Punta Gorda to Belmopanbus
3. Take the bus from Belmopan to Benque Viejo el Carmenbus
9h 7m
$41–104
Drive 276.5 km
cheapest
1. Drive from Puerto Barrios to Melchor de Mencoscar 276.5 km
8h 5m
$34–49
Ferry, bus via Puerto Barrios
1. Take the ferry from Puerto Barrios to Punta Gorda Municipal Pierferry
2. Take the bus from Punta Gorda to Belmopanbus
3. Take the bus from Belmopan to Benque Viejo del Carmenbus
11h 25m
$67–77
Bus
1. Take the bus from Puerto Barrios to Litegua Bus Stationbus Puerto Barrios-Morales-Ciudad Capital
2. Take the bus from Guatemala City to Melchor de Mencosbus Guatemala
12h
$37–65
Ferry, bus, shuttle
1. Take the ferry from Puerto Barrios to Punta Gorda Municipal Pierferry
2. Take the bus from Punta Gorda to Placenciabus
3. Take a shuttle bus from Placencia to Belize–Guatemala bordershuttle
12h 5m

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Map of how to get from Puerto Barrios to Melchor de Mencos.

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Distance: 384.3 km
Duration: 9h 7m

What companies run services between Puerto Barrios, Guatemala and Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala?

You can take a bus from Puerto Barrios to Melchor de Mencos via Litegua Bus Station and Guatemala City in around 12h.

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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

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9.5Superb

Sweet Songs Jungle Lodge(Opens in a new window)

8.9Fabulous

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