There are 9 ways to get from San Diego to Akumal by plane, shuttle, bus, car, taxi, train, or bus (Flixbus)
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Fly San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane SAN - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Akumal
8h 14m$2,962–10,911Fly Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane TIJ - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Akumal
9h 41m$2,717–8,595Bus via Chetumal
- Take the bus from Tijuana Buenavista to México Politécnicobus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Chetumalbus
- Take the bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Akumalbus
2d 22h$4,009–6,595Drive 4,329.9 km
- Drive from San Diego to Akumalcar 4,329.9 km
2d 2h$8,349–12,059Fly San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane SAN - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
8h 50m$5,944–17,426Fly Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane TIJ - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
11h 59m$4,957–11,195Train, bus
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Stationtrain
- Take the bus from San Antonio to Monterreybus
- Take the bus from Monterrey to Acayucanbus
- Take the bus from Acayucan to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
3d$10,581–20,867Bus
- Take the bus from Tijuana Buenavista to ACN Pueblabus
- Take the bus from Puebla Capu to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Terminal Turística to Akumalbus
3d 4h$3,948–7,090Bus #2
- Take the bus from San Diego to Los Angeles Downtownbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Tuxtla Gutiérrezbus
- Take the bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
4d 3h$6,317–10,571
San Diego to Akumal by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Diego to Akumal is to bus via Chetumal which costs $4000 - $7000 and takes 2 days 22h.
The fastest way to get from San Diego to Akumal is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 14m and costs $2900 - $11000.
No, there is no direct bus from San Diego to Akumal. However, there are services departing from San Diego and arriving at Akumal via Tijuana Buenavista, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte and Chetumal ADO Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 22h.
The distance between San Diego and Akumal is 3368 km. The road distance is 4329.9 km.
The best way to get from San Diego to Akumal without a car is to bus via Chetumal which takes 2 days 22h and costs $4000 - $7000.
It takes approximately 8h 14m to get from San Diego to Akumal, including transfers.
San Diego to Akumal bus services, operated by ACN Autobuses, depart from Tijuana Buenavista station.
San Diego to Akumal bus services, operated by ACN Autobuses, arrive at México Politécnico station.
Akumal is 2h ahead of San Diego. It is currently 12:10 PM in San Diego and 2:10 PM in Akumal.
Yes, the driving distance between San Diego to Akumal is 4330 km. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from San Diego to Akumal.
What companies run services between San Diego, CA, USA and Akumal, Mexico?
You can take a bus from San Diego to Akumal via Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicano, Tijuana Buenavista, México Politécnico, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, and Chetumal ADO Bus Station in around 2d 22h.
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–6,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–6,500
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–7,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via San Luis Potosi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–7,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–7,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–7,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–6,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,500
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–13,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,000–16,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport via San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $4,000–15,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $4,000–15,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,000–12,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7,500–16,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- [email protected]
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Akumal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Akumal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- [email protected]
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tijuana Buenavista to México Politécnico
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,600–2,300
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tijuana Buenavista to ACN Puebla
- Ave. Duration
- 45h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,700–2,400
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Chetumal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,000–3,700
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Puebla Capu to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–4,200
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 997 976 0191
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Chetumal ADO Bus Station to Akumal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $300–410
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Terminal Turística to Akumal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- [email protected]
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from San Antonio to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $850–1,000
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 479 750 3263
- Website
- transporteschayo.com
Bus from San Antonio to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,250–1,400
- Schedules at
- transporteschayo.com
- Book at
- transporteschayo.com
- Phone
- +52 937 132 0108
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Monterrey to Acayucan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–900
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 921 167 7641
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Acayucan to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,100
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from San Diego to Los Angeles Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $350–600
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4,100–6,500
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,800–3,400
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- $2,300–2,800
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
- Phone
- +52 984 106 8542
Taxis Tiburones del Caribe
- Phone
- +52 984 106 8542
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