We arrived by all local buses leaving Caye Caulker at 830am and arriving at Flores at 430pm
Water taxi off Caye Caulker
Taxi to bus station in Belize City $2.50us / person
Local bus to border town, just past San Ignacio $4us / person
Border crossing fee out of Belize $19us
Border crossing fee into Guatemala $2.50us
Collectivo from the border to Flores 30quetzels which depending where you are in Guatemala the exchange is between 7.4qz to 7.9qz to the dollar so about $4us
All together the trip from Caye Caulker to Flores was $10.50us plus the 21.50 crossing fees... if you look on a map that is a long distance to go for that price. Safe transportation and excellent service and local people.
The border crossing was a little sketchy because we were hounded from the time we were walking out of the belize building by about 8 men trying to tell us that we had to pay $20us for a ride to Flores and that we could not possibly walk the distance to the Collectivo and that it wont leave for 2 hours and on and on. We were really confused so we asked a young woman who was surveying immigration and she told us we should only pay 30qz to get to flores and the the collectivo was only across a bridge around the corner, which was a 3 minute walk. As soon as she talked to us, the men disappeared and you couldn't have found them if you wanted. So, as long as you know what is the going rate, and you push through the border you are fine.
The collectivo was great - a man with his 2 kids operated it. There was another couple traveling from the states and then the rest were locals, one couple with a newborn baby. It was a great experience, and the brother and sister were 12 and 9, respectively. They both spoke perfect English and talked with me the whole way. The girl was very inquisitive and sweet and smart.
I will keep you updated about Flores, and try to upload photos in the near future.
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