The easiest way to get to Holbox is to contract a shuttle from Cancún or The Mayan Riviera. Experienced drivers will take you in an air-conditioned van to the door of your hotel on Holbox. Round-trip transportation is available at any time..

From the Terminal (located on the corner of Tulum Ave. and Uxmal Ave.) you need to take the bus for Chiquila, whose departing times are: 5:30am, 7:30am, 12:40pm and 1:30pm. It is approximately a 4 hour trip.

Tickets are around $66 pesos (about $6 USD).

Follow the signs for “Merida Libre and NO CUOTA (NO TOLL).” After 70km (about 43.5mi), at the intersection with “El Ideal,” follow the signs for “Kantunilkin-Holbox.” This will lead you to the Chiquila dock.

It is about a 2 ½ hour journey.

Once you arrive in the town of Chiquila, you need to take the Holbox ferry from the main dock.
In the mid- to low-season (of tourism) the ferry leaves every two hours.
In the high-season it is every hour.
The trip is approximately 20min with a price of $40 pesos (about $5 USD).