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Guatemala to Flores (To Visit Tikal)
San Pedro Boat Express at 10:00a.m. Arrives Belize City at 11:30a.m. Remain at boat terminal, bus will pick you up at the entrance at 1:00p.m., going to Guatemala border. Once through customs and immigration, you will switch buses (same company), and continue on to Flores. It's about 2.5 hours from Belize City to Flores. Does not include time to get through border checkpoints. You will arrive in Flores about 5:00p.m. Approximate cost is $44.USD, per seat. |
Once you've officially cleared immigration, you will walk cross the pedestrian & vehicle bridge for the Hondo River. This river functions as a natural border between Mexico & Belize.
Getting your passport stamped is fairly routine, although you may find that the Belizean immigration officer will question you as to the purpose of your stay. The bus ride from Corozal to Belize City, will take about over two-hours, but in order to find out the schedule you'd have to inquire in person at the Corozal bus terminal. Bus transits in Belize, tend to be by refurbished school buses, not Greyhound-style coaches.
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ENTERING MEXICO BY AIR
When you enter Mexico by air, you should be issued (on the plane) with a form called Forma Migratoria Para Turista, Transmigrante, Visitante Personade Negocios o Visitante Consejero – Internacion Aerea (FMT) (in English: Migratory Form for Foreign Tourist, Transmigrant, Business Visitor or Councilor Visitor – Entrance by Air); fill it out on the plane. If you don’t get a form on the plane, ask for a copy of it. The fee for the FMT is usually included in the cost of the airline ticket, so there is nothing to pay on arrival in Mexico. The FMT allows you to stay a maximum stay of 180 days. When you go through immigration at the airport, the immigration officer will write in the actual number of days you can stay; it will be between 30 and 180 days depending on your nationality. Immigration will keep the top part of the FMT form, and you keep the bottom part with your passport. Keep your airline ticket information that shows you paid for the FMT fee (upon arriving in your airline ticket), you will need to show this to the Mexican Immigrations Officer (proof of payment), when leaving Mexico at the Mexico/Belize border. LEAVING MEXICO BY BUS OR VEHICLE (To Belize Border) When you leave Mexico by bus, the bus will stop at a small immigration booth on the Mexican side of the border. Passengers get off, without luggage, and present their passports with FMT to the immigration officer. He will ask (in Spanish) for $100 (Mexican pesos). If you pay, the immigration officer should stamp your part of the FMT form “doble entrada” and put it back in your passport. This stamped FMT will allow you to re-enter Mexico within the allotted time (30 to 180 days) without paying a new re-entry fee. You may choose not to pay the $100 (Mexican pesos), and immigration will keep your part of the form. Then when you re-enter Belize for the second time, you will have to pay a higher fee (something like $280 Mexican pesos) for a new FMT, and the fee for the new FMT isn’t paid at the border, but at a bank. Passengers re-board the bus, proceed across the bridge over the Hondo River and stop at Belize Customs & Immigration. Passengers (with their luggage this time) go into the Belize immigration building. There are no fees when entering Belize, and you get a tourist card that should be kept with your passport until you leave Belize. After clearing immigration and customs, re-board the bus. |