The Mexican Caribbean is surrounded by several islands, islands that offer beautiful beaches, tranquility, calm, exuberant marine life and wildlife. However, out of so many islands, we will only highlight 3 of them, which are Holbox Island, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island.

Holbox Island is not located in the Riviera Maya, but it is part of the Caribbean landscape, Isla Mujeres is located in front of the coastal area of Cancun and Cozumel Island is located in front of Playa del Carmen.

What do Holbox Island, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island have in common besides their beaches and beauty? The ferry crossing! Let’s remember that both are islands and to access any of them, you have to make a short trip by sea and right now we will tell you about it.

Cancun and Riviera Maya Ferry

The Mexican Caribbean which is made up of Cancun, the Riviera Maya and several nearby areas are served by ferry service or as many know it, the Ferry service.

This service is a maritime public transportation whose objective is to transfer people from one of the ports or maritime terminals to one of the 3 most well known islands of the Mexican Caribbean. These islands are Holbox Island, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island.

Is it possible to get from Holbox Island to Isla Mujeres? No, unfortunately there is no shipping route that can take you from Holbox Island to Isla Mujeres. And before you ask, you can’t get from Holbox Island to Cozumel either.

Is it possible to get from Isla Mujeres to Cozumel Island? No, there is no direct sea route from Isla Mujeres to Cozumel or from Cozumel to Isla Mujeres. In fact, there is no route from Cozumel Island to Holbox Island either.

Now that we have explained the above: Let’s know the points of the ferries in Cancun and the Riviera Maya, as well as the place where we can get there.

Cancun to Isla Mujeres Ferry

Are you in Cancun and want to visit Isla Mujeres? The city of Cancun has 3 seaports to take the ferry to Isla Mujeres. Two of them are part of the Ultramar company and 1 of them belongs to the Xcaret group company

El embarcadero

The port “El embarcadero” is located at kilometer 4.5 of Cancun’s hotel zone and the Xcaret group company is the shipping company that makes the transfers from this place.

The price of the ferry in “El embarcadero” is 290 MXN for adults and 220 MXN for children. It is worth mentioning that this price is only for the one way trip. This means that the return trip will cost 290 MXN for adults and 220 MXN for children.

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Tortugas Beach

Playa Tortugas is one of the most beautiful beaches in Cancun and one of the most complete in terms of restaurants, lounge chairs, umbrellas, mini super, parking and of course: The ferry to Isla Mujeres.

From here you can take the ferry to Isla Mujeres belonging to the overseas company and its cost is 270 MXN for adults and 200 MXN for children.

Remember that this cost refers to a single trip (one way) and the return trip has a similar cost.

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Caracol Beach

Playa Caracol is the last maritime terminal that we will find in the city and is located at km 9 of the hotel zone. The ferry prices from this point are the same as the ferry prices at Playa Tortugas. That is: 270 MXN single trip for adults and 200 MXN single trip for children.

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Ferry Puerto Juarez to Isla Mujeres

Do you want to go to Isla Mujeres earlier? Then none of the docks in Cancun will do the trick. But the one in Puerto Juarez does.

Puerto Juarez is a small fishing village located less than 10 minutes from the city of Cancun. A quiet, calm place which has its own marine terminal to get to Isla Mujeres.

But unlike the other maritime terminals that we find in Cancun. The port of Puerto Juarez has the best departure, return and even one way schedules.

Its first departure to Isla Mujeres is at 5:30 am and the last trip to Isla Mujeres is at 11:00 pm. In fact, this terminal has 19 departure times to Isla Mujeres.

The cost of the transfer is 270 MXN single trip for adults and 540 MXN single trip for children. But if you are a resident of the state of Quintana Roo the ferry ticket costs 100 MXN for adults and 66 MXN for children.

As you can see, this terminal has many departure times and for this reason, this is the busiest terminal to go to Isla Mujeres from Cancun and if you still don’t know how to get there, we can help you with a private transfer to the Puerto Juarez terminal.

And of course, let’s not forget to introduce you to the ferry departure and arrival times in this place,

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Ferry to Cozumel

Planning to spend a few days in Cozumel? Cozumel is the largest island in the Riviera Maya, that’s no secret and it’s also no secret that the island is located in the coastal area of Playa del Carmen.

So, in order for you to get to know the island, you have to take a ferry ride from the Playa del Carmen ferry terminal. This terminal is located in the heart of the Riviera Maya.

It is worth mentioning that this is not strictly the only option to get to Cozumel Island, as the island has a small airport from which private jets, small planes and helicopters can land.

What is the cost of the Ferry to Cozumel? The cost of the ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel is 250 MXN (approximately 15 USD) for adults and 200 MXN (approximately 10 USD) for children.

What is the ferry schedule to Cozumel? Currently the ferry transfer from Playa to Cozumel has 8 schedules which are: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm.

If you are in the city of Cancun and want to go to Cozumel, we are sorry to tell you that you will have to arrive first to Playa del Carmen and remember that we can help you with the private transfer service to Playa del Carmen, but in this case it would be to the maritime terminal of Playa del Carmen.