You can drive to Cobá from Tulum (approx. 45 minutes). The 2-lane road
passes through several small Mexican villages where you can stop for a
bite to eat or to buy some local handicrafts. From Cancun or Playa del
Carmen, take highway 307 south to Tulum, and then turn inland where
marked.
There are several ADO buses every morning to Coba from
Cancun (3h), Playa del Carmen (2h) and Tulum (1h), and two each
afternoon out again at 13h30 and 15h30. Buses stop at the El Bocadito
restaurant, which doubles as bus ticket office. From there the entrance
to the archaeological site is a short 500m walk on down the same road,
which bends off to the left when it reaches lake Coba. You may see
crocodiles on the lake shore, well below the road.
Visitors arriving
by bus will be offered a shuttle service by the restaurant staff.
Unless walking is not an option, there is no need to use this serivice -
and if walking is not an option, Coba is probably not a good choice
anyway, as a good deal of walking is inevitable at the site, even if you
rent a bicycle or rickshaw
