Is there good bus service in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico?

Yes, Chapala and Ajijic have good bus service. The big buses take you all the way to Guadalajara, about an hour away. You will pay 9 pesos (50 US cents) if you take the bus from Ajijic to Chapala. A bus to Guadalajara from Chapala costs around 50 pesos (around $3).

 

There are also buses here that are for shorter trips on the lakeshore. It costs 9 pesos (50 US cents) to take the bus from Chapala to San Juan Cosala. You can also take the same bus to go to the...

Yes, Chapala and Ajijic have good bus service. The big buses take you all the way to Guadalajara, about an hour away. You will pay 9 pesos (50 US cents) if you take the bus from Ajijic to Chapala. A bus to Guadalajara from Chapala costs around 50 pesos (around $3).

 

There are also buses here that are for shorter trips on the lakeshore. It costs 9 pesos (50 US cents) to take the bus from Chapala to San Juan Cosala. You can also take the same bus to go to the commercial areas of Chapala like Plaza del Toros, which is on the other side of Soriana (a supermarket). That bus service is more efficient for people who live in those areas because they don’t need to go to the bus station to take the big buses. These buses almost take you door to door because they go from town to town, so it is very convenient.

 

(Pictured: Road in Chapala, Mexico.)  

Yes, there is good bus service here. There is a bus that runs all the way along the coast from Jocotepec all the way to Chapala. And there’s a bus that goes into Guadalajara. Anybody who wants it can take it. It’s available. We don’t discriminate. 

 

They’ve just upgraded the buses recently and it’s a good very bus service. I would venture to say that the buses are mainly used by the Mexican and local population but there...

Yes, there is good bus service here. There is a bus that runs all the way along the coast from Jocotepec all the way to Chapala. And there’s a bus that goes into Guadalajara. Anybody who wants it can take it. It’s available. We don’t discriminate. 

 

They’ve just upgraded the buses recently and it’s a good very bus service. I would venture to say that the buses are mainly used by the Mexican and local population but there are a lot of expats who don’t want a car. They don’t want the responsibility. They don’t want to drive so they catch the bus.

 

How convenient the bus is depends on where you live but if you live in the village of Ajijic and you want to go to Jocotepec, you walk out to the highway, get on a bus and it will take you directly to the Jocotepec and vice versa you can come right back with the same bus.

 

(Malecon with view of the volcano, as viewed from Jocotepec, Mexico, pictured.)

There is not only good bus service in the Lake Chapala and Ajijic area, but there is great bus service throughout the entire Lakeside area.  (Lakeside is defined by locals as the area between Jocotepec on the west, to Chapala on the east, with Ajijic in the middle, and includes the vast majority of expat areas.)

 

The geography of Lakeside makes good bus service relatively easy, because almost all the towns of Lakeside are situated between the lake and the...

There is not only good bus service in the Lake Chapala and Ajijic area, but there is great bus service throughout the entire Lakeside area.  (Lakeside is defined by locals as the area between Jocotepec on the west, to Chapala on the east, with Ajijic in the middle, and includes the vast majority of expat areas.)

 

The geography of Lakeside makes good bus service relatively easy, because almost all the towns of Lakeside are situated between the lake and the mountains in a fairly narrow corridor, usually only several blocks wide.  This means that most busses just travel along the main road (carretera) and can drop you off very close to where you live or want to go shopping or just enjoy the day.  It not at all difficult to know where you’re going on a bus or to decide which line to take.  There’s basically only one.  (The only exception to this is for some communities that are a substantial distance from the lake, where there are some expats.)

 

 

In addition, busses run extremely frequently, so you rarely have to wait long, and a bus ride here is very inexpensive, usually the equivalent of US 50 cents or less.  Busses are basically clean and the people non-threatening, unlike in many places in the US.

 

Also, if you want to travel between the Lakeside area and other areas within Mexico, there are large, spacious, relatively luxurious busses that can take you for very reasonable fares.

 

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