Border Crossing: Nogales

Tucson Arizona to Oaxaca, Mexico

I will take a Tufesa bus from Tucson Arizona to Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Tufesa buses run from Salt Lake City, Utah to Guadalajara, Mexico.  the bus leaves Tucson at 6:30 pm daily.

For those interested in touring all the way to Central America by bus , you could go from Guadalajara on a Primera Plus bus to Mexico City’s Terminal Norte, an ADO bus to Tapachula, Chiapas and then a Tica Bus to Panama City, Panama.

see  David Rice bus South America Eight Months      for an account of David Rice's eight month bus trip from Missouri to Antarctica and back


I will be heading for Oaxaca City after visiting a few cities along the way.  I will reach Oaxaca City via ADO first class bus service out of Mexico City’s Terminal Norte.

Tufesa buses leave from 16 locations in California and four in Arizona as well as Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.  They make the border crossing and reach south to Guadelajara with many stops along the Pacific coast.  Once in Mexico you will find that Mexico's Bus systems are a great way to see the country. They use dozens of hub cities to reach even the most distant ruin Site and colonial city for about 1-2 peso per mile. (10-15 cents USD) The roads are a combination of modern high-speed toll roads (quota) and secondary roads.

Mexico second class bus lines are based in every city.  They use secondary roads.  The first class buses avoid the steep mountain roads wherever possible; the mountains are so steep that people get sick (upchuck from motion sickness.) on the twisting mountain roads

Mexico's first Class buses have plush seat for sleeping, leg rests, air conditioning, (bring a sweater) lavatories, seat belts, deeply reclining seats, and video movies. (Bring ear plugs for the back to back Cantinflas retrospectives.)

Mexico first class bus travel will reveal one of the best bus systems in the world.  Mexico’s long-haul Flecha Amarilla, ADO, Cristobal Colon, ADO Platino, Chihuhuenses, Tap, Omnibus, and other lines reach all of Mexico in luxury.  Several bus line cross the border.  Tufesa is one that serves Utah, Las Vegas, Nevada, and California with cross border buses.

I will recount the trip from Tucson to Oaxaca for those interested in a bus trip through Mexico.