Puerto Barrios to Livingston Boat: Times, Fares and Return

The public boat from Puerto Barrios to Livingston costs Q50 per person according to El Hotelito Perdido, while Casa de la Iguana lists Q50.00 per person; both hotel pages were checked on 25 October 2026. El Hotelito Perdido gives a 30-minute crossing, but the hotels disagree about departure arrangements, and no verified timetable was available for the return from Livingston.

Quick summary

• Boarding: El Hotelito Perdido names the Public Dock in Puerto Barrios; its directions give no street address.
• Departure times: El Hotelito Perdido lists 06:30, 07:30, 09:00, 11:00 and 17:00, with later boats if there are 16 people.
• Leave-when-full alternative: Casa de la Iguana describes boats from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm, leaving when full with 14 people, rather than a fixed timetable.
• Last outbound boat: El Hotelito Perdido calls 5:00pm the last scheduled departure. A later load-dependent boat is not a guaranteed connection.
• Return planning: confirm the Livingston departure and fare locally before building a timed onward connection around them.

Outbound boats: what the hotels actually publish

The following are the hotels’ own travel directions, checked 25 October 2026. Neither is a boat cooperative’s tariff, and neither fare comes with a stated validity date. The boat operator is not identified in these directions.

These descriptions do not establish that a timed ferry and a separate collective lancha are different services. Ask at boarding whether the departure being offered is timed or waiting for passengers. The hotels’ different passenger thresholds remain separate descriptions; neither establishes a universal loading rule.

Dock and last departure

El Hotelito Perdido identifies the departure point as the Public Dock. An exact street address and an independently verified municipal designation are not available in these directions, so confirm the boarding point locally rather than relying on an unsourced map pin.

The same hotel’s last scheduled departure is 5:00pm. Its separate statement about later boats depends on 16 people being available. Casa de la Iguana ends its operating window at 5:00 pm and describes departures as load-dependent. Confirm that day’s service at the dock before treating the end of either window as a reserved sailing.

Livingston to Puerto Barrios: confirm the return separately

The hotel directions checked do not establish a return timetable, return fare or last Livingston departure, and no verified cooperative or municipal timetable was available for either direction. The Puerto Barrios departure list therefore cannot serve as a return schedule. Confirm the return boarding point, fare and departure locally before arranging an onward bus.

A separate scheduled barco or ferry service could not be verified from these sources. The published outbound information above concerns public boats; it does not justify assigning a separate ferry fare or timetable.

Connecting from Guatemala City with Litegua

Litegua’s booking system was checked on 25 October 2026 for travel on 27 October 2026, selecting Ciudad Capital - Puerto Barrios. These are selected departures shown in those results, rather than a promise of the same schedule on another date.

Litegua displays fare ranges without explaining what determines the price within each range. These booking results contain departures without arrival times or a published bus duration, and do not sell a guaranteed through-connection to the boat. An early departure alone does not prove that a particular sailing can be reached.

For the bus leg, see Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios. The broader Guatemala City to Livingston guide covers planning the journey through a boat departure town.

Related

• Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios
• Guatemala City to Livingston
• Puerto Barrios to Punta Gorda, Belize, by boat

Sources

• El Hotelito Perdido: Getting Here - checked 25 October 2026; hotel directions for outbound public boats, fare, crossing time and dock.
• Hotel Casa de la Iguana: Cómo llegar - checked 25 October 2026; hotel directions for load-dependent departures and fare.
• Litegua booking system - checked 25 October 2026, for travel on 27 October 2026; selected Ciudad Capital to Puerto Barrios departures and displayed fare ranges.