Bus Travel, USA to Chihuahua, Mexico for Copper Canyon, Via Futura,
Chihuahuenses, or Omnibus, Estrella Blanca







Tips on Purchasing Bus Tickets in Mexico:
If you are purchasing bus tickets in a Mexican bus terminal and are not fluent in the Spanish language, write
your destination, time of departure, and the listed price on a piece of paper or in a note book page along
with your name spelled out legibly. The ticket sales person will assign the seat to your name. Bus lines post
their destinations, departure times, and prices on boards behind the counter in most stations or out in front.
In Chihuahua the postings are behind the counters.
- Two lines serve to Creel , Rapidos Cuauhtemoc and Noreste. These are local buses and will
make stops in the villages during the 160 mile trip. Estimate a 5 hour trip.
Always choose your own seat. If you let the ticket clerk assign a seat, they will give you the seat at the back
of the bus and you will be too close to the lavatory, the engine noise, the tire noise, and the slamming
lavatory door.
Bus Travel from Tucson through Nogales
reaches Chihuahua via the central Highlands
route through Hermosillo or Agua Prieta.
This could include an Omnibus or TAP Bus from
Nogales to Chihuahua, or Futura Bus or
Chihuahuenses Bus to Chihuahua from Agua Prieta
at the Douglas Arizona border.
Futura Bus is a division of Estrella Blanca
Bus Travel Through Mexico:
Nogales to the Yucatan through the
Central Highlands of Mexico.
You can board a first class bus at the border of
Tucson to go south at Nogales or at Agua
Prieta/Douglas Arizona. You do not need
reservations
. (Most Mexican Bus lines do not have functioning
websites)
You rarely need a reservation when traveling
through Mexico by bus; you can usually have the
flexibility of just showing up.
The exception would be Easter and Christmas.
Although the buses will not likely be filled, the choice seats
will go early.
The downside to just showing up is that you might not
get the seat that you want.
Any seat between seat 4 to seat 20 should be a good
ride Anything in the high teens or the low 20s for a
night trip should smooth out every bump and every
rattle. Any seat in the high teens and low twenties
makes a great snooze.
Bus Travel from the USA could include a bus to
Chihuahua then an Estrella Blanca bus to Creel
Futura Bus, Chihuahuenses, and Omnibus reach
Chihuahua from Northern Mexico. Estrella Blanca
reaches Creel from Chihuahua.
For the central highlands, long bus trip south from the US, the left side of the bus is the best side if you want to
avoid the bright afternoon sun which will be on the right side of the bus. On the left, the sun will be no problem on
the 300 or so mile trip to Chihuahua.
At Chihuahua you have choices between the train ride into the Copper Canyon or the Estrella Blanca Bus which
makes many daily trips to Creel in the Copper Canyon.
Bus service from Chihuahua includes Noreste Bus and Estrella Blanca's Rapidos Cuauhtemoc Bus
the Train starts its 6:00 AM run west through Copper Canyon, Tarahumara country, as it heads for the Pacific
Coast at Los Mochis.
Bus service starts at seven am from the first class bus station in chihuahua.
Futura Bus