The Municipal of San Marcos la Laguna is 170 kilometers from the capital and 48 kilometers from Sololá. Travel is conducted in one of two ways, by road or by boat.
     Traveling from the capital or Antigua you can take either a shuttle service (2 hours) or a chicken bus (3 hours) to Panajachel. Most all major tourist towns have a regular bus to Panajachel.
     The way most people from San Marcos la Laguna travel, is along the skirts of Lake Atitlán by boat. It is about 10.5 kilometers from San Marcos to the docks of Panajachel. During your trip across the lake, you will encounter the villages of Santa Cruz la Laguna, Jaibalito and Tzununá. Normally the trip takes about 45 minutes, and leaves every half hour from 6:00 in the morning to 7:30 at night. Traveling in the other direction you will encounter the villages of San Pablo, San Juan and San Pedro La Laguna. The last boat leaving from this direction is at 5:00 in the evening.