Huatulco has an international airport serving flights from within Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Domestic airlines include Volaris, Aeroméxico, MagniCharter, and Viva Aerobus. Direct flights from the United States and Canada are served by charter airlines operating during the winter months.

Getting there by road has become much easier thanks to the newly opened highways. From Oaxaca City, the journey takes about four and a half hours.

If you're coming from the center of the country via Oaxaca, the highway is very convenient. From Oaxaca to the coast, the highways are federal highways, and you can take two options: The first is toward the Istmo via Salina Cruz, which will take approximately four and a half hours to drive from Oaxaca City. If you choose the Sierra option, the journey takes approximately four hours.

You can take the route via Acapulco, where the arrival time leaving this city is seven hours.

You can also get there from Mexico City via Veracruz, on the Córdoba highway taking the detour to La Tinaja, and then to Acayúcan, heading towards Matías Romero to reach the federal highway next to Salina Cruz. It is a very comfortable route because there is only a very small stretch of curves from Salina Cruz to Huatulco. The travel time leaving the City of Puebla is nine and a half hours.

If you are coming from the Southeast of the country through Chiapas, it is very easy since you take the road towards Salina Cruz and likewise the only section with curves is from Salina Cruz to Huatulco, taking approximately seven hours leaving from Tuxtla Gutiérrez.