There are 10 ways to get from Ambato to Colombia by bus, car, plane, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, car to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, fly to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
best- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Quitobus
- Drive from Quito to Quito Airportcar
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane UIO - MDE
7h 44m$208–460Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Ibarrabus
- Take the bus from Ibarra to Tulcánbus
- Take the bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitrebus
30h 50m$53–94Taxi, bus, drive
- Take the taxi from Ambato to Archidonataxi
- Take the bus from Archidona to Lago Agríobus
- Drive from Lago Agrío to Puerto Caicedocar
- Take the bus from Puerto Caicedo to Pitalitobus
- Take the bus from Pitalito to Gigantebus
- Take the bus from Gigante to Terminal Satelite del Surbus
21h 58m$127–169Drive 1,211.5 km
- Drive from Ambato to Bogotácar 1,211.5 km
18h 49m$69–100Bus, car to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, fly to El Dorado International Airport
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Quitobus
- Drive from Quito to Quito Airportcar
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane UIO - BOG
8h 22m$180–311Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Take the taxi from Ambato to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEtaxi
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane GYE - MDE
6h 53m$369–677Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to El Dorado International Airport
- Take the taxi from Ambato to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEtaxi
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane GYE - BOG
7h 27m$351–608Bus, bus to Ipiales, fly to El Dorado International Airport
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Ibarrabus
- Take the bus from Ibarra to Tulcánbus
- Fly from Ipiales (IPI) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane IPI - BOG
11h 30m$186–456Bus via Quito
- Take the bus from San Miguel de Salcedo to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Rumichacabus
- Take the bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitrebus
32h 9m$78–114Bus via Cali
- Take the bus from Ambato to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Rumichacabus
- Take the bus from Ipiales to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Terminal Satelite del Surbus
35h 51m$77–124
Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ambato to Colombia is to bus which costs $50 - $95 and takes 30h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Ambato to Colombia is to taxi and fly which takes 6h 53m and costs $360 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Ambato to Colombia. However, there are services departing from Ambato and arriving at Ak 10 - Cl 18 via Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe, Rumichaca, Ipiales, Terminal de Transporte Cali and CL 57Z Sur - KR 75D Br. La Estancia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 51m.
The distance between Ambato and Colombia is 963 km. The road distance is 1211.5 km.
The best way to get from Ambato to Colombia without a car is to bus via Quito which takes 32h 9m and costs $75 - $120.
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Ambato to Colombia, including transfers.
Ambato to Colombia bus services, operated by Amazonas Cooperativa de Transportes, depart from Ambato station.
Ambato to Colombia bus services, operated by Amazonas Cooperativa de Transportes, arrive at Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ambato to Colombia is 1212 km. It takes approximately 18h 49m to drive from Ambato to Colombia.
There are 2867+ hotels available in Colombia.
What companies run services between Ambato, Ecuador and Colombia?
You can take a bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Bogotá via Ibarra, Ibarra, Tulcán, Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales, and Terminal Salitre in around 30h 50m.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–320
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–320
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–320
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–370
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–370
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–450
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–450
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Ipiales to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–420
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–350
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–220
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–330
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- tacaandica@gmail.com
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Ibarra
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Ambato to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Archidona to Lago Agrío
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- busplace.com
Bus from Puerto Caicedo to Pitalito
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- transipiales.teletiquete.com
- Book at
- transipiales.teletiquete.com
- Basico
- $14–18
- Phone
- +57 310 695 9595
- clientes@cootranshuila.com
- Website
- cootranshuila.com
Bus from Pitalito to Gigante
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- cootranshuila.com
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Pitalito to Gigante
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Gigante to Terminal Satelite del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Ibarra to Tulcán
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–18
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
Bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $48
- Schedules at
- continentalbus.com.co
- Phone
- +57 601 4249090
- contactenos@bolivariano.com.co
- Website
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Ipiales to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Phone
- +593 03 272 9346
- cooperativatrasportesprimavera@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from San Miguel de Salcedo to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 95 877 5117
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from San Miguel de Salcedo to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069932811086
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from San Miguel de Salcedo to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Rumichaca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Ambato to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.ec
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Ambato to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
- Phone
- (+59) 0 2303-4291
- info@ocidentales.ec
- Website
- occidentales.ec
Bus from Ambato to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- occidentales.ec
- Book at
- occidentales.ec
- Phone
- +57 314 8300867
- cootranarltda@yahoo.com
- Website
- cootranar.com
Bus from Ipiales to Terminal de Transporte Cali
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Terminal Satelite del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- flotamagdalena.com
- Premium
- $27–35
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito to Quito Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Estimated price
- $60–180
Radio Taxi Mejia
- Phone
- +593 3- 2400762
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Ambato
- Phone
- +593 99 843 4557
- Website
- facebook.com
Luis VIP Tours
- Phone
- +593 98 474 7415
- Website
- luisviptours.com
Radio Taxi Mejia
- Phone
- +593 3- 2400762
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Ambato
- Phone
- +593 99 843 4557
- Website
- facebook.com
Luis VIP Tours
- Phone
- +593 98 474 7415
- Website
- luisviptours.com
Radio Taxi Mejia
- Phone
- +593 3- 2400762
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Ambato
- Phone
- +593 99 843 4557
- Website
- facebook.com
Luis VIP Tours
- Phone
- +593 98 474 7415
- Website
- luisviptours.com
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