There are 4 ways to get from Ancud to Esquel by bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
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Bus, drive
best- Take the bus from Ancud to Terminal de Buses de Puerto Monttbus
- Take the bus from Puerto Montt to Futaleufúbus
- Drive from Futaleufú to Esquelcar
7h 59mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Ancud to Terminal de Buses de Puerto Monttbus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt to Barilochebus
- Take the bus from Bariloche Terminal to Esquelbus
14h 56m$45,508–117,595Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Chacao to Parguacarferry
- Drive from Pargua to Puerto De Puerto Monttcar
- Take the car ferry from Puerto De Puerto Montt to Rampa Chaiténcarferry
- Drive from Rampa Chaitén to Esquelcar
16h 36m$92,190–391,497Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Ancud to Puerto Monttbusferry
- Take the bus from Puerto Montt to Futaleufúbus
- Take the bus from Frontera Argentia - Chile to Esquelbus
10h 20m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ancud to Esquel is to bus which costs $45000 - $120000 and takes 14h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Ancud to Esquel is to bus which takes 14h 56m and costs $45000 - $120000.
No, there is no direct bus from Ancud to Esquel. However, there are services departing from Ancud and arriving at Esquel via Puerto Montt, Futaleufú and Frontera Argentia - Chile. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 20m.
The distance between Ancud and Esquel is 560 km.
The best way to get from Ancud to Esquel without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 10h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 59m to get from Ancud to Esquel, including transfers.
Ancud to Esquel bus services, operated by Empresas Cruz Del Sur, depart from Ancud station.
Ancud to Esquel bus services, operated by Empresas Cruz Del Sur, arrive at Puerto Montt station.
There are 321+ hotels available in Esquel.
What companies run services between Ancud, Chile and Esquel, Argentina?
You can take a bus from Ancud to Esquel via Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt and Bariloche Terminal in around 14h 56m.
- Phone
- +56 65 263 2594 / 65 635600
- contacto@queilenbus.cl
- Website
- queilenbus.cl
Bus from Ancud to Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6,500–11,000
- Website
- https://kupos.cl/en/bus/tickets/queilen-bus
- Phone
- +56 65 229 0100
- contacto@busesetm.cl
- Website
- etm.cl
Bus from Ancud to Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7,500–27,000
- Schedules at
- etm.cl
- marorl_bus@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ancud to Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12,948
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Puerto Montt to Futaleufú
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Phone
- +56 65 243 6410
- soporteweb@busescruzdelsur.cl
- Website
- webcds.cl
Busferry from Ancud to Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–11,000
- Website
- https://www.webcds.cl/en/
Bus from Frontera Argentia - Chile to Esquel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6,500
- Schedules at
- transportejacobsen.com.ar
- Phone
- 0810-333-7575
- info@viacorreo.com.ar
- Website
- viatac.com.ar
Bus from Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt to Bariloche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23,000–38,000
- Schedules at
- viatac.com.ar
- Book at
- viatac.com.ar
- Bed
- $26,000–38,000
- Semi Bed
- $23,000–32,000
Bus from Bariloche Terminal to Esquel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19,000–31,000
- Schedules at
- viatac.com.ar
- Book at
- viatac.com.ar
- Bed
- $21,000–31,000
- Semi Bed
- $19,000–27,000
- Phone
- 0810 122 1122
- gestionesatc@andesmar.com.ar
- Website
- andesmar.com
Bus from Terminal de Buses de Puerto Montt to Bariloche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22,000–50,000
- Schedules at
- andesmar.com
- Book at
- andesmar.com
- Bed
- $27,000–39,000
- Semi bed
- $22,000–31,000
- Phone
- 0810-333-7575
- info@viacorreo.com.ar
- Website
- viabariloche.com.ar
Bus from Bariloche Terminal to Esquel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17,000–28,860
- Schedules at
- viabariloche.com.ar
- Book at
- viabariloche.com.ar
- Semi Cama
- $17,000–22,000
- Cama
- $19,000–26,000
- Phone
- 0800-3331188
- info@taqsa.com.ar
- Website
- taqsa.com.ar
Bus from Bariloche Terminal to Esquel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25,000–41,000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semibed
- $25,000–37,000
- Bed
- $29,000–41,000
- Phone
- +56 65 243 6410
- soporteweb@busescruzdelsur.cl
- Website
- webcds.cl
Car ferry from Chacao to Pargua
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23,774–25,413
- Website
- https://www.webcds.cl/en/
- Citycar
- $23,774
- Suv
- $25,413
- Phone
- +56 65 227 0700
- info@tmc.cl
- Website
- transmarchilay.cl
Car ferry from Chacao to Pargua
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27,053–28,692
- Schedules at
- transmarchilay.cl
- Citycar
- $27,053
- Suv
- $28,692
- Phone
- +56 600 401 9000
- contacto@navieraustral.cl
- Website
- navieraustral.cl
Car ferry from Puerto De Puerto Montt to Rampa Chaitén
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15,000–270,522
- Website
- https://www.navieraustral.cl/
- Car
- $39,000–65,000
- Moto
- $39,000–180,000
- Bike
- $49,000–80,000
- National
- $15,000–120,000
- Foreigners
- $50,000–65,000
- Seat
- $57,384
- Vehicle
- $270,522
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