There are 9 ways to get from Calama to Lima by plane, bus, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Calama Airport
best- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)plane CJC - LIM
9h 7m$147–492Bus #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Frontera del Norte Calama to Terminal Rodoviario de Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Tacna to Moqueguabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Moquegua to Lima Plaza Nortebus
32h 4m$54–104Bus via Arequipa
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Tacna to Moqueguabus
- Take the bus from Moquegua to Arequipabus
- Take the bus from Arequipa to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
27h 39m$77–177Drive 1,827.6 km
- Drive from Calama to Limacar 1,827.6 km
23h 44m$275–397Bus to Antofagasta Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Antofagastabus
- Fly from Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)plane ANF - LIM
7h 55m$169–483Bus, bus to Diego Aracena International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Pozo Almontebus
- Take the bus from Pozo Almonte to Iquique Airportbus
- Fly from Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)plane IQQ - LIM
14h 30m$283–844Shuttle, Tour to Uyuni Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Calama Airport to San Pedro de Atacama
- Take the bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyunibus
- Fly from Uyuni Airport (UYU) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)plane UYU - LIM
18h 22m$648–1,174Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Tacna to Lima 28 de Juliobus
30h 34m$55–119Bus #3
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Tacna to Lima 28 de Juliobus
32h 34m$70–150
Calama Airport (CJC) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Calama to Lima is to bus which costs $55 - $120 and takes 30h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Calama to Lima is to bus and fly which takes 7h 55m and costs $160 - $490.
No, there is no direct bus from Calama to Lima. However, there are services departing from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus and arriving at Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte via Terminal Internacional, Tacna, Moquegua and Arequipa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 39m.
The distance between Calama and Lima is 1466 km. The road distance is 1827.6 km.
The best way to get from Calama to Lima without a car is to bus via Arequipa which takes 27h 39m and costs $75 - $180.
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Calama to Lima, including transfers.
Calama to Lima bus services, operated by Kenny Bus, depart from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus station.
The best way to get from Calama to Lima is to fly which takes 9h 7m and costs $140 - $500. Alternatively, you can bus via Arequipa, which costs $75 - $180 and takes 27h 39m.
Calama to Lima bus services, operated by Kenny Bus, arrive at Terminal Rodoviario de Arica station.
Lima is 2h behind Calama. It is currently 5:51 AM in Calama and 3:51 AM in Lima.
What companies run services between Calama, Chile and Lima, Peru?
LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, and JetSMART fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte via Terminal Rodoviario de Arica, Terminal Internacional, Tacna, Moquegua, and Arequipa in around 27h 39m.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Calama Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Calama Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via La Serena, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Calama Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Concepcion, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Diego Aracena International Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Calama Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–460
Flights from Calama Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via La Serena, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–460
Flights from Diego Aracena International Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Calama Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Diego Aracena International Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
- Website
- boa.bo
Flights from Diego Aracena International Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via Santa Cruz, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
Flights from Uyuni Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Uyuni Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport via La Paz, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Phone
- +56 22 570 8687
- ayuda@pasajebus.com
- Website
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–29
- Schedules at
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Pozo Almonte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- kennybus.cl
- Phone
- +56 58 222 8603
- ventas.busesng@gmail.com
- Website
- recorrido.cl
Bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.recorrido.cl/en/bus/buses-norte-grande-tickets
- Phone
- +51 953 954 708
- informes@transportesmoquegua.com.pe
- Website
- redbus.pe
Bus from Tacna to Moquegua
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- redbus.pe
Bus from Moquegua to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- redbus.pe
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- contactcenter@civa.com.pe
- Website
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Tacna to Moquegua
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–45
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Arequipa to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–80
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Tacna to Lima 28 de Julio
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 994 656 518
- atencionalcliente@oltursa.com.pe
- Website
- oltursa.pe
Bus from Arequipa to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Arequipa to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +56 (53) 262 7651 / (55) 221 5347 / 9 7436 7221
- atencioncliente@cormarbus.cl
- Website
- cormarbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Antofagasta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Schedules at
- cormarbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Pozo Almonte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- pullmansanandres.cl
- Semi Cama
- $17–21
- Salón Cama
- $19–24
Bus from Pozo Almonte to Iquique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- pica.cl
- Phone
- +56 2 2677 3000
- reservastv@transvip.cl
- Website
- transvip.cl
Shuttle from Calama Airport to San Pedro de Atacama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $113
- Book at
- transvip.cl
Bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $285
- Website
- https://cordilleratraveller.com/en/home-cordillera-traveller-english/
- Phone
- +51 1 4800725
- info@floreshnos.pe
- Website
- floreshnos.pe
Bus from Tacna to Lima 28 de Julio
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- floreshnos.pe
- Book at
- floreshnos.pe
- Phone
- +56 9 7525 8175
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Frontera del Norte Calama to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Semi-cama
- $15–23
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Moquegua to Lima Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–31
- Website
- https://www.tacnainternacional.com.pe/
- Book at
- https://www.redbus.pe/en/operator/turismo-tacna-internacional-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- clientes@pullmanbus.cl
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–61
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $35–45
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