There are 7 ways to get from Cartagena to Loja by plane, bus, taxi, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cartagena to Cuenca, bus
best- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Cuenca (CUE)plane CTG - CUE
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Lojabus
13h 17m$68–328Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal del Nortebus
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Rumichacataxi
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Lojabus
45h 18m$710–747Drive 2,427.1 km
- Drive from Cartagena to Lojacar 2,427.1 km
37h 6m$138–199Fly Cartagena to Loja
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Loja (LOH)plane CTG - LOH
10h 28m$102–500Fly Cartagena to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, drive
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane CTG - GYE
- Drive from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Lojacar
12h 26m$251–981Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to Loja
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Loja (LOH)plane BAQ - LOH
12h 49m$130–584Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Salitrebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Salitre to Terminales de Transportes de Ipialesbus
- Take the bus from Tulcán to Lojabus
2d 16h$109–167
Cartagena (CTG) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cartagena to Loja is to bus which costs $100 - $170 and takes 2 days 16h.
The fastest way to get from Cartagena to Loja is to fly which takes 10h 28m and costs $100 - $500.
The distance between Cartagena and Loja is 1742 km. The road distance is 2427.1 km.
The best way to get from Cartagena to Loja without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 45h 18m and costs $710 - $750.
It takes approximately 13h 17m to get from Cartagena to Loja, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cartagena to Loja is to fly which takes 10h 28m and costs $100 - $500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $170 and takes 2 days 16h.
Yes, the driving distance between Cartagena to Loja is 2427 km. It takes approximately 37h 6m to drive from Cartagena to Loja.
There are 113+ hotels available in Loja.
What companies run services between Cartagena, Colombia and Loja, Ecuador?
Copa Airlines, Go2Sky, and four other airlines fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Loja (LOH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Loja via Terminal Salitre, Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales, and Tulcán in around 2d 16h.
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Balboa, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Lima, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Balboa, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- go2sky.aero
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Cartagena to Loja via Lima, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Loja via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Cartagena to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Cartagena to Cuenca via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Cartagena to Cuenca via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from Cartagena to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Cartagena to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Cartagena to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Cartagena to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Cartagena to Cuenca via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from Cartagena to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–480
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Cartagena to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064276830053
- Phone
- +593 99 144 1474
- sanluisejecutivo@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ecuabuses.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- contactenos@expresobrasilia.com
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $30–45
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $14–20
- Phone
- +57 604 444 8888
- contactenos@rapidoochoa.com
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +593 96 890 4208
- info@unioncariamanga.com.ec
- Website
- unioncariamanga.ec
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- unioncariamanga.ec
- Book at
- unioncariamanga.ec
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- servicioalcliente@unitransco.com
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- servicioalcliente@copetran.com
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $45–65
- Phone
- +57 310 7883333
- gerencia@cootransbol.com
- Website
- concordeoficial.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Schedules at
- concordeoficial.com
- Book at
- concordeoficial.com
Bus from Terminal Salitre to Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- continentalbus.com.co
- Phone
- +57 601 4249090
- contactenos@bolivariano.com.co
- Website
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Terminal Salitre to Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Phone
- +593 95 885 1254
- microsc71@gmail.com
- Website
- microsancristobal.com
Bus from Tulcán to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–30
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Estimated price
- $634
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
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