There are 10 ways to get from Cuenca to Calama by plane, bus, car, or taxi
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Fly Cuenca to Calama Airport
best- Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Calama Airport (CJC)plane CUE - CJC
19h$303–994Bus #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Cuenca to Huaquillasbus
- Take the bus from Tumbes to Lima Paseo de la Repúblicabus
- Take the bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal de Buses Tocopillabus
- Take the bus from Agencia Camus - Tocopilla to Terminal de Buses Calamabus
2d 8h$105–252Bus via Tocopilla
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Chiclayobus
- Take the bus from Chiclayo to Limabus
- Take the bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal de Buses Tocopillabus
- Take the bus from Agencia Camus - Tocopilla to Terminal de Buses Calamabus
2d 6h$114–234Drive 3,244.7 km
- Drive from Cuenca to Calamacar 3,244.7 km
43h 57m$401–578Fly Cuenca to Antofagasta Airport, bus
- Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)plane CUE - ANF
- Take the bus from Antofagasta to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Busbus
12h 19m$307–1,049Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to Calama Airport
- Take the taxi from Cuenca to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEtaxi
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Calama Airport (CJC)plane GYE - CJC
14h 2m$408–1,150Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to Antofagasta Airport, bus
- Take the taxi from Cuenca to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEtaxi
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)plane GYE - ANF
- Take the bus from Antofagasta to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Busbus
13h 12m$409–1,280Bus
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Chiclayobus
- Take the bus from Chiclayo to Limabus
- Take the bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Frontera del Norte Calamabus
2d 7h$108–219Bus #3
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lima Javier Pradobus
- Take the bus from Lima Terminal Excluciva to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Busbus
2d 15h$126–323Bus via Piura
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Piurabus
- Take the bus from Piura to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Busbus
2d 16h$114–250
Cuenca (CUE) to Calama Airport (CJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cuenca to Calama is to bus which costs $100 - $260 and takes 2 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Cuenca to Calama is to fly and bus which takes 12h 19m and costs $300 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Cuenca to Calama. However, there are services departing from Cuenca and arriving at Terminal de Buses Calama via Chiclayo, Lima 28 de Julio, Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría, Terminal Rodoviario de Arica and Agencia Camus - Tocopilla. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Cuenca and Calama is 2442 km. The road distance is 3244.7 km.
The best way to get from Cuenca to Calama without a car is to bus via Tocopilla which takes 2 days 6h and costs $110 - $240.
It takes approximately 19h to get from Cuenca to Calama, including transfers.
Cuenca to Calama bus services, operated by Transportes Azuay, depart from Cuenca station.
The best way to get from Cuenca to Calama is to fly which takes 19h and costs $300 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus via Tocopilla, which costs $110 - $240 and takes 2 days 6h.
Cuenca to Calama bus services, operated by Transportes Azuay, arrive at Chiclayo station.
Calama is 2h ahead of Cuenca. It is currently 5:37 AM in Cuenca and 7:37 AM in Calama.
What companies run services between Cuenca, Ecuador and Calama, Chile?
LATAM Chile and Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Calama Airport (CJC) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cuenca to Terminal de Buses Calama via Chiclayo, Lima, Lima 28 de Julio, Tacna, Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría, Terminal Internacional Arica, Terminal Rodoviario de Arica, Terminal de Buses Tocopilla, and Agencia Camus - Tocopilla in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Cuenca to Calama Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Cuenca to Calama Airport via Quito, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Cuenca to Calama Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Cuenca to Calama Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Santiago, La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Cuenca to Antofagasta Airport via Quito, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Cuenca to Antofagasta Airport via Quito, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Calama Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Calama Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Calama Airport via Santiago, Concepcion
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Calama Airport via Santiago, La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Quito, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Phone
- +593-07 2823163
- gerencia@transportesazuay.com
- Website
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Cuenca to Chiclayo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Cuenca to Huaquillas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–19
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Cuenca to Piura
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Chiclayo to Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- terramovilperu.com.pe
- Book at
- redbus.pe
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- contactcenter@civa.com.pe
- Website
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Tumbes to Lima Paseo de la República
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Lima Terminal Excluciva to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 1 4800725
- info@floreshnos.pe
- Website
- floreshnos.pe
Bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- floreshnos.pe
- Book at
- floreshnos.pe
Bus from Piura to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- floreshnos.pe
- Book at
- floreshnos.pe
- Phone
- +51904244509
- atencionalcliente@aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Website
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–25
- Schedules at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Book at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Phone
- +56 22 3813 550
- info@plusschile.cl
- Website
- plusschile.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal de Buses Tocopilla
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Book at
- https://www.recorrido.cl/pluss-chile/en
- Semi Cama
- $15–19
- Cama
- $21–27
Bus from Agencia Camus - Tocopilla to Terminal de Buses Calama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +56 (53) 262 7651 / (55) 221 5347 / 9 7436 7221
- atencioncliente@cormarbus.cl
- Website
- cormarbus.cl
Bus from Antofagasta to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Schedules at
- cormarbus.cl
- Phone
- +56 9 7525 8175
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Frontera del Norte Calama
- Semi-cama
- $15–22
- Phone
- +593 99 144 1474
- sanluisejecutivo@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Cuenca to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ecuabuses.com
- Phone
- +593 7-282-4005
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Cuenca to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 98 453 6454
- semeriasa@yahoo.es
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Cuenca to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Book at
- redbus.pe
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lima Javier Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- clientes@pullmanbus.cl
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–64
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $35–45
- Phone
- +51 994 656 518
- atencionalcliente@oltursa.com.pe
- Website
- oltursa.pe
Bus from Piura to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
- Phone
- +51 997 598 289
- Website
- turismocavassa.com.pe
Bus from Piura to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- turismocavassa.com.pe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Taxi Cuenca
- Phone
- +593 653 681 442
- Website
- taxiscuenca.es
Radio Taxi FLASH
- Phone
- +593 99 407 6453
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Express
- Phone
- +593 09 9034 2881
- Website
- instagram.com
Radio Taxi Amigos
- Phone
- +593 99 849 1019
- Website
- facebook.com
Fusion radio taxi
- Phone
- +593 7-281-1111
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Cuenca
- Phone
- +593 653 681 442
- Website
- taxiscuenca.es
Radio Taxi FLASH
- Phone
- +593 99 407 6453
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Express
- Phone
- +593 09 9034 2881
- Website
- instagram.com
Radio Taxi Amigos
- Phone
- +593 99 849 1019
- Website
- facebook.com
Fusion radio taxi
- Phone
- +593 7-281-1111
- Website
- facebook.com
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