There are 9 ways to get from Cusco to Ecuador by plane, bus, or car
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Fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
best- Fly from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane CUZ - GYE
4h 43m$206–485Bus via Tumbes
cheapest- Take the bus from Cusco to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tumbesbus
- Take the bus from Tumbes to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus
43h 33m$81–153Drive 2,472.9 km
- Drive from Cusco to Guayaquilcar 2,472.9 km
38h 4m$372–537Fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car
- Fly from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane CUZ - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
5h 48m$176–415Fly to Cuenca
- Fly from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to Cuenca (CUE)plane CUZ - CUE
8h 14m$280–490Fly to Tumbes, bus
- Fly from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to Tumbes (TBP)plane CUZ - TBP
- Take the bus from Huaquillas to Machalabus
6h 29m$93–310Bus
- Take the bus from Cusco to Lima Javier Pradobus Cusco
- Take the bus from Lima Javier Prado to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus Lima / ...
46h 59m$96–196Bus #2
- Take the bus from Cusco to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus Lima / ...
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus Lima-Cucuta / ...
2d 5h$156–204Bus via Ayacucho
- Take the bus from Cusco to Ayacuchobus
- Take the bus from Ayacucho to Limabus
- Take the bus from Lima to Máncorabus
- Take the bus from Máncora to Guayaquilbus
2d 14h$141–224
Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cusco to Ecuador is to bus via Tumbes which costs $80 - $160 and takes 43h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cusco to Ecuador is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs $200 - $490.
No, there is no direct bus from Cusco to Ecuador. However, there are services departing from Cusco and arriving at Guayaquil via Ayacucho, Lima and Máncora. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Cusco and Ecuador is 1547 km. The road distance is 2472.9 km.
The best way to get from Cusco to Ecuador without a car is to bus via Tumbes which takes 43h 33m and costs $80 - $160.
It takes approximately 4h 43m to get from Cusco to Ecuador, including transfers.
Cusco to Ecuador bus services, operated by Empresa de Transporte Señor de Huanca, depart from Cusco station.
The best way to get from Cusco to Ecuador is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs $200 - $490. Alternatively, you can bus via Tumbes, which costs $80 - $160 and takes 43h 33m.
Cusco to Ecuador bus services, operated by Empresa de Transporte Señor de Huanca, arrive at Ayacucho station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cusco to Ecuador is 2473 km. It takes approximately 38h 4m to drive from Cusco to Ecuador.
What companies run services between Cusco, Peru and Ecuador?
LATAM Chile and Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. fly from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cusco to Guayaquil via Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, Tumbes, Tumbes, and Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil in around 43h 33m.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–470
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Arequipa, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–470
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Lima, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–470
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Lima, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Arequipa, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Cuenca via Lima, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–490
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Cuenca via Lima, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–490
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Cuenca via Arequipa, Lima, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–490
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Tumbes via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–750
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–470
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–390
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Cuenca via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Tumbes via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
- Phone
- +51 9 1461 0940
- contacto@loschankasgroup.pe
- Website
- redbus.pe
Bus from Cusco to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- redbus.pe
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- contactcenter@civa.com.pe
- Website
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tumbes
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Máncora to Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 1 4800725
- info@floreshnos.pe
- Website
- floreshnos.pe
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tumbes
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- floreshnos.pe
- Book at
- floreshnos.pe
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Tumbes to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
Bus from Lima Javier Prado to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
Bus from Huaquillas to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- transesmeraldas.com
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Huaquillas to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- +593 996 231 875
- flotabolivar2017@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Huaquillas to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 095 887 1622
- Website
- cooperativapatria.com
Bus from Huaquillas to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +51 1 311 5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Cusco to Lima Javier Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +51 994 656 518
- atencionalcliente@oltursa.com.pe
- Website
- oltursa.pe
Bus from Cusco to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +51 998 840 376
- wilyemn_gf@hotmail.com
- Website
- redbus.pe
Bus from Cusco to Ayacucho
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Website
- https://www.redbus.pe/en/operator/senor-de-huanca-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +51 992-886-115
Bus from Ayacucho to Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80
- Book at
- waybus.pe
- Phone
- +51 947 730 000
- atencionweb@ittsabus.com
- Website
- ittsabus.com
Bus from Lima to Máncora
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Book at
- ittsabus.com
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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