There are 5 ways to get from Iquitos to Calama by plane, car, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Calama Airport
best- Fly from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT) to Calama Airport (CJC)IQT - CJC
9h 49m$230–685Ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Iquitos to Yurimaguas
- Take the bus from Yurimaguas to Lima - La Victoria
- Take the bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacna
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Arica
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus
7d 6h$155–279Drive, ferry, bus
- Drive from Iquitos to Nauta
- Take the ferry from Nauta to Yurimaguas
- Drive from Yurimaguas to Tarapoto
- Take the bus from Tarapoto to Lima 28 de Julio
- Take the bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacna
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Arica
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Pozo Almonte
- Take the bus from Pozo Almonte to Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus
2d 19h$186–340Ferry, bus via Arequipa
- Take the ferry from Iquitos to Yurimaguas
- Take the bus from Yurimaguas to Lima - La Victoria
- Take the bus from Lima to Arequipa
- Take the bus from Arequipa to Tacna
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Arica
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus
7d 6h$274–342Fly to Antofagasta Airport, bus
- Fly from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)IQT - ANF
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Balmaceda Ciktur PlussChile
8h 28m$243–770
Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT) to Calama Airport (CJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Iquitos to Calama is to ferry and bus which costs $150 - $280 and takes 7 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Iquitos to Calama is to fly and bus which takes 8h 28m and costs $240 - $800.
The distance between Iquitos and Calama is 2148 km.
The best way to get from Iquitos to Calama without a car is to ferry and bus via Arequipa which takes 7 days 6h and costs $270 - $350.
It takes approximately 9h 49m to get from Iquitos to Calama, including transfers.
Calama is 2h ahead of Iquitos. It is currently 11:39 PM in Iquitos and 1:39 AM in Calama.
There are 75+ hotels available in Calama.
What companies run services between Iquitos, Peru and Calama, Chile?
LATAM Chile and Sky Airline fly from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT) to Calama Airport (CJC) 3 times a day.
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- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Calama Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Calama Airport via Lima, Antofagasta Airport, La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Calama Airport via Lima, Santiago, La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Calama Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Calama Airport via Lima, Santiago, La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Coronel Fap Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- contactcenter@civa.com.pe
- Website
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Tarapoto to Lima 28 de Julio
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Lima 28 de Julio to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- 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
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- floreshnos.pe
- Book at
- floreshnos.pe
- Phone
- +51904244509
- 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
- $3–26
- Schedules at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Book at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Phone
- +56 22 570 8687
- ayuda@pasajebus.com
- Website
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Pozo Almonte
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Schedules at
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Pozo Almonte to Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Schedules at
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Pozo Almonte to Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- pullmansanandres.cl
- Semi Cama
- $16–20
- Salón Cama
- $18–23
- Phone
- +51 955 897 202
- turismo.universo@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Yurimaguas to Lima - La Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +51 992-886-115
Bus from Lima to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $130
- Book at
- waybus.pe
- Phone
- +51 953 954 708
- informes@transportesmoquegua.com.pe
- Website
- redbus.pe
Bus from Arequipa to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- redbus.pe
- 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
- $35–62
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $35–45
- contacto@ciktur.cl
- Website
- ciktur.cl
Bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Balmaceda Ciktur PlussChile
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Schedules at
- ciktur.cl
- Semi Cama
- $10–15
- Cama
- $20–28
- Phone
- +56 22 3813 550
- info@plusschile.cl
- Website
- plusschile.cl
Bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Balmaceda Ciktur PlussChile
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Book at
- https://www.recorrido.cl/pluss-chile/en
- Semi Cama
- $9–12
- Cama
- $12–19
- Phone
- +51 988 977 363
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Nauta to Yurimaguas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/transport3sRomero/
- Phone
- +51 65 351270
- transpeduardo@hotmail.com
- Website
- yurimaguasperu.com
Ferry from Iquitos to Yurimaguas
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 12h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $54
- Website
- https://yurimaguasperu.com/yurimaguas/transporte.html
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