There are 9 ways to get from Loja to Colombia by bus, plane, 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.
Bus to Cuenca, fly to El Dorado International Airport
best- Take the bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre de Cuencabus
- Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane CUE - BOG
10h 43m$178–418Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Loja to El Panguibus
- Take the bus from El Pangui to Lago Agríobus
- Take the bus from La Dorada, Putumayo to Terminal Satelite del Surbus
26h 8m$79–117Drive 1,652.7 km
- Drive from Loja to Bogotácar 1,652.7 km
25h 39m$94–136Fly Loja to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Fly from Loja (LOH) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane LOH - MDE
9h 1m$216–899Drive to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to El Dorado International Airport
- Drive from Loja to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEcar
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane GYE - BOG
9h 11m$212–371Fly Loja to El Dorado International Airport
- Fly from Loja (LOH) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane LOH - BOG
7h 30m$357–410Bus to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, fly to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Take the bus from Loja to Santa Rosabus
- Fly from Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane ETR - MDE
15h 15m$179–679Bus to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, fly to El Dorado International Airport
- Take the bus from Loja to Santa Rosabus
- Fly from Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane ETR - BOG
12h 4m$140–590Bus via Quito
- Take the bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Rumichacabus
- Take the bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitrebus
43h 8m$86–141
Cuenca (CUE) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Loja to Colombia is to bus which costs $75 - $120 and takes 26h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Loja to Colombia is to fly which takes 7h 30m and costs $350 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Loja to Colombia. However, there are services departing from Loja and arriving at Kr 25 - Cl 17 via Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe, Rumichaca, Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales, CL 19 - KR 69B Zona Ind. Montevideo and TV 11A - DG 38G Sur. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 8m.
The distance between Loja and Colombia is 1216 km. The road distance is 1652.7 km.
The best way to get from Loja to Colombia without a car is to bus via Quito which takes 43h 8m and costs $85 - $150.
It takes approximately 10h 43m to get from Loja to Colombia, including transfers.
Loja to Colombia bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes SANTA, depart from Loja station.
The best way to get from Loja to Colombia is to bus which takes 26h 8m and costs $75 - $120. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $210 - $900 and takes 9h 1m.
Loja to Colombia bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes SANTA, arrive at Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Loja to Colombia is 1653 km. It takes approximately 25h 39m to drive from Loja to Colombia.
What companies run services between Loja, Ecuador and Colombia?
You can take a bus from Loja to Bogotá via El Pangui, Lago Agrío, La Dorada, Putumayo, and Terminal Satelite del Sur in around 26h 8m. Alternatively, Euroairlines, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., and Go2Sky fly from Loja (LOH) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) twice daily.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Cuenca to El Dorado International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Cuenca to El Dorado International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Loja to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Loja to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Quito, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–650
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–650
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–650
Flights from Loja to El Dorado International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Santa Rosa Regional Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Santa Rosa Regional Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Quito, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Santa Rosa Regional Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Quito, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Santa Rosa Regional Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Cuenca to El Dorado International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170–400
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–290
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Santa Rosa Regional Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via Quito, Balboa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064276830053
Bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064276830053
- Phone
- +593 99 144 1474
- sanluisejecutivo@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca
- 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 Loja to Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Loja to Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 96 005 9074
- unionyanzatza@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Loja to El Pangui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- unionyanzatza.com.ec
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from El Pangui to Lago Agrío
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from La Dorada, Putumayo to Terminal Satelite del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.com
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
- Phone
- +593 96 890 4208
- info@unioncariamanga.com.ec
- Website
- unioncariamanga.ec
Bus from Loja to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Schedules at
- unioncariamanga.ec
- Book at
- unioncariamanga.ec
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Rumichaca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
Bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $48
- Schedules at
- continentalbus.com.co
- Phone
- +57 601 4249090
- contactenos@bolivariano.com.co
- Website
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Terminales de Transportes de Ipiales to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
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