There are 9 ways to get from Machala to Chile by bus, plane, car, or taxi
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 Tumbes, fly to Antofagasta Airport
best- Take the bus from Machala to Huaquillasbus
- Fly from Tumbes (TBP) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)plane TBP - ANF
8h 58m$290–692Bus via Piura
cheapest- Take the bus from Machala to Piurabus
- Take the bus from Piura to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal Sur de Santiagobus
3d 6h$135–252Bus
- Take the bus from Machala to Máncorabus
- Take the bus from Máncora to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal San Borjabus
3d 2h$257–376Drive 4,518.7 km
- Drive from Machala to Santiagocar 4,518.7 km
2d 10h$558–805Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to Antofagasta Airport
- Take the taxi from Machala to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEtaxi
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)plane GYE - ANF
8h 51m$400–1,254Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Take the taxi from Machala to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEtaxi
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane GYE - SCL
8h 12m$349–979Bus to Tumbes, fly to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Take the bus from Machala to Huaquillasbus
- Fly from Tumbes (TBP) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane TBP - SCL
10h 34m$249–377Bus to Piura International Airport, fly to Antofagasta Airport
- Take the bus from Machala to Piurabus
- Fly from Piura International Airport (PIU) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)plane PIU - ANF
14h 21m$359–1,349Bus #2
- Take the bus from Machala to Mancorabus
- Take the bus from Máncora to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal Sur de Santiagobus
3d 8h$137–251
Tumbes (TBP) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Machala to Chile is to bus via Piura which costs $130 - $260 and takes 3 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Machala to Chile is to taxi and fly which takes 8h 12m and costs $340 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Machala to Chile. However, there are services departing from Machala and arriving at PA658-Avenida Matta / esq. San Diego via Máncora, Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte and PA368-Parada 4 /. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Machala and Chile is 2570 km. The road distance is 4518.7 km.
The best way to get from Machala to Chile without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 2h and costs $250 - $380.
It takes approximately 8h 58m to get from Machala to Chile, including transfers.
Machala to Chile bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transporte CIFA, depart from Machala station.
Machala to Chile bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transporte CIFA, arrive at Máncora station.
Yes, the driving distance between Machala to Chile is 4519 km. It takes approximately 2 days 10h to drive from Machala to Chile.
There are 1330+ hotels available in Chile.
What companies run services between Machala, Ecuador and Chile?
You can take a bus from Machala to PA658-Avenida Matta / esq. San Diego via Máncora, Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, Terminal San Borja, and PA368-Parada 4 / in around 3d 2h.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Tumbes to Antofagasta Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Tumbes to Antofagasta Airport via Lima, Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
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 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 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
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Tumbes to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–310
Flights from Tumbes to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima, Antofagasta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–310
Flights from Tumbes to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima, Mendoza
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–310
Flights from Piura International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Piura International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima, Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Tumbes to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–370
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Machala to Huaquillas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Machala to Huaquillas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- transesmeraldas.com
- Phone
- +593 095 887 1622
- Website
- cooperativapatria.com
Bus from Machala to Huaquillas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 95 874 8163
- info@cifainternacional.com
- Website
- cifainternacional.com
Bus from Machala to Máncora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Schedules at
- cifainternacional.com
Bus from Machala to Piura
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Schedules at
- cifainternacional.com
Bus from Machala to Mancora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cifainternacional.com
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- contactcenter@civa.com.pe
- Website
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Máncora to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–260
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +51 1 4800725
- info@floreshnos.pe
- Website
- floreshnos.pe
Bus from Piura to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- floreshnos.pe
- Book at
- floreshnos.pe
- 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
- 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
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- turismocavassa.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Terminal Sur de Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +51 947 730 000
- atencionweb@ittsabus.com
- Website
- ittsabus.com
Bus from Máncora to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Book at
- ittsabus.com
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Cooperativa De Taxis Héroes De Pilo
- Phone
- +593 7-296-0760
- Website
- facebook.com
Coop. de taxis Santa Isabel
- Phone
- +593 98 423 3084
- Website
- facebook.com
Compañía de Taxis Transtax S.A.
- Phone
- +593 7-293-6111
- Website
- facebook.com
Compañía de taxis Taxi Flash
- Phone
- +593 7-296-3300
- Website
- facebook.com
Cooperativa De Taxis Héroes De Pilo
- Phone
- +593 7-296-0760
- Website
- facebook.com
Coop. de taxis Santa Isabel
- Phone
- +593 98 423 3084
- Website
- facebook.com
Compañía de Taxis Transtax S.A.
- Phone
- +593 7-293-6111
- Website
- facebook.com
Compañía de taxis Taxi Flash
- Phone
- +593 7-296-3300
- Website
- facebook.com
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