There are 9 ways to get from Pereira to Cuenca by plane, taxi, bus, or car
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Fly Pereira to Cuenca
best- Fly from Pereira (PEI) to Cuenca (CUE)plane PEI - CUE
7h 47m$101–371Bus #3
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayánbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Popayán to Terminal Ipialesbus
- Take the bus from Tulcán to Ibarrabus
- Take the bus from Ibarra to Cuencabus
31h$67–90Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from Pereira to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguétaxi
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué to La Dorada, Putumayobus
- Take the bus from Lago Agrio to Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellanabus
- Take the bus from Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Guarumalesbus
- Take the bus from Guarumales to Cuencabus
24h 11m$141–190Drive 1,316.6 km
- Drive from Pereira to Cuencacar 1,316.6 km
22h 30m$75–108Fly Pereira to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Pereira (PEI) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane PEI - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
9h 27m$381–591Bus, bus to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, fly to Cuenca
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to La Felisabus
- Take the bus from La Felisa to Terminal del Surbus
- Take the bus from Terminal del Sur to Aeropuerto J.M.C.bus
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Cuenca (CUE)plane MDE - CUE
13h 35m$253–585Bus via Puyo
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Ipialesbus
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Puyobus
- Take the bus from Puyo to Cuencabus
27h 49m$82–140Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Ipialesbus
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Terminal Terrestre de Ambatobus
- Take the bus from Ambato to Cuencabus
29h 12m$75–136Bus #2
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Ipialesbus
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuencabus
30h 2m$72–135
Pereira (PEI) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pereira to Cuenca is to bus which costs $65 - $90 and takes 31h.
The fastest way to get from Pereira to Cuenca is to fly which takes 7h 47m and costs $100 - $380.
No, there is no direct bus from Pereira to Cuenca. However, there are services departing from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira and arriving at Cuenca via Terminal de Transporte Cali, Terminal Ipiales, Rumichaca, Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe and Puyo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 49m.
The distance between Pereira and Cuenca is 947 km. The road distance is 1316.6 km.
The best way to get from Pereira to Cuenca without a car is to bus via Puyo which takes 27h 49m and costs $80 - $140.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Pereira to Cuenca, including transfers.
Pereira to Cuenca bus services, operated by Expreso Palmira, depart from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira station.
The best way to get from Pereira to Cuenca is to fly which takes 7h 47m and costs $100 - $380. Alternatively, you can bus via Puyo, which costs $80 - $140 and takes 27h 49m.
Pereira to Cuenca bus services, operated by Expreso Palmira, arrive at Terminal de Transporte Cali station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pereira to Cuenca is 1317 km. It takes approximately 22h 30m to drive from Pereira to Cuenca.
What companies run services between Pereira, Colombia and Cuenca, Ecuador?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., LATAM Chile, and Copa Airlines fly from Pereira (PEI) to Cuenca (CUE) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Cuenca via Terminal de Transporte Cali, Ipiales, Terminal Ipiales, Rumichaca, Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe, Puyo, and Puyo in around 27h 49m.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Pereira to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Pereira to Cuenca via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Pereira to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Pereira to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Cartagena, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Cuenca via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Pereira to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Pereira to Cuenca via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–490
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Pereira to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué to La Dorada, Putumayo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Lago Agrio to Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Lago Agrio to Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Guarumales
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Guarumales to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Puyo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to La Felisa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- flotaoccidental.com
- Book at
- flotaoccidental.com
- Corriente
- $8–12
Bus from La Felisa to Terminal del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- flotaoccidental.com
- Book at
- flotaoccidental.com
- Corriente
- $12–18
- Phone
- +57 604 444 0786
- pqrs@transchachafruto.com
- Website
- transchachafruto.com
Bus from Terminal del Sur to Aeropuerto J.M.C.
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- transchachafruto.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Book at
- expresopalmira.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Schedules at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Book at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Phone
- +57 601 4249090
- contactenos@bolivariano.com.co
- Website
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Ipiales
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Phone
- +57 314 8300867
- cootranarltda@yahoo.com
- Website
- cootranar.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Ipiales
Bus from Terminal Popayán to Terminal Ipiales
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Puyo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- tourisanfrancisco.com
- Phone
- +593 3-287-1787
- fpelileo@hotmail.com
- Website
- flotapelileo.com.ec
Bus from Puyo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 98 076 1302
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–14
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.com
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Ambato to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
- Phone
- +593 7-282-4005
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 09 9900 8843
- expressucre@hotmail.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064276830053
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 95 889 6029
- Website
- flotaimbabura.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Schedules at
- flotaimbabura.com
- Book at
- flotaimbabura.com
Bus from Ibarra to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Schedules at
- flotaimbabura.com
- Book at
- flotaimbabura.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Schedules at
- transipiales.teletiquete.com
- Book at
- transipiales.teletiquete.com
- Basico
- $12–16
- Phone
- +57 314 7262618
- info@sotracauca.com
- Website
- sotracauca.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- sotracauca.com
- Phone
- +593 062980728
- info@taxgacela.com
- Website
- taxgacela.com
Bus from Tulcán to Ibarra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–7
- Schedules at
- taxgacela.com
- Phone
- +593 98 243 4494
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tulcán to Ibarra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/ExpresoTurismoDelNorte/
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Estimated price
- $75–140
Covichoralda
- Phone
- +57 606 324 4444
- Website
- covichoralda.com.co
Cootaxconsota
- Phone
- +57 606 333 7777
- Website
- cootaxconsota.com
Asotama Taxis Aeropuerto
- Phone
- +57 606 340 0241
- Website
- transportetaxiturismotravel.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
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