There are 8 ways to get from Quito to Copiapó by car, plane, bus, or train
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Car, fly to Chamonate Airport, bus
best- Drive from Quito to Quito Airport
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Chamonate Airport (CPO)UIO - CPO
- Take the bus from Plaza Las Américas to Terminal Casther
14h 42m$295–848Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Lima Javier Prado
- Take the bus from Lima Terminal Excluciva 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 Copiapó - Pullman San Andrés
3d 8h$131–260Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Arequipa
- Take the bus from Arequipa to Tacna
- Drive from Tacna to El Roble / Dr. Amador Neghme
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
2d 16h$199–328Drive 4,165.1 km
- Drive from Quito to Copiapó4,165.1 km
2d 8h$514–742Car, fly to Antofagasta Airport, bus
- Drive from Quito to Quito Airport
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Antofagasta Airport (ANF)UIO - ANF
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman Bus
16h 48m$289–623Car, fly to La Florida Airport, bus
- Drive from Quito to Quito Airport
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to La Florida Airport (LSC)UIO - LSC
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Vicuña to Terminal de buses La Serena
- Take the bus from Terminal de buses La Serena to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
20h$313–836Bus via Arequipa
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte 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 Copiapó - Pullman San Andrés
2d 19h$195–311Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tacna
- Take the train from Tacna to Arica
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Caldera
- Take the bus from Plaza Las Américas to Terminal Casther
3d 3h$194–236
Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Chamonate Airport (CPO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Quito to Copiapó is to bus which costs $130 - $260 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Quito to Copiapó is to car and fly and bus which takes 14h 42m and costs $290 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Quito to Copiapó. However, there are services departing from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe and arriving at Terminal Copiapó - Pullman San Andrés via Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, Arequipa, Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría and Terminal Rodoviario de Arica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Quito and Copiapó is 3266 km. The road distance is 4165.1 km.
The best way to get from Quito to Copiapó without a car is to bus via Arequipa which takes 2 days 19h and costs $190 - $320.
It takes approximately 14h 42m to get from Quito to Copiapó, including transfers.
Quito to Copiapó bus services, operated by Lineas de Los Andes, depart from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe station.
Quito to Copiapó bus services, operated by Lineas de Los Andes, arrive at Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte station.
Copiapó is 2h ahead of Quito. It is currently 9:21 PM in Quito and 11:21 PM in Copiapó.
Yes, the driving distance between Quito to Copiapó is 4165 km. It takes approximately 2 days 8h to drive from Quito to Copiapó.
What companies run services between Quito, Ecuador and Copiapó, Chile?
You can take a bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman San Andrés via Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, Arequipa, Tacna, Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría, Terminal Internacional Arica, and Terminal Rodoviario de Arica in around 2d 19h.
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- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Chamonate Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Chamonate Airport via Bogota, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Chamonate Airport via Guayaquil, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Chamonate Airport via Cuenca, Guayaquil, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–490
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Antofagasta Airport via Guayaquil, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–490
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to La Florida Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to La Florida Airport via Lima, Antofagasta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to La Florida Airport via Bogota, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to La Florida Airport via Guayaquil, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to La Florida Airport via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to La Florida Airport via Lima, Antofagasta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Chamonate Airport via Panama City, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Phone
- +51 52 611824
- Website
- facebook.com
Train from Tacna to Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +56 52 221 8889
- contacto@casther.cl
- Website
- casther.cl
Bus from Plaza Las Américas to Terminal Casther
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://casther.cl/
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–150
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +51 994 656 518
- atencionalcliente@oltursa.com.pe
- Website
- oltursa.pe
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- contactcenter@civa.com.pe
- Website
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–75
- Schedules at
- civa.com.pe
Bus from Lima Terminal Excluciva to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- civa.com.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 22 822 7500
- atencion_clientes@turbus.cl
- Website
- turbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
- Semi Cama
- $29–45
- Cama
- $45–70
- Premium
- $65–80
Bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman Bus
- Semi Cama
- $17–24
- Cama
- $24–35
- Premium
- $60–75
Bus from Terminal de buses La Serena to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
- Semi Cama
- $13–19
- Cama
- $17–26
- Premium
- $60–75
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- clientes@pullmanbus.cl
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $27–35
Bus from Terminal de buses La Serena to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $24–35
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman San Andrés
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $40–50
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Caldera
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $35–50
Bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Schedules at
- pullmansanandres.cl
- Semi Cama
- $19–24
- Salón Cama
- $22–27
Bus from Terminal de buses La Serena to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Schedules at
- pullmansanandres.cl
- Semi Cama
- $16–20
- Salón Cama
- $18–22
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman San Andrés
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- pullmansanandres.cl
- Semi Cama
- $30–40
- Salón Cama
- $35–45
- contacto@ciktur.cl
- Website
- ciktur.cl
Bus from Terminal de Buses Cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada to Terminal Copiapó - Pullman Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Schedules at
- ciktur.cl
- Semi Cama
- $15–22
- Cama
- $26–40
- Phone
- +56 51 231 2422
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Vicuña to Terminal de buses La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://kupos.cl/en/bus/tickets/buses-via-elqui
- Road
- $3–4
- Phone
- +56 51 221 5300
- atencionalcliente@romani.cl
- Website
- busesromani.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Vicuña to Terminal de buses La Serena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- busesromani.cl
Bus from Terminal de buses La Serena to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- condorbus.cl
- Semi Cama
- $7–14
- Cama
- $17–20
- Phone
- +56 2 3304 8632 / 2 2596 1100
- ayuda@kupos.cl
- Website
- expresonorte.cl
Bus from Terminal de buses La Serena to Terminal Copiapó - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- expresonorte.cl
- 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
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–32
- Website
- https://www.tacnainternacional.com.pe/
- Book at
- https://www.redbus.pe/en/operator/turismo-tacna-internacional-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Lima Javier Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito to Quito Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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