There are 9 ways to get from Recife to Cali by plane, bus, car, shuttle, 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.
Fly to Cali
best- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Cali (CLO)REC - CLO
15h 7m$338–1,257Fly to Armenia, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Armenia (AXM)REC - AXM
- Take a shuttle bus from Armenia to Terminal de Transporte Cali
18h 32m$290–907Bus
- Take the bus from Recife - TIP to Alta Floresta
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Alta Floresta to Cuiabá, Terminal Rodoviário
- Take the bus from Cuiabá, Terminal Rodoviário to Lima - Atocongo
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Cúcuta
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte Cali
7d 13h$796–1,041Drive 8,855 km
- Drive from Recife to Cali8,855 km
5d 5h$893–1,290Fly to Pereira, bus
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Pereira (PEI)REC - PEI
- Take the bus from Cartago to Terminal de Transporte Cali
18h 39m$357–1,265Fly to Popayan Airport, bus
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Popayan Airport (PPN)REC - PPN
- Take the bus from Terminal Popayán to Terminal de Transporte Cali
21h 13m$411–1,450Fly to Buenaventura, taxi
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Buenaventura (BUN)REC - BUN
- Take the taxi from Buenaventura (BUN) to Cali
16h 35m$421–1,411Bus via Santiago
- Take the bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal San Borja
- Take the bus from Terminal San Borja to Cúcuta
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte Cali
8d 13h$740–988Bus via Buenos Aires
- Take the bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal de Omnibus Retiro
- Take the bus from Terminal de Omnibus Retiro to Cúcuta
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte Cali
9d 2h$680–1,004
Recife International Airport (REC) to Cali (CLO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Recife to Cali is to fly and shuttle which costs $290 - $950 and takes 18h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Recife to Cali is to fly which takes 15h 7m and costs $330 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from Recife to Cali. However, there are services departing from Recife - TIP and arriving at Terminal de Transporte Cali via Tietê Bus Terminal, Terminal de Omnibus Retiro, San Antonio del Táchira and Terminal Cúcuta. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9 days 2h.
The distance between Recife and Cali is 4817 km. The road distance is 8855 km.
The best way to get from Recife to Cali without a car is to bus which takes 7 days 13h and costs $750 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 15h 7m to get from Recife to Cali, including transfers.
Recife to Cali bus services, operated by Catedral Turismo, depart from Recife - TIP station.
The best way to get from Recife to Cali is to fly which takes 15h 7m and costs $330 - $1,300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $750 - $1,100 and takes 7 days 13h.
Recife to Cali bus services, operated by Catedral Turismo, arrive at Tietê Bus Terminal station.
Cali is 2h behind Recife. It is currently 10:57 AM in Recife and 8:57 AM in Cali.
What companies run services between Recife, Brazil and Cali, Colombia?
Azul, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., and two other airlines fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Cali (CLO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Recife - TIP to Terminal de Transporte Cali via Alta Floresta, Estação Rodoviária de Alta Floresta, Cuiabá, Terminal Rodoviário, Lima - Atocongo, Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, Cúcuta, and Terminal Cúcuta in around 7d 13h.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Manaus, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Recife International Airport to Armenia via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Armenia via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Manaus, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Recife International Airport to Popayan Airport via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Recife International Airport to Popayan Airport via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Recife International Airport to Popayan Airport via Brasilia, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Popayan Airport via Manaus, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Brasilia, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Manaus, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Recife International Airport to Armenia via Brasilia, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Recife International Airport to Armenia via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Armenia via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Brasilia, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Manaus, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Cali via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Armenia via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Pereira via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- satena.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Buenaventura via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Recife International Airport to Buenaventura via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Recife International Airport to Buenaventura via Manaus, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- easyfly.com.co
Flights from Recife International Airport to Popayan Airport via Sao Paulo, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Bus from Recife - TIP to Alta Floresta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–300
- Schedules at
- expressosaoluiz.com.br
- Executivo
- $240–300
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Alta Floresta to Cuiabá, Terminal Rodoviário
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $38–48
- Schedules at
- expressoitamarati.com.br
- Book at
- expressoitamarati.com.br
- Convencional
- $38–41
- Executivo
- $45–55
- Phone
- 800 045 5050
- Website
- eucatur.com.br
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Alta Floresta to Cuiabá, Terminal Rodoviário
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Schedules at
- eucatur.com.br
- Book at
- eucatur.com.br
- Com Eu+Fidelidade
- $35–110
- Sem Eu+Fidelidade
- $35–110
- Phone
- +55 (68) 3221-1660
- Website
- transacreana.com.br
Bus from Cuiabá, Terminal Rodoviário to Lima - Atocongo
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $246
- Schedules at
- transacreana.com.br
- Book at
- transacreana.com.br
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–260
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
Bus from Terminal San Borja to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $420–500
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
Bus from Terminal de Omnibus Retiro to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $460–600
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +57 601 4249090
- contactenos@bolivariano.com.co
- Website
- bolivariano.com.co
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Book at
- bolivariano.com.co
- Phone
- +57 311 617 1013
- contactenos@taxbelalcazar.com.co
- Website
- taxbelalcazar.com.co
Shuttle from Armenia to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11
- Website
- https://taxbelalcazar.com.co/
- Phone
- +57 602 229 7017
- info@deoccidente.com
- Website
- deoccidente.com
Bus from Cartago to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- deoccidente.com
- Book at
- deoccidente.com
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal Popayán to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–190
- Schedules at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Phone
- +55 51 3475.4440
- meajuda@jblinternacional.com
- Website
- jblinternacional.com
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–230
- Book at
- jblinternacional.com
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal de Omnibus Retiro
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Book at
- jblinternacional.com
- Phone
- +54 810 777 2725
- info@crucerodelnorte.com.ar
- Website
- crucerodelnorte.com.ar
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal de Omnibus Retiro
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Schedules at
- crucerodelnorte.com.ar
- Book at
- crucerodelnorte.com.ar
- Semi Bed
- $80–110
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Estimated price
- $60–75
Taxis Buenaventura Expréss
- Phone
- +57 311 408 2197
Taxi Ya Buenaventura
- Phone
- +57 318 586 4628
- Website
- facebook.com
Rapitaxi Buenaventura
- Phone
- +57 321 769 5157
- Website
- facebook.com
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