There are 7 ways to get from Riobamba to Tumbaco by bus, car, taxi, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus Riobamba / ...
4h 34m$10–26Drive 200 km
- Drive from Riobamba to Tumbacocar 200 km
2h 55m$12–17Taxi
- Take the taxi from Riobamba to Tumbacotaxi 200 km
2h 55m$110–140Bus, fly
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Cuencabus
- Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane CUE - UIO
4h 57m$85–194Bus via Riobamba
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus Riobamba
4h 36m$11–17Bus via Ambato
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Ambatobus Ibarra / ...
- Take the bus from Ambato to Alóagbus Ambato
5h 17m$10–36Bus via Riobamba #2
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus Loja / ...
5h 52m$12–20
Cuenca (CUE) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riobamba to Tumbaco is to bus via Riobamba which costs $11 - $18 and takes 4h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Riobamba to Tumbaco is to drive which takes 2h 55m and costs $11 - $17.
No, there is no direct bus from Riobamba to Tumbaco. However, there are services departing from Riobamba and arriving at Tumbaco via Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 34m.
The distance between Riobamba and Tumbaco is 207 km. The road distance is 200 km.
The best way to get from Riobamba to Tumbaco without a car is to bus which takes 4h 34m and costs $10 - $26.
It takes approximately 4h 34m to get from Riobamba to Tumbaco, including transfers.
Riobamba to Tumbaco bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes Patria, depart from Riobamba station.
Riobamba to Tumbaco bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes Patria, arrive at Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riobamba to Tumbaco is 200 km. It takes approximately 2h 55m to drive from Riobamba to Tumbaco.
There are 848+ hotels available in Tumbaco.
What companies run services between Riobamba, Ecuador and Tumbaco, Ecuador?
Cooperativa de Transportes Patria operates a bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe every 30 minutes. Tickets cost $5–18 and the journey takes 3h 13m. Three other operators also service this route.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Cuenca to Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Cuenca to Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Phone
- +593 095 887 1622
- Website
- cooperativapatria.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–18
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 7-282-4005
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 03 296 1964
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/TRANSPORTESCOLTA/
- Website
- https://andestransit.com/Search
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.ec
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Schedules at
- transvencedores.com.ec
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- tacaandica@gmail.com
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
- Phone
- +593 99 564 9031
- coop22dj123@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ambato to Alóag
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/transportes22dejulio
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Ambato to Alóag
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- (+59) 0 2303-4291
- info@ocidentales.ec
- Website
- occidentales.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Schedules at
- occidentales.ec
- Book at
- occidentales.ec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Montecarlo Transvip
- Phone
- +593 98 351 1154
- Website
- facebook.com
Cooperativa de Taxis Terminal Terrestre
- Phone
- +593 32 896 753
- Website
- facebook.com
Compañia Taxis Wilson Morocho
- Phone
- +593 99 786 8858
- Website
- facebook.com
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