There are 8 ways to get from Salento to Quilotoa by plane, car, bus, taxi, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Armenia, car, bus
best- Fly from Armenia (AXM) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)AXM - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quito
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Pujilí
- Take the bus from Pujilí to Quilotoa
10h 57m$250–480Drive 1,017 km
cheapest- Drive from Salento to Quilotoa1,017 km
18h 14m$58–84Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Ipiales
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Take the taxi from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Quilotoa
25h 22m$111–158Taxi to Perales Airport, fly, car, bus
- Take the taxi from Salento to Perales Airport (IBE)
- Fly from Perales Airport (IBE) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)IBE - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quito
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Pujilí
- Take the bus from Pujilí to Quilotoa
13h 57m$207–725Fly from Pereira, car, bus
- Fly from Pereira (PEI) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)PEI - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quito
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Pujilí
- Take the bus from Pujilí to Quilotoa
13h 45m$203–427Bus, drive, Tour
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Puerto Asís
- Drive from Puerto Asís to Lago Agrío
- Take the bus from Lago Agrío to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Take the bus from Plaza San Blas to Quilotoa
32h 49m$99–128Bus, taxi via Medellín
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal del Sur
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Rumichaca
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Pujilí
- Take the bus from Pujilí to Quilotoa
33h 31m$687–714Shuttle, taxi, bus, Tour
- Take a shuttle bus from Salento to Jardín
- Take the taxi from Jardín to Medellín
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Rumichaca
- Take the bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Take the bus from Plaza San Blas to Quilotoa
35h 5m$892–1,082
Armenia (AXM) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salento to Quilotoa is to drive which costs $55 - $85 and takes 18h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Salento to Quilotoa is to fly and car and bus which takes 10h 57m and costs $250 - $480.
The distance between Salento and Quilotoa is 836 km. The road distance is 1017 km.
The best way to get from Salento to Quilotoa without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 25h 22m and costs $110 - $160.
It takes approximately 10h 57m to get from Salento to Quilotoa, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Salento to Quilotoa is 1017 km. It takes approximately 18h 14m to drive from Salento to Quilotoa.
There are 28+ hotels available in Quilotoa.
What companies run services between Salento, Quindío, Colombia and Quilotoa, Ecuador?
There is no direct connection from Salento to Quilotoa. However, you can take the taxi to Armenia (AXM) airport, fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), walk to Quito Airport, drive to Quito, walk to Dos Puentes, take the bus to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe, take the bus to Pujilí, then take the bus to Quilotoa. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Terminal de Transportes de Armenia, take the bus to Terminal de Transporte Cali, take the bus to Ipiales, walk to Terminal Ipiales, take the bus to Rumichaca, take the bus to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe, then take the taxi to Quilotoa.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Armenia to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–310
Flights from Armenia to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–310
Flights from Perales Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Perales Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota, Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Pereira to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–380
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Armenia to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–490
Flights from Pereira to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–400
Flights from Pereira to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–400
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Pereira to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Pujilí
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Phone
- +593 994236244
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Pujilí
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Pujilí to Quilotoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 99 908 2293
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pujilí to Quilotoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Book at
- expresopalmira.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- 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
- $13–30
- 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
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Rumichaca to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Armenia to Puerto Asís
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
- Phone
- +593 98 076 1302
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Lago Agrío to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Lago Agrío to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Lago Agrío to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Lago Agrío to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- transesmeraldas.com
- Phone
- +593 98 737 9303
- tabbytouroperaciones@gmail.com
- Website
- beacons.ai
Bus from Plaza San Blas to Quilotoa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $49
- Schedules at
- beacons.ai
- Phone
- 01 8000 42 37 87
- contacto@empresaarauca.com.co
- Website
- empresaarauca.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Schedules at
- empresaarauca.com
- Basico
- $12–17
- Phone
- +57 314 8882781
- info@flotaospina.com
- Website
- flotaospina.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Pereira to Terminal del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- flotaospina.com
- Phone
- +57 305 810 5196
- Website
- parchemonoscolombia.com
Shuttle from Salento to Jardín
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $55
- Schedules at
- parchemonoscolombia.com
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Estimated price
- $55–618
Taxi Llamada Fácil S.A.
- Phone
- +593 99 860 0555
- Website
- taxillamadafacil.com
Taxi Fedeamigo
- Phone
- +593 98 351 1511
- Website
- facebook.com
Rueda Car
- Phone
- +593 95 860 1882
- Website
- ruedacar.ec
Cooperativa de Taxis Quito Modelo
- Phone
- +593 98 350 5191
- Website
- facebook.com
Compañia de Taxis Balcones de Pichincha
- Phone
- +593 93 995 2067
- Website
- facebook.com
Radio Taxi Del Quindio
- Phone
- +57 606 733 3030
- Website
- facebook.com
Coomoquin
- Phone
- +57 312 296-8896
- Website
- coomoquin.com
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
Taxivan
- Phone
- +57 604 353 9808
- Website
- taxivanaeropuerto.com
Tax Individual
- Phone
- +57 604 444 4444
- Website
- tax-individual.com.co
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