There are 8 ways to get from Salinas to Máncora by bus, train, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Santa Rosa Regional Airport
best- Take the bus from Salinas to San Jose
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)SFO - ETR
- Take the bus from Machala to Máncora
24h 4m$276–1,015Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Eloy Alfaro International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Salinas to San Jose
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC)SFO - MEC
- Take the bus from Manta to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Tumbes
- Take the bus from Tumbes to Máncora
29h 23m$249–985Fly Monterey Regional Airport to Tumbes, bus
- Fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to Tumbes (TBP)MRY - TBP
- Take the bus from Tumbes to Máncora
29h 55m$518–1,671Fly Monterey Regional Airport to Cap. Fap Víctor Montes Arias Airport, bus
- Fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to Cap. Fap Víctor Montes Arias Airport (TYL)MRY - TYL
- Take the bus from Talara to El Alto
30h 57m$367–1,211Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Salinas to San Jose
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)SFO - GYE
- Take a shuttle bus from Guayaquil Airport to Puerto López
- Take the bus from Puerto López to Guayaquil
- Take the bus from Guayaquil Terminal Terrestre Jaime Roldos Aguileras to Mancora
29h 24m$422–1,096Shuttle to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Meridian Spur / Prunedale Park & Ride to San Jose Airport Terminal A
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)SJC - ETR
- Take the bus from Machala to Máncora
25h 50m$347–1,125Fly Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)MRY - GYE
- Take a shuttle bus from Guayaquil Airport to Puerto López
- Take the bus from Puerto López to Guayaquil
- Take the bus from Guayaquil Terminal Terrestre Jaime Roldos Aguileras to Mancora
34h 43m$423–1,101Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Eloy Alfaro International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Salinas Train Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC)LAX - MEC
- Take the bus from Manta to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Tumbes
- Take the bus from Tumbes to Máncora
33h 26m$256–880
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salinas to Máncora is to bus and fly which costs $250 - $900 and takes 33h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Salinas to Máncora is to bus and Caltrain and fly which takes 24h 4m and costs $270 - $1,100.
The distance between Salinas and Máncora is 6700 km.
It takes approximately 24h 4m to get from Salinas to Máncora, including transfers.
Máncora is 3h ahead of Salinas. It is currently 4:14 AM in Salinas and 7:14 AM in Máncora.
There are 274+ hotels available in Máncora.
What companies run services between Salinas, CA, USA and Máncora, Peru?
There is no direct connection from Salinas to Máncora. However, you can take the bus to San Jose, walk to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound, take the train to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound, walk to Millbrae, take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) airport, fly to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR), take the taxi to Santa Rosa, take the bus to Machala, walk to Machala, then take the bus to Máncora. Alternatively, you can take the line 20 bus to Monterey Transit Plaza / Gate 4 Tyler, walk to Monterey Transit Plaza / Gate 3 Pearl, take the line 7 bus to Olmsted / Monterey Regional Airport, walk to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) airport, fly to Tumbes (TBP), take the taxi to Tumbes, then take the bus to Máncora.
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Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Miami, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Houston, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Houston, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Las Vegas, San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- go2sky.aero
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Miami, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Houston, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Houston, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Las Vegas, San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via San Diego, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Las Vegas, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via San Salvador, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via San Salvador, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Tumbes via Los Angeles International Airport, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Cap. Fap Víctor Montes Arias Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Denver, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Salinas to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $39–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Salinas to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $9–85
Bus from Salinas Train Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +593 95 874 8163
- info@cifainternacional.com
- Website
- cifainternacional.com
Bus from Machala to Máncora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Schedules at
- cifainternacional.com
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Tumbes to Máncora
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Tumbes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +51 1 311 5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Tumbes to Máncora
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +51 994 656 518
- atencionalcliente@oltursa.com.pe
- Website
- oltursa.pe
Bus from Tumbes to Máncora
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–55
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
- Phone
- +51 (073)304557
- webmail@eppo.pe
- Website
- eppo.pe
Bus from Talara to El Alto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- eppo.pe
- Phone
- +593 99 546 4860
- palosanto22@gmail.com
- Website
- whalewatchingecuador.com
Shuttle from Guayaquil Airport to Puerto López
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $146
- Website
- https://whalewatchingecuador.com/es/actividades
Bus from Puerto López to Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- andestransit.com
- Phone
- +593 98 453 6454
- semeriasa@yahoo.es
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Guayaquil Terminal Terrestre Jaime Roldos Aguileras to Mancora
- info@reinadelcamino.ec
- Website
- reina-del-camino.com
Bus from Manta to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Schedules at
- reina-del-camino.com
- Book at
- reina-del-camino.com
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Meridian Spur / Prunedale Park & Ride to San Jose Airport Terminal A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $40–55
- Standard Rate
- $49
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