There are 5 ways to get from Sydney to El Calafate by plane, bus, shuttle, or car
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Fly Sydney International Airport to El Calafate
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to El Calafate (FTE)SYD - FTE
23h 29m$1,618,530–3,322,628Fly Sydney International Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport, bus, Tour
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport (PUQ)SYD - PUQ
- Take the bus from Punta Arenas Airport to Terminal Rodoviario
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillo
- Take a shuttle bus from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
30h 25mDrive to Orange Airport, fly to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport, bus, Tour
- Drive from Sydney to Orange Airport (OAG)
- Fly from Orange Airport (OAG) to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport (PUQ)OAG - PUQ
- Take the bus from Punta Arenas Airport to Terminal Rodoviario
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillo
- Take a shuttle bus from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
35h 6mFly Sydney International Airport to Puerto Natales, bus, Tour
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Puerto Natales (PNT)SYD - PNT
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillo
- Take a shuttle bus from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
25h 36mBus to Canberra International Airport, fly to Puerto Natales, bus, Tour
- Take the bus from Sydney International Airport to Canberra
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Puerto Natales (PNT)CBR - PNT
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillo
- Take a shuttle bus from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
31h 51m
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to El Calafate (FTE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to El Calafate is to fly which costs $1600000 - $3400000 and takes 23h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to El Calafate is to fly which takes 23h 29m and costs $1600000 - $3400000.
The distance between Sydney and El Calafate is 9766 km.
It takes approximately 23h 29m to get from Sydney to El Calafate, including transfers.
El Calafate is 14h behind Sydney. It is currently 3:50 PM in Sydney and 1:50 AM in El Calafate.
There are 394+ hotels available in El Calafate.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and El Calafate, Argentina?
LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, and Qantas fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to El Calafate (FTE) 4 times a week.
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- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 58m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800,000–2,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Santiago, Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850,000–2,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Auckland, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850,000–2,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Melbourne, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850,000–2,700,000
Flights from Orange Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,500,000
Flights from Orange Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago, Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Natales via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,400,000
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Puerto Natales via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 21m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,300,000–4,200,000
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Puerto Natales via Brisbane, Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,500,000–4,500,000
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to El Calafate via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to El Calafate via Melbourne, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 18m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,300,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750,000–2,900,000
Flights from Orange Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000,000–4,000,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Orange Airport to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 24m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000,000–4,000,000
- Phone
- +56 61 224 2313
- operadornatales@busesfernandez.com
- Website
- busesfernandez.com
Bus from Punta Arenas Airport to Terminal Rodoviario
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12,069
- Schedules at
- busesfernandez.com
- Phone
- +56 9 9343 0037
- servitur@servitur.cl
- Website
- servitur.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- servitur.cl
- online@southroad.com.ar
- Website
- southroad.com.ar
Shuttle from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $130,000
- Schedules at
- southroad.com.ar
- Phone
- (61) 13 22 51
- enquiries@murrays.com.au
- Website
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Sydney International Airport to Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50,000–75,000
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
- Website
- flixbus.com.au
Bus from Sydney International Airport to Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.au
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