There are 9 ways to get from Venezuela to Machala by bus, plane, taxi, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Simón Bolívar International Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
best- Take the bus from Nuevo Circo to Caracas Airportbus
- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane CCS - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Machalataxi
11h 7m$585–1,435Bus via Valera
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal La Bandera to Valerabus
- Take the bus from Valera to Terminal Cúcutabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal Salitrebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Salitre to San Miguelbus
- Take the bus from Lago Agrío to Machalabus
3d 8h$142–193Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Expresos Los Llanos Caracas to San Antonio del Táchirabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguébus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué to La Dorada, Putumayobus
- Take the bus from Lago Agrio to Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellanabus
- Take the bus from El Coca to Machalabus
2d 7h$150–223Drive 2,925.4 km
- Drive from Caracas to Machalacar 2,925.4 km
45h 4m$166–240Fly Maracaibo to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Maracaibo (MAR) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane MAR - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Machalataxi
12h 26m$714–1,239Drive to Valledupar, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Drive from Maracaibo to Valledupar (VUP)car
- Fly from Valledupar (VUP) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane VUP - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Machalataxi
12h 9m$526–753Bus to Simón Bolívar International Airport, fly to Santa Rosa Regional Airport
- Take the bus from Nuevo Circo to Caracas Airportbus
- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane CCS - ETR
13h 50m$146–634Fly Maracaibo to Santa Rosa Regional Airport
- Fly from Maracaibo (MAR) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane MAR - ETR
20h 44m$163–694Bus to Simón Bolívar International Airport, fly to Loja, bus
- Take the bus from Nuevo Circo to Caracas Airportbus
- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS) to Loja (LOH)plane CCS - LOH
- Take the bus from Catamayo to Machalabus
15h 39m$164–768
Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venezuela to Machala is to bus via Valera which costs $140 - $200 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Venezuela to Machala is to bus and fly and taxi which takes 11h 7m and costs $550 - $1,500.
The distance between Venezuela and Machala is 2235 km. The road distance is 2925.4 km.
It takes approximately 11h 7m to get from Venezuela to Machala, including transfers.
The best way to get from Venezuela to Machala is to bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs $150 - $230. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $160 - $700 and takes 20h 44m.
Machala is 1h behind Venezuela. It is currently 1:31 AM in Venezuela and 12:31 AM in Machala.
Yes, the driving distance between Venezuela to Machala is 2925 km. It takes approximately 45h 4m to drive from Venezuela to Machala.
There are 53+ hotels available in Machala.
What companies run services between Venezuela and Machala, Ecuador?
You can take a vehicle from Caracas to Machala via Terminal Expresos Los Llanos Caracas, San Antonio del Táchira, Terminal Cúcuta, Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué, La Dorada, Putumayo, Lago Agrio, El Coca, and Machala in around 2d 7h. Alternatively, Copa Airlines and Go2Sky fly from Maracaibo (MAR) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR) twice a week.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–1,700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Valledupar to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Valledupar to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Valledupar to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- go2sky.aero
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–1,400
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Maracaibo to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Loja via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Loja via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–1,400
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Maracaibo to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Loja via Panama City, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Loja via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,700
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Maracaibo to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Bus from Nuevo Circo to Caracas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- ucamcserviciosdetransporte.amawebs.com
- Phone
- +58 424 719 6069
- contacto@expresoslosllanos.com
- Website
- expresoslosllanos.com
Bus from Terminal Expresos Los Llanos Caracas to San Antonio del Táchira
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- expresoslosllanos.com
- Buscama
- $35–55
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- servicioalcliente@copetran.com
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $40–60
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- calidad@coomotor.com.co
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué to La Dorada, Putumayo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Lago Agrio to Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
- Phone
- +59 098 900 7838
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from Lago Agrio to Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com.ec
Bus from Lago Agrío to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- +593 98 076 1302
- info@cooperativabanos.com.ec
- Website
- cooperativabanos.com
Bus from El Coca to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- cooperativabanos.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Catamayo to Machala
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +58 212 242 0110
- Website
- sitssa.gob.ve
Bus from Terminal La Bandera to Valera
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21
- Schedules at
- sitssa.gob.ve
Bus from Valera to Terminal Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–30
- Schedules at
- instagram.com
- Convencional
- $25–30
- Phone
- +57 310 7883333
- gerencia@cootransbol.com
- Website
- concordeoficial.com
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal Salitre
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- concordeoficial.com
- Book at
- concordeoficial.com
Bus from Terminal Salitre to San Miguel
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $39–50
- Schedules at
- transipiales.teletiquete.com
- Book at
- transipiales.teletiquete.com
- Basico
- $40–50
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
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