There are 7 ways to get from Calama to Cartagena by bus, plane, taxi, or car
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Bus to Antofagasta Airport, fly to Cartagena
best- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Antofagastabus
- Fly from Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to Cartagena (CTG)plane ANF - CTG
15h 11m$257–487Bus to Antofagasta Airport, fly to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Antofagastabus
- Fly from Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane ANF - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
18h 20m$250–929Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Quillaguabus
- Take the bus from Quillagua to Terminal Rodoviario de Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Tacna to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Cúcutabus
- Take the taxi from Cúcuta to Pamplonataxi
- Take the bus from Pamplona to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
4d$414–529Drive 5,327 km
- Drive from Calama to Cartagenacar 5,327 km
3d 5h$657–949Fly Calama Airport to Cartagena
- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane CJC - CTG
12h 39m$266–916Fly Calama Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane CJC - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
16h 55m$369–998Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Tacna to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Cúcutabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
4d 4h$314–411
Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Calama to Cartagena is to bus and fly which costs $250 - $490 and takes 15h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Calama to Cartagena is to fly which takes 12h 39m and costs $260 - $950.
No, there is no direct bus from Calama to Cartagena. However, there are services departing from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus and arriving at Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena via Terminal Internacional, Tacna, Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, San Antonio del Táchira and Terminal Cúcuta. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 4h.
The distance between Calama and Cartagena is 4057 km. The road distance is 5327 km.
The best way to get from Calama to Cartagena without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 4 days 0h and costs $410 - $550.
It takes approximately 15h 11m to get from Calama to Cartagena, including transfers.
Calama to Cartagena bus services, operated by Kenny Bus, depart from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus station.
The best way to get from Calama to Cartagena is to fly which takes 12h 39m and costs $260 - $950. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $310 - $420 and takes 4 days 4h.
Calama to Cartagena bus services, operated by Kenny Bus, arrive at Terminal Rodoviario de Arica station.
Cartagena is 1h behind Calama. It is currently 6:31 AM in Calama and 5:31 AM in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Calama, Chile and Cartagena, Colombia?
LATAM Chile, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., and two other airlines fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Cartagena (CTG) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena via Terminal Rodoviario de Arica, Terminal Internacional, Tacna, Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte, Cúcuta, San Antonio del Táchira, and Terminal Cúcuta in around 4d 4h.
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Cartagena via Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Cartagena via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Cartagena via Cali, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Calama Airport to Cartagena via Santiago, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Calama Airport to Cartagena via Santiago, Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Calama Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Santiago, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Calama Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Santiago, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Cali, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Cartagena via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Calama Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Santiago, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Calama Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Santiago, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Lima, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Lima, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Cali, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Cali, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Cartagena via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Calama Airport to Cartagena via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Calama Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Santiago, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Calama Airport to Cartagena via Santiago, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Lima, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Antofagasta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Schedules at
- cormarbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Pullman Bus to Antofagasta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Schedules at
- cormarbus.cl
- Phone
- +56 22 570 8687
- [email protected]
- Website
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Quillagua
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Schedules at
- kennybus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- kennybus.cl
- Phone
- +56 2 2570 8687
- [email protected]
- Website
- busestarapaca.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Quillagua
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Schedules at
- busestarapaca.cl
- Salon Cama
- $12–17
- Premium
- $14–19
Bus from Quillagua to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Schedules at
- busestarapaca.cl
- Salon Cama
- $16–23
- Premium
- $18–25
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Schedules at
- busestarapaca.cl
- Salon Cama
- $19–26
- Premium
- $20–28
- Phone
- +56 58 222 8603
- [email protected]
- Website
- recorrido.cl
Bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.recorrido.cl/en/bus/buses-norte-grande-tickets
Bus from Terminal Internacional to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.recorrido.cl/en/bus/buses-norte-grande-tickets
- Phone
- +51 994 656 518
- [email protected]
- Website
- oltursa.pe
Bus from Tacna to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
Bus from Tacna to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://www.oltursa.pe/?lang=en
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–260
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
Bus from Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–260
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Pamplona to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $40–60
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–25
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–25
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $40–60
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–19
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–19
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $45–65
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- [email protected]
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Kenny Bus to Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $28–40
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- $95–120
Cootranstasajero
- Phone
- +57 607 579 2929
- Website
- cootranstasajero.com.co
Radio Taxi Cone
- Phone
- +57 310 862 8882
- Website
- radiotaxirtc.com.co
Radio Taxi Radio
- Phone
- +57 607 572 4050
- Website
- radiotaxiradio.com
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