There are 6 ways to get from Cartagena to Cali by bus, plane, or train
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Bus, bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Cali
best- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cali (CLO)plane ALC - CLO
18h 48m$426–897Bus, bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to El Dorado International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane ALC - BOG
- Take the bus from Terminal Salitre to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
29h 47m$392–1,063Bus to Almería Airport, fly to Cali
- Take the bus from Cartagena to Almeríabus
- Fly from Almería Airport (LEI) to Cali (CLO)plane LEI - CLO
20h 18m$645–1,466Train, train to Valencia Airport, fly to Cali
- Take the train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmentrain
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cali (CLO)plane VLC - CLO
22h 40m$722–1,213Train, train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cali
- Take the train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmentrain
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cali (CLO)plane MAD - CLO
18h 37m$635–1,206Bus, bus to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, fly to Cali
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Granada Estación de Autobusesbus
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Cali (CLO)plane GRX - CLO
22h 24m$546–1,179
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cali (CLO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cartagena to Cali is to bus and fly which costs $420 - $900 and takes 18h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cartagena to Cali is to train and fly which takes 18h 37m and costs $600 - $1,300.
The distance between Cartagena and Cali is 8676 km.
It takes approximately 18h 48m to get from Cartagena to Cali, including transfers.
Cali is 7h behind Cartagena. It is currently 6:58 PM in Cartagena and 11:58 AM in Cali.
There are 1116+ hotels available in Cali.
What companies run services between Cartagena, Spain and Cali, Colombia?
There is no direct connection from Cartagena to Cali. However, you can take the bus to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia, take the bus to Alicante Aeropuerto, walk to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) airport, fly to Cali (CLO), then take the taxi to Cali. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Almería, walk to Estacion Intermodal-Al, take the bus to Aeropuerto Almeria-Al, walk to Almería Airport (LEI) airport, fly to Cali (CLO), then take the taxi to Cali.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Almería Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Almería Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Almería Airport to Cali via Barcelona, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cali via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cali via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cali via Barcelona, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Almería Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–850
Flights from Almería Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–800
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Almería Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cali via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to El Dorado International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 842 202
- [email protected]
- Website
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Granada Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 950 25 95 61
- [email protected]
- Website
- busbam.com
Bus from Cartagena to Almería
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- busbam.com
- Phone
- +57 333 033 4244
- [email protected]
- Website
- velotax.com.co
Bus from Terminal Salitre to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- velotax.com.co
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