How to get fromCartagena to Puerto Carreñoby car, bus, or plane

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There are 2 ways to get from Cartagena to Puerto Carreño by car, bus, or plane

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Drive 1,863.6 km
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1. Drive from Cartagena to Puerto Carreñocar 1,863.6 km
38h 11m
$98–141
Bus, fly, drive
1. Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal de Transportes de Bucaramangabus
2. Fly from Bucaramanga Airport (BGA) to Arauca (AUC)plane BGA - AUC
3. Drive from Arauca (AUC) to Puerto Carreñocar
46h 22m
$248–693

Bucaramanga Airport (BGA) to Arauca (AUC) flights

7Weekly Planes

1h 5mAverage Duration

$135Cheapest Price

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Distance: 1,863.6 km
Duration: 38h 11m

What companies run services between Cartagena, Colombia and Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia?

You can drive from Cartagena to Puerto Carreño in around 38h 11m.

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Puerto Carreño, Colombia(opens in a new window)

Puerto Carreño, translation English: Puerto Carreno is the departmental capital city, and a municipality combined of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia located on the Orinoco River. Puerto Carreño is best-known as a tourist gateway to hundreds of adventure, ecological and sustainable tourism destinations, it is well-known for peacock bass fishing on the Vita River, Indigenous artisans from the Orinoquia, as a river port trade center, and as a frontier settlement that has become the capital of the second largest department (province) in Colombia.

Places to stay in Puerto Carreño

Hotel El Lago(Opens in a new window)

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