There are 7 ways to get from El Carmen to Loja by bus, plane, or car
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Bus, fly to Loja
best- Take the bus from El Carmen to Santo Domingo de los Coloradosbus
- Take the bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Quito Terminal Carcelénbus
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Loja (LOH)plane UIO - LOH
7hBus via Guayaquil Airport (GYE)
cheapest- Take the bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus Santo Domingo / ...
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lojabus Guayaquil / ...
17h 10m$20–40Bus
- Take the bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Lojabus Santo Domingo
13h 50m$27–42Drive 616.2 km
- Drive from El Carmen to Lojacar 616.2 km
9h 50m$35–51Bus, fly to Cuenca
- Take the bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Quito Terminal Carcelénbus
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Cuenca (CUE)plane UIO - CUE
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Lojabus
9h 51m$106–248Bus via Quito Terminal Carcelén
- Take the bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Quito Terminal Carcelénbus Santo Domingo de los Colorados
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Lojabus Quito / ...
14h 54m$24–37Bus via Quito
- Take the bus from El Carmen to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus Quito
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Lojabus Quito / ...
15h 42m$22–35
Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Loja (LOH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from El Carmen to Loja is to bus via Guayaquil Airport (GYE) which costs $20 - $40 and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from El Carmen to Loja is to drive which takes 9h 50m and costs $35 - $55.
No, there is no direct bus from El Carmen to Loja. However, there are services departing from El Carmen and arriving at Loja via Santo Domingo de los Colorados. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 50m.
The distance between El Carmen and Loja is 703 km. The road distance is 616.2 km.
The best way to get from El Carmen to Loja without a car is to bus which takes 13h 50m and costs $27 - $45.
It takes approximately 7h to get from El Carmen to Loja, including transfers.
El Carmen to Loja bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes Zaracay, depart from Santo Domingo de los Colorados station.
El Carmen to Loja bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes Zaracay, arrive at Loja station.
Yes, the driving distance between El Carmen to Loja is 616 km. It takes approximately 9h 50m to drive from El Carmen to Loja.
There are 103+ hotels available in Loja.
What companies run services between El Carmen, Manabí, Ecuador and Loja, Ecuador?
Cooperativa de Transportes Zaracay operates a bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Loja once daily. Tickets cost $18–29 and the journey takes 12h.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cuenca via Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–180
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Phone
- +593 09 9752 5158
- [email protected]
Bus from El Carmen to Santo Domingo de los Colorados
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- rutascarmenses.com
Bus from El Carmen to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- rutascarmenses.com
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- [email protected]
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Quito Terminal Carcelén
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Quito Terminal Carcelén
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Quito Terminal Carcelén
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
- Phone
- +593 98 026 8435
- [email protected]
- Website
- transporteszaracay.com.ec
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transporteszaracay.com.ec
- Book at
- transporteszaracay.com.ec
- Phone
- +593 99 645 6618
- [email protected]
- Website
- Viajeros Internacional
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Viajeros Internacional
- Phone
- +593 99 144 1474
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ecuabuses.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- [email protected]
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 98 166 2733
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- boletos.unioncariamanga.com
- Book at
- boletos.unioncariamanga.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- boletos.unioncariamanga.com
- Book at
- boletos.unioncariamanga.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Schedules at
- boletos.unioncariamanga.com
- Book at
- boletos.unioncariamanga.com
- Phone
- +593 996 226 765
- [email protected]
Bus from El Carmen to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- transvencedores.com.ec
- Phone
- (+59) 0 2303-4291
- [email protected]
- Website
- occidentales.ec
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- occidentales.ec
- Book at
- occidentales.ec
- Phone
- +593 06 2958921
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cooperativa de Transportes Aerotaxi
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Cooperativa de Transportes Aerotaxi
- Phone
- +593 99 775 4391
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9
- Book at
- andestransit.com
- Phone
- +593 96 849 9565
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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