There are 8 ways to get from Puno to Santiago by plane, bus, car, train, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Inca Manco Cápac International Airport
best- Fly from Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (JUL) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane JUL - SCL
9h 7m$241–473Bus, bus and ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Interdepartamental de Juliaca to Plaza Sucrebus
- Take the busferry from Copacabana to La Pazbusferry
- Take the bus from La Paz to Orurobus
- Take the bus from Oruro to Terminal Alameda - Turbusbus
2d 1h$63–180Bus
- Take the bus from Juliaca to Arequipabus
- Take the bus from Arequipa to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Aricabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal San Borjabus
42h 5m$83–220Drive 2,517.9 km
- Drive from Juliaca to Santiagocar 2,517.9 km
34h 39m$379–547Bus, bus to Chacalluta Arica Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Puno to Tacnabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Arica Airportbus
- Fly from Chacalluta Arica Airport (ARI) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane ARI - SCL
13h 11m$66–223Bus to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Puno to Cusco Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane CUZ - SCL
10h 39m$155–351Bus to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Juliaca to Arequipabus
- Fly from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane AQP - SCL
13h 51m$153–494Bus, train
- Take the bus from Juliaca to Tacnabus
- Take the train from Tacna to Aricatrain
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal San Borjabus
43h 26m$77–152
Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (JUL) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Puno to Santiago is to bus and train which costs $75 - $160 and takes 43h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Puno to Santiago is to fly which takes 9h 7m and costs $240 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Puno to Santiago. However, there are services departing from Juliaca and arriving at Terminal San Borja via Arequipa, Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría and Terminal Rodoviario de Arica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 5m.
The distance between Puno and Santiago is 2054 km. The road distance is 2517.9 km.
The best way to get from Puno to Santiago without a car is to bus which takes 42h 5m and costs $80 - $220.
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Puno to Santiago, including transfers.
Puno to Santiago bus services, operated by Expreso San Roman, depart from Juliaca station.
The best way to get from Puno to Santiago is to fly which takes 9h 7m and costs $240 - $480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $80 - $220 and takes 42h 5m.
Puno to Santiago bus services, operated by Expreso San Roman, arrive at Arequipa station.
Santiago is 2h ahead of Puno. It is currently 7:33 PM in Puno and 9:33 PM in Santiago.
What companies run services between Puno, Peru and Santiago, Chile?
LATAM Chile and Sky Airline fly from Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (JUL) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Juliaca to Terminal San Borja via Arequipa, Tacna, Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría, Terminal Internacional Arica, and Terminal Rodoviario de Arica in around 42h 5m.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Inca Manco Cápac International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–430
Flights from Chacalluta Arica Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–220
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–320
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–320
Flights from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–290
Flights from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–290
Flights from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima, Antofagasta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–290
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Inca Manco Cápac International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–350
Flights from Chacalluta Arica Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–450
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–350
Flights from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Phone
- +51 52 611824
- Website
- Ferrocarril Tacna-Arica
Train from Tacna to Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- Ferrocarril Tacna-Arica
- Phone
- +51 959 580 066
- [email protected]
- Website
- Expreso San Roman
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9
- Schedules at
- Expreso San Roman
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9
- Schedules at
- Expreso San Roman
- Phone
- +51 989 990 918
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- zolorzano.com.pe
Bus from Puno to Cusco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–28
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- zolorzano.com.pe
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- zolorzano.com.pe
- Website
- Cosmos Bus
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- Cosmos Bus
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- Cosmos Bus
- Phone
- +51 928351548
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +51 959 570 871
- [email protected]
- Website
- Romeliza
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Romeliza
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Romeliza
- Phone
- +51 951 921 780
- Website
- Expreso Sur Oriente
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15
- Schedules at
- Expreso Sur Oriente
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15
- Schedules at
- Expreso Sur Oriente
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- [email protected]
- Website
- CIVA
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- CIVA
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- CIVA
- Phone
- +51 978645747
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turismo Real Dorado
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- Turismo Real Dorado
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- Turismo Real Dorado
- Phone
- +51 914 879 671
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Juliaca to Arequipa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +51 953 954 708
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transporte Moquegua Turismo
Bus from Arequipa to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- Transporte Moquegua Turismo
- Phone
- +51904244509
- [email protected]
- Website
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Terminal Internacional Arica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–26
- Schedules at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Book at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Internacional Manuel A. Odría to Arica Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–24
- Schedules at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Book at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Interdepartamental de Juliaca to Plaza Sucre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–50
- Schedules at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Book at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pullman San Andres
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $59–130
- Schedules at
- Pullman San Andres
- Semi Cama
- $85–120
- Cama
- $95–130
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $59–130
- Schedules at
- Pullman San Andres
- Semi Cama
- $85–120
- Cama
- $95–130
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- [email protected]
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $55–75
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario de Arica to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $55–75
Bus from Puno to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Schedules at
- Expreso Turismo San Martin Nobleza
- Phone
- +51 982 803 213
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transportes Héroes del Pacífico
Bus from Juliaca to Tacna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15
- Schedules at
- Transportes Héroes del Pacífico
- Phone
- +51 7308 2555
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turismo Manco Kapac
Busferry from Copacabana to La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- Turismo Manco Kapac
- Phone
- +591 2245 8945
- [email protected]
- Website
- vicuna-travel.com
Busferry from Copacabana to La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
- Book at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
- Phone
- +591 76760037
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Copacabana to La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–65
- Schedules at
- ticketsbolivia.com
- Book at
- ticketsbolivia.com
- Phone
- +591 466-60443
- [email protected]
- Website
- Autotransportes SAMA
Bus from La Paz to Oruro
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Schedules at
- Autotransportes SAMA
- Phone
- +591 2527 7355
- [email protected]
- Website
- Jet Nort Super Class
Bus from Oruro to Terminal Alameda - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $43
- Schedules at
- Jet Nort Super Class
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