There are 11 ways to get from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco by shuttle, plane, helicopter, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Calama Airport, fly to La Araucanía International Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to La Araucanía International Airport (ZCO)plane CJC - ZCO
8h 29m$183–315Bus via Victoria
cheapest- Take the bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calamabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Turbus to Terminal Alameda - Turbusbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Alameda - Turbus to Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Bio Bio Victoria to Terminal Bio Bio - Temucobus
33h 12m$61–171Helicopter, bus, train
- Take the helicopter from San Pedro de Atacama Airport to Antofagasta Airporthelicopter Anf
- Take the bus from Antofagasta to Santiagobus
- Take the train from Estacion Central Alameda to Chillántrain
- Take the bus from Terminal María Teresa to Victoriabus
- Take the train from Estación Victoria to Temucotrain
31h 47m$9,024–9,210Drive 2,282.8 km
- Drive from San Pedro de Atacama to Temucocar 2,282.8 km
25h 31m$282–407Helicopter to Antofagasta Airport, fly to La Araucanía International Airport
- Take the helicopter from San Pedro de Atacama Airport to Antofagasta Airporthelicopter
- Fly from Antofagasta Airport (ANF) to La Araucanía International Airport (ZCO)plane ANF - ZCO
8h 6m$8,928–9,095Shuttle to Calama Airport, fly to Carriel Sur International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP)plane CJC - CCP
- Take the bus from Terminal Collao to Terminal Bio Bio - Temucobus
10h 44m$189–406Shuttle to Calama Airport, fly to Pichoy Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Pichoy Airport (ZAL)plane CJC - ZAL
- Take the bus from Paradero Aeropuerto Pichoy to Lancobus
- Take the bus from Lanco to Rodoviario de la Araucaníabus
10h 51mShuttle to Calama Airport, fly to Osorno, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Fly from Calama Airport (CJC) to Osorno (ZOS)plane CJC - ZOS
- Take the bus from Osorno to Temucobus
11h 23m$217–400Bus
- Take the bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calamabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Turbus to Terminal Alameda - Turbusbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Alameda - Turbus to Rodoviario de la Araucaníabus
34h 10m$116–201Bus #2
- Take the bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calamabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda Ciktur PlussChile to Batucobus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Borja to Rodoviario de la Araucaníabus
34h 48m$61–149Bus #3
- Take the bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calamabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Pullman Bus to Terminal San Borjabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Sur de Santiago to Rodoviario de la Araucaníabus
37h 27m$76–95
Calama Airport (CJC) to La Araucanía International Airport (ZCO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco is to bus which costs $75 - $100 and takes 37h 27m.
The fastest way to get from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco is to helicopter and fly which takes 8h 6m and costs $8,900 - $9,100.
No, there is no direct bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco. However, there are services departing from San Pedro de Atacama and arriving at Terminal Bio Bio - Temuco via Terminal Balmaceda Turbus, Terminal Alameda - Turbus and Terminal Bio Bio Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 12m.
The distance between San Pedro de Atacama and Temuco is 1986 km. The road distance is 2282.8 km.
The best way to get from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco without a car is to helicopter and bus and train which takes 31h 47m and costs $9,000 - $9,300.
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco, including transfers.
San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco bus services, operated by Atacama 2000, depart from San Pedro de Atacama station.
San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco bus services, operated by Atacama 2000, arrive at Atacama 2000 Calama station.
Yes, the driving distance between San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco is 2283 km. It takes approximately 25h 31m to drive from San Pedro de Atacama to Temuco.
There are 269+ hotels available in Temuco.
What companies run services between San Pedro de Atacama, Chile and Temuco, Chile?
You can take a bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Terminal Bio Bio - Temuco via Atacama 2000 Calama, Terminal Balmaceda Turbus, Terminal Alameda - Turbus, Victoria, and Terminal Bio Bio Victoria in around 33h 12m.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Calama Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Calama Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via La Serena, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Calama Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via Carriel Sur International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via Carriel Sur International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via La Serena, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Calama Airport to Carriel Sur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Calama Airport to Carriel Sur International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Calama Airport to Pichoy Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Calama Airport to Osorno via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Calama Airport to Osorno via La Serena, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Calama Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–200
Flights from Antofagasta Airport to La Araucanía International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Calama Airport to Pichoy Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–750
Flights from Calama Airport to Osorno via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–700
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Calama Airport to Carriel Sur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Calama Airport to Carriel Sur International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
- Phone
- +56 22 585 5000
- [email protected]
- Website
- efe.cl
Train from Estacion Central Alameda to Chillán
Train from Estación Victoria to Temuco
- Phone
- +56 2 2677 3000
- [email protected]
- Website
- transvip.cl
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9
- Book at
- transvip.cl
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9
- Book at
- transvip.cl
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9
- Book at
- transvip.cl
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9
- Book at
- transvip.cl
- Phone
- +56 9 6136 2282
- [email protected]
- Website
- cordilleratraveller.com
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110
- Website
- https://cordilleratraveller.com/en/home-cordillera-traveller-english/
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110
- Website
- https://cordilleratraveller.com/en/home-cordillera-traveller-english/
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110
- Website
- https://cordilleratraveller.com/en/home-cordillera-traveller-english/
Shuttle from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110
- Website
- https://cordilleratraveller.com/en/home-cordillera-traveller-english/
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.cl/
Bus from Antofagasta to Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Schedules at
- flixbus.cl
Bus from Osorno to Temuco
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Schedules at
- flixbus.cl
- Phone
- +56 22 822 7500
- [email protected]
- Website
- turbus.cl
Bus from Terminal María Teresa to Victoria
- Semi Cama
- $11–16
- Cama
- $12–18
- Premium
- $60–75
Bus from Lanco to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Semi Cama
- $9–13
- Cama
- $9–13
- Premium
- $60–70
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Turbus to Terminal Alameda - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Schedules at
- turbus.cl
- Book at
- turbus.cl
- Semi Cama
- $35–55
- Cama
- $60–85
- Premium
- $65–85
Bus from Terminal Alameda - Turbus to Victoria
- Semi Cama
- $18–26
- Cama
- $27–40
- Premium
- $60–75
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Turbus to Terminal Alameda - Turbus
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Schedules at
- turbus.cl
- Book at
- turbus.cl
- Semi Cama
- $35–55
- Cama
- $60–85
- Premium
- $65–85
Bus from Terminal Alameda - Turbus to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–75
- Schedules at
- turbus.cl
- Book at
- turbus.cl
- Semi Cama
- $20–28
- Cama
- $29–40
- Premium
- $60–75
Bus from Terminal San Borja to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Semi Cama
- $20–28
- Cama
- $30–40
- Premium
- $60–75
- Phone
- +56 45 265 7877
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesbiobio.cl
Bus from Terminal Collao to Terminal Bio Bio - Temuco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- busesbiobio.cl
Bus from Terminal Bio Bio Victoria to Terminal Bio Bio - Temuco
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- busesbiobio.cl
- [email protected]
- Website
- kupos.cl
Bus from Paradero Aeropuerto Pichoy to Lanco
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kupos.cl
- Phone
- 56 2 3277 9759
- [email protected]
- Website
- narbus.cl
Bus from Lanco to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Phone
- +56 65 243 6410
- [email protected]
- Website
- webcds.cl
Bus from Lanco to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.webcds.cl/en/
- Phone
- +56 55 31 6664 / 9 5047 8351
- Website
- recorrido.cl
Bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Book at
- https://kupos.cl/en/bus/tickets/buses-atacama-2000
Bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Book at
- https://kupos.cl/en/bus/tickets/buses-atacama-2000
Bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Book at
- https://kupos.cl/en/bus/tickets/buses-atacama-2000
Bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Atacama 2000 Calama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Book at
- https://kupos.cl/en/bus/tickets/buses-atacama-2000
- Phone
- +56 65 225 3133
- Website
- kupos.cl
Bus from Terminal Alameda - Turbus to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Schedules at
- kupos.cl
- Phone
- +56 22 3813 550
- [email protected]
- Website
- plusschile.cl
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda Ciktur PlussChile to Batuco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Book at
- https://www.recorrido.cl/pluss-chile/en
- Semi Cama
- $30–45
- Cama
- $50–55
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- [email protected]
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Terminal San Borja to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $30–40
Bus from Terminal Balmaceda - Pullman Bus to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–67
- Schedules at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Book at
- pullmanbus.cl
- Salón Cama
- $55–65
- Phone
- +56 2 2666 5505
- [email protected]
- Website
- jetsur.cl
Bus from Terminal Sur de Santiago to Rodoviario de la Araucanía
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://www.recorrido.cl/buses-jet-sur/en
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