There are 10 ways to get from Santa Marta to Tolima by plane, bus, or car
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Fly Simón Bolívar International Airport to El Dorado International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane SMR - BOG
- Take the bus from Terminal Salitre to Espinalbus
7h 56m$64–202Bus via Honda
cheapest- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Hondabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Honda to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguébus
15h 45m$45–97Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Transportes Hondabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Transportes Honda to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguébus
15h 30m$56–95Drive 949.5 km
- Drive from Santa Marta to Ibaguécar 949.5 km
13h 40m$50–72Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to El Dorado International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)plane BAQ - BOG
- Take the bus from Terminal Salitre to Espinalbus
9h 7m$87–186Fly Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali, bus
- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to Cali (CLO)plane SMR - CLO
- Take the bus from Cali Airport to Bugabus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Buga to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguébus
9h 28m$94–188Fly Simón Bolívar International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, bus
- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane SMR - MDE
- Take the bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Hondabus
10h 20m$80–211Fly Simón Bolívar International Airport to Pereira, bus
- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to Pereira (PEI)plane SMR - PEI
- Take the bus from Cerritos to Terminal de Transportes de Armeniabus
- Take the bus from Armenia to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguébus
9h 47m$109–261Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE)plane BAQ - MDE
- Take the bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Hondabus
11h 30m$88–203Bus via Bosconia
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Bosconiabus
- Take the bus from Bosconia to Terminal de Transportes de Ibaguébus
19h 45m$64–137
Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Marta to Tolima is to drive which costs $45 - $75 and takes 13h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Marta to Tolima is to fly and bus which takes 7h 56m and costs $60 - $210.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Marta to Tolima. However, there are services departing from Terminal Santa Marta and arriving at Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué via Terminal Transportes Honda. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 30m.
The distance between Santa Marta and Tolima is 889 km. The road distance is 949.5 km.
The best way to get from Santa Marta to Tolima without a car is to bus which takes 15h 30m and costs $55 - $95.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Santa Marta to Tolima, including transfers.
Santa Marta to Tolima bus services, operated by Copetran, depart from Terminal Santa Marta station.
Santa Marta to Tolima bus services, operated by Copetran, arrive at Terminal Transportes Honda station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Marta to Tolima is 950 km. It takes approximately 13h 40m to drive from Santa Marta to Tolima.
There are 334+ hotels available in Tolima.
What companies run services between Santa Marta, Colombia and Tolima, Colombia?
You can take a bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué via Terminal Transportes Honda in around 15h 30m.
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–150
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–95
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Pereira via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–240
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Pereira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Pereira via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–110
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–110
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $40–150
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–140
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–160
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Cali via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–170
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Pereira via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–150
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Medellin Jose Marie Cordova via El Dorado International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Phone
- +57 317 441 0917
- [email protected]
- Website
- transipialesvirtual.com
Bus from Terminal Salitre to Espinal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- transipialesvirtual.com
- Book at
- transipialesvirtual.com
- Basico
- $13–17
Bus from Terminal Salitre to Espinal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- transipialesvirtual.com
- Book at
- transipialesvirtual.com
- Basico
- $13–17
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Transportes Honda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $43–80
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $55–80
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $13–18
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $13–18
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Honda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $41–80
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $55–80
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- [email protected]
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal Transportes Honda to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Buga to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Honda to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $16–24
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $16–24
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Bosconia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $19–27
Bus from Bosconia to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–106
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $45–65
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +57 604 444 8888
- [email protected]
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Phone
- +57 318 760 6799
- [email protected]
- Website
- cootrancise.com
Bus from Cali Airport to Buga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- cootrancise.com
- Phone
- +57 311 273 0419
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresopalmira.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Buga to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Schedules at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Book at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Phone
- +57 318 711 5115
- [email protected]
- Website
- rapidotolimasa.com
Bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Honda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- rapidotolimasa.com
- Book at
- rapidotolimasa.com
Bus from Terminal del Norte to Terminal de Honda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- rapidotolimasa.com
- Book at
- rapidotolimasa.com
- Phone
- +57 310 507 9999
- [email protected]
- Website
- flotaoccidental.com
Bus from Cerritos to Terminal de Transportes de Armenia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- flotaoccidental.com
- Book at
- flotaoccidental.com
- Corriente
- $5–9
- Phone
- +57 302 3180104
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresocafetero.co
Bus from Armenia to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +57 316 7844999
- [email protected]
- Website
- berlinasdelfonce.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Honda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- berlinasdelfonce.com
- Book at
- berlinasdelfonce.com
- Super Confort
- $35–50
- Phone
- 018000116222
- [email protected]
- Website
- flotalamacarena.com
Bus from Terminal de Honda to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Schedules at
- flotalamacarena.com
- Book at
- flotalamacarena.com
- Phone
- +57 333 033 4244
- [email protected]
- Website
- velotax.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Honda to Terminal de Transportes de Ibagué
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- velotax.com.co
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