There are 7 ways to get from Santos to Cartagena by bus, plane, or car
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Bus to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, fly to Cartagena
best- Take the bus from Santos Bus Station to Guarulhosbus
- Fly from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) to Cartagena (CTG)plane GRU - CTG
13h 6m$217–434Bus
- Take the bus from Rodoviária de Santos to Rodoferroviária de Curitibabus
- Take the bus from Rodoferroviária de Curitiba to Terminal San Borjabus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Borja to Cúcutabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
6d 10h$678–895Drive 7,896.1 km
- Drive from Santos to Cartagenacar 7,896.1 km
4d 17h$796–1,150Bus to São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the bus from Rodoviária de Santos to São Paulo - Jabaquarabus
- Fly from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport (CGH) to Cartagena (CTG)plane CGH - CTG
15h 31m$347–963Bus to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, fly to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Santos Bus Station to Guarulhosbus
- Fly from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane GRU - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
15h 24m$325–508Bus to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, fly to Los Garzones Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Santos Bus Station to Guarulhosbus
- Fly from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) to Los Garzones Airport (MTR)plane GRU - MTR
- Take the bus from Cerete to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
17h 40mBus via Buenos Aires
- Take the bus from Jose Menino to Jabaquara Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal de Omnibus Retirobus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Omnibus Retiro to Cúcutabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
7d 9h$606–831
São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santos to Cartagena is to bus and fly which costs $210 - $440 and takes 13h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Santos to Cartagena is to bus and fly which takes 13h 6m and costs $210 - $440.
No, there is no direct bus from Santos to Cartagena. However, there are services departing from Rodoviária de Santos and arriving at Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena via Rodoferroviária de Curitiba, Terminal San Borja and Terminal Cúcuta. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6 days 10h.
The distance between Santos and Cartagena is 5017 km. The road distance is 7896.1 km.
The best way to get from Santos to Cartagena without a car is to bus which takes 6 days 10h and costs $650 - $900.
It takes approximately 13h 6m to get from Santos to Cartagena, including transfers.
Santos to Cartagena bus services, operated by Auto Viação Catarinense, depart from Rodoviária de Santos station.
Santos to Cartagena bus services, operated by Auto Viação Catarinense, arrive at Rodoferroviária de Curitiba station.
Cartagena is 2h behind Santos. It is currently 2:14 AM in Santos and 12:14 AM in Cartagena.
Yes, the driving distance between Santos to Cartagena is 7896 km. It takes approximately 4 days 17h to drive from Santos to Cartagena.
What companies run services between Santos, Brazil and Cartagena, Colombia?
You can take a bus from Rodoviária de Santos to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena via Rodoferroviária de Curitiba, Terminal San Borja, Cúcuta, and Terminal Cúcuta in around 6d 10h.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–420
Flights from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport to Cartagena via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–480
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Bogota, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Cartagena via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport to Cartagena via Belo Horizonte Confins, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport to Cartagena via Brasilia, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport to Cartagena via Porto Alegre, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–420
Flights from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport to Cartagena via Brasilia, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–480
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–350
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Cartagena via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–350
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–440
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Bogota, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
- Phone
- +55 4004-9600
- Website
- viacaocometa.com.br
Bus from Santos Bus Station to Guarulhos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Schedules at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocometa.com.br
Bus from Rodoviária de Santos to São Paulo - Jabaquara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Schedules at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocometa.com.br
Bus from Santos Bus Station to Guarulhos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Schedules at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocometa.com.br
Bus from Santos Bus Station to Guarulhos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Schedules at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocometa.com.br
Bus from Jose Menino to Jabaquara Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Schedules at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Phone
- +55 800-470-470
- [email protected]
- Website
- catarinense.com.br
Bus from Rodoviária de Santos to Rodoferroviária de Curitiba
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- catarinense.com.br
- Book at
- catarinense.com.br
- Phone
- +55 51 3475.4440
- [email protected]
- Website
- jblinternacional.com
Bus from Rodoferroviária de Curitiba to Terminal San Borja
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–260
- Schedules at
- jblinternacional.com
- Book at
- jblinternacional.com
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal de Omnibus Retiro
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Schedules at
- jblinternacional.com
- Book at
- jblinternacional.com
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lineas De Los Andes
Bus from Terminal San Borja to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $420–500
- Website
- Lineas De Los Andes
Bus from Terminal de Omnibus Retiro to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $460–600
- Website
- Lineas De Los Andes
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $45–65
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–19
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $45–65
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $40–60
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–24
Bus from Terminal Cúcuta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $40–60
- Phone
- 0800 452 2020
- [email protected]
- Website
- expressoluxo.com.br
Bus from Rodoviária de Santos to São Paulo - Jabaquara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- expressoluxo.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 771 1126
- [email protected]
- Website
- viacaoultra.com.br
Bus from Rodoviária de Santos to São Paulo - Jabaquara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- viacaoultra.com.br
- Book at
- viacaoultra.com.br
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +57 604 784 9194
- [email protected]
- Website
- transportesluz.com
Bus from Cerete to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transportesluz.com
- Phone
- +54 810 777 2725
- [email protected]
- Website
- crucerodelnorte.com.ar
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal de Omnibus Retiro
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–146
- Schedules at
- crucerodelnorte.com.ar
- Book at
- crucerodelnorte.com.ar
- Cama
- $95–140
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