There are 7 ways to get from Victoria to Ames by plane, shuttle, ferry, train, bus, busferry, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Victoria International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle
best- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Des Moines (DSM)plane YYJ - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
11h 31m$192–742Fly Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane YYJ - MSP
- Take the bus from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Amesbus
13h 24m$187–687Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Take the train from Seattle to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
- Take the bus from St. Paul to Amesbus
46h 53m$1,132–1,897Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Victoria to Vancouverbusferry
- Take the bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Seattle Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Kansas City Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kansas City to Amesbus
2d 8h$427–713Fly Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines, shuttle
- Fly from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt (YWH) to Des Moines (DSM)plane YWH - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
10h 5m$219–792Fly Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport, taxi
- Fly from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt (YWH) to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD)plane YWH - FOD
- Take the taxi from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD) to Amestaxi
22h 8m$281–786Bus to Nanaimo Airport, fly to Des Moines, shuttle
- Take the bus from Douglas & Kings to Village Green Mallbus
- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Des Moines (DSM)plane YCD - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
14h 3m$214–799
Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Victoria to Ames is to fly and bus which costs $180 - $700 and takes 13h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Victoria to Ames is to fly and shuttle which takes 10h 5m and costs $210 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Victoria to Ames. However, there are services departing from Victoria and arriving at Ames via Vancouver, Seattle Bus Station, Denver Union Station and Kansas City. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Victoria and Ames is 1588 miles.
The best way to get from Victoria to Ames without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 46h 53m and costs $1,100 - $1,900.
It takes approximately 11h 31m to get from Victoria to Ames, including transfers.
Victoria to Ames bus services, operated by BC Ferries Connector - Wilson's Group, depart from Victoria station.
Victoria to Ames bus services, operated by BC Ferries Connector - Wilson's Group, arrive at Vancouver station.
Ames is 2h ahead of Victoria. It is currently 10:20 AM in Victoria and 12:20 PM in Ames.
There are 41+ hotels available in Ames.
What companies run services between Victoria, BC, Canada and Ames, IA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Victoria to Ames. However, you can take the bus to Victoria International Airport, walk to Victoria International Airport (YYJ) airport, fly to Des Moines (DSM), walk to Des Moines International Airport, IA, then take the shuttle to Ames, IA - Iowa State University. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Victoria to Ames via Seattle Clipper Terminal, 3rd Ave & Bell St, 3rd Ave S & S Main St, Seattle, St. Paul-Minneapolis, and St. Paul in around 46h 53m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Vancouver, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Vancouver, Seattle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–1,400
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via Vancouver, Portland, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Calgary, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Calgary, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Des Moines via Calgary, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–1,000
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Calgary, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–1,200
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Winnipeg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Des Moines via Calgary, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Calgary, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Des Moines via Vancouver, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Des Moines via Vancouver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $950–1,600
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 320.253.2226
- Website
- Executive Express
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from St. Paul to Ames
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $55–85
Bus from Kansas City to Ames
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $55–85
Bus from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Ames
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $55–85
- Phone
- +1 888 788 8840
- [email protected]
- Website
- BC Ferries Connector
Busferry from Victoria to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–48
- Website
- BC Ferries Connector
- Adult
- $48
- Senior
- $43
- Youth
- $20
- Child
- $10
- Toddler
- $0
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Seattle Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–370
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Kansas City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 250 746 9899
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cowichan Valley
Bus from Douglas & Kings to Village Green Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–8
- Website
- Cowichan Valley
- Single Ride - All Passengers
- $1–8
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
- Adult
- $120–210
- Child
- $80–110
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Estimated price
- $140–180
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