Travel to Ipiales
Every way to reach Ipiales: 2 modes compared, with fares.
Ipiales is reachable from 7 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 49m door to door. The nearest origin is 57 km away.
How people reach Ipiales
Every mode that actually calls at Ipiales, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 12 | €10.07 | 1h 49m | 275 km | 1 |
| Flight | 2 | €60.32 | 4h 20m | 577 km | 2 |
- 7Places you can arrive from
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
The journey ends at Coointransoceanica Ltda.. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A room in Ipiales for the night the coach gets in
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 6 | 43% | Samaniego, 57 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 8 | 57% | Popayán, 213 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Ipiales that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 14 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in Ipiales
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ipiales
- Coointransoceanica Ltda.
- Bus to the border / Ecuador
- IPI
IPI is not in Ipiales, and the road in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from IPI into Ipiales?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Ipiales costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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The cheapest journeys into Ipiales
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasto to Ipiales bus | €10.07 | 1h 49m | 59 km |
| Samaniego to Ipiales bus | €10.07 | 1h 49m | 57 km |
| Mocoa to Ipiales bus | €11.73 | 2h 36m | 116 km |
| Popayán to Ipiales bus | €18.33 | 4h 10m | 213 km |
| Piendamo to Ipiales bus | €19.98 | 4h 49m | 236 km |
| Santander de Quilichao to Ipiales bus | €21.07 | 5h 9m | 275 km |
| Bogotá to Ipiales flight | €60.32 | 4h 20m | 577 km |
A day in Ipiales carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.
Where to leave your bags in Ipiales
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Popular journeys to Ipiales
Common questions about Travel to Ipiales
How can I get to Ipiales?
Ipiales is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 7 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 3 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Ipiales?
The cheapest way into Ipiales is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 7 origins we sell into Ipiales over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Ipiales?
The fastest journey into Ipiales is by Coach, at 1h 49m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 57 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Ipiales have?
Ipiales has 3 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are IPI. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Ipiales from within 200 km?
6 of the routes we sell into Ipiales start within 200 km. The nearest is Samaniego, 57 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Ipiales in Colombia?
Ipiales connects to 7 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 577 km away in a straight line. Colombia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
Where these numbers come from
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Colombia
The wider region
The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Ipiales are the half people leave until last.

Day trips out of Ipiales and across Colombia
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