Cheapest€17.23
- Aeroexpreso A274111:244h 35m15:59Van / collectivo a CuscoArequipa Bus Terminal
Door to door 5h 19mCO2 8.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cusco to Arequipa bus
Buses from Cusco to Arequipa start at €17.23 and take 5h 9m at their fastest.
The Buses from Cusco to Arequipa starts at €17.23 and takes 5h 9m door to door, run by 1 operator over 322 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 9mDoor to door
- 4h 25mMoving
- €17.23From
- 8.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeroexpreso | €17.23 | 4h 59m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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Rooms within reach of Estación Arequipa
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When to book Cusco to Arequipa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €16.1345 days
- €17.2330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €27.683 days
- €43.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 190 percent. The most expensive point is €43.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.73Sun
- €22.18Mon
- €20.53Tue
- €18.88Wed
- €25.48Thu
- €25.48Fri
- €24.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cusco
Bus
- Van / collectivo a Cusco
- Terminal Terrestre de Cusco
Arequipa
Bus
- Arequipa Bus Terminal
- Arequipa International Terraport
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 322 km against 322 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ayacucho, Puno, Tacna, Juliaca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cusco at 06:17 and the last at 17:23, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h | 50m | 3h 10m | €36.13 | 81.7 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 5h 9m | 4h 25m | 44m | €17.23 | 8.7 kg | 5 |
Questions about Cusco to Arequipa
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa take?
The Coach from Cusco to Arequipa takes 5h 9m door to door, of which 4h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 322 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa cost?
The Coach from Cusco to Arequipa starts at €17.23 for one passenger, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €22.18. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa?
1 operators run the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa: Aeroexpreso. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa use?
The Coach from Cusco to Arequipa leaves from Van / collectivo a Cusco and arrives at Arequipa Bus Terminal. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Cusco to Arequipa?
Traveling from Cusco to Arequipa by Flight costs €36.13 and takes 4h door to door, against 5h 9m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa?
Fares for the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa produce?
The Coach from Cusco to Arequipa produces about 8.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 322 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa?
Operators on the Coach from Cusco to Arequipa publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 9m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cusco to Arequipa on September 9, 2026: 322 km of route against 322 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 5h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Arequipa and elsewhere in Peru. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Arequipa before you go
Day trips that leave Arequipa in the morning and cover a good part of Peru by evening.
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