Cusco to Ica bus

Buses from Cusco to Ica start at €28.23 and take 7h 42m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Cusco to Ica starts at €28.23 and takes 7h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 473 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 42mDoor to door
  • 6h 58mMoving
  • €28.23From
  • 12.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€24.93
  1. Aeroexpreso A932107:303h 55m11:25Van / collectivo a CuscoTerminal Sur de Ayacucho
  2. Aeroexpreso A240912:263h 1m15:27Terminal Sur de AyacuchoTerminal de Ica

Changes at Ayacucho, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 8h 41mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€30.43
  1. Aeroexpreso A675906:456h 58m13:43Van / collectivo a CuscoTerminal de Ica

Door to door 7h 42mCO2 12.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Aeroexpreso€26.586h 59m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The trip ends at Terminal de Ica. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Ica

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Booking window

When to book Cusco to Ica

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €24.9390 days
  2. €29.3360 days
  3. €28.7845 days
  4. €28.2330 days
  5. €24.9321 days
  6. €28.2314 days
  7. €36.487 days
  8. €50.233 days
  9. €56.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €24.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €56.83, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €37.03Sun
  2. €35.38Mon
  3. €28.23Tue
  4. €34.83Wed
  5. €39.78Thu
  6. €37.58Fri
  7. €41.98Sat
Terminals

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

Ica

Bus
  • Terminal de Ica
  • Julsa
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 473 km against 411 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Chincha Alta, Ayacucho, Santiago de Surco, Huancayo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Cusco at 06:45 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cusco to Ica

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 Ica take?

The Coach from Cusco to Ica takes 7h 42m door to door, of which 6h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 473 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 Ica cost?

The Coach from Cusco to Ica starts at €28.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €30.43. 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 Ica?

1 operators run the Coach from Cusco to Ica: 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 Ica use?

The Coach from Cusco to Ica leaves from Van / collectivo a Cusco and arrives at Terminal de Ica. 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.

When should I book the Coach from Cusco to Ica?

Fares for the Coach from Cusco to Ica bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €24.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 128 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Cusco to Ica produce?

The Coach from Cusco to Ica produces about 12.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 473 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 Ica?

Operators on the Coach from Cusco to Ica publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 42m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cusco to Ica on September 8, 2026: 473 km of route against 411 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.23, and 7h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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