Arequipa to La Paz

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Arequipa to La Paz. From €40.26, fastest 4h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Arequipa to La Paz costs €40.26 at the cheapest and takes 4h 3m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 372 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
372 km
Fastest
4h 3m
Average
4h 6m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€40.26
CO2 per passenger
91.5 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 3m53m3h 10m€43.2191.5 kg1
  • 4h 3mFastest, by Flight
  • €43.21Cheapest, by Flight
  • 91.5 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 372 kmDistance traveled
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€40.26
  1. Amaszonas A607206:2253m07:15Arequipa AQPLa Paz LPB

Door to door 4h 3mCO2 91.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Arequipa to La Paz
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Arequipa to La PazSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€96.90€80.97€85.69€73.89€84.51€79.79€70.94€49.70€50.88€43.21€49.70€70.35€53.24€63.27

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €40.26

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in La Paz

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Booking window

When to book Arequipa to La Paz

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

  1. €45.5790 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €40.8545 days
  4. €36.1330 days
  5. €50.2921 days
  6. €63.2714 days
  7. €70.947 days
  8. €85.693 days
  9. €96.901 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 209 percent. The most expensive point is €96.90, 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.
€96.90€31.411371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €50.29Sun
  2. €50.88Mon
  3. €43.21Tue
  4. €49.70Wed
  5. €70.35Thu
  6. €53.24Fri
  7. €63.27Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €85.69Sep
  2. €44.39Oct
  3. €35.54Nov
  4. €40.85Dec
  5. €44.39Jan
  6. €32.59Feb

The route

ArequipaArequipaLa PazLa Paz
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 372 km against 361 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Arequipa at 06:22 and the last at 06:22, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Arequipa

Rail
  • Estación Arequipa
Bus
  • Arequipa Bus Terminal
  • Arequipa International Terraport
Air
  • AQP

La Paz

Bus
  • Terminal de Buses La Paz
  • 386
Air
  • LPB

La Paz is large, and the road in from LPB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from LPB into La Paz?

Settled in advance, so the ride into La Paz costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

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
Amaszonas€40.264h 3m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Amaszonas
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€26.5066%
Taxes€4.7712%
Supplier fees€7.0017%
Our service fee€1.995%
Total you pay€40.26100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in La Paz well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in La Paz

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Arequipa to La Paz

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 it take to get from Arequipa to La Paz?

The fastest journey from Arequipa to La Paz takes 4h 3m door to door, of which 53m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 6m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Arequipa to La Paz?

The cheapest fare from Arequipa to La Paz is €40.26, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.24. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Arequipa to La Paz?

The cheapest way from Arequipa to La Paz is by flight, at €43.21 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 3m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Arequipa to La Paz?

Fares from Arequipa to La Paz bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 209 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Arequipa to La Paz?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Arequipa to La Paz, at €43.21. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Arequipa to La Paz?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Arequipa to La Paz, at €32.59 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Arequipa to La Paz?

1 operators sell services from Arequipa to La Paz across 1 mode: Amaszonas. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Arequipa to La Paz?

Every service we sell from Arequipa to La Paz is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 3m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Arequipa to La Paz use?

Services from Arequipa to La Paz by flight leave from Arequipa AQP and arrive at La Paz LPB. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Arequipa to La Paz?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Arequipa to La Paz allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Arequipa to La Paz on September 12, 2026: 372 km of route against 361 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €40.26, and 4h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in La Paz is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in La Paz

Day trips that leave La Paz in the morning and cover a good part of Bolivia by evening.

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