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Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique. From €72.12, fastest 4h 36m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €72.12, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 36m over 804 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €72.12, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€72.12

  • 182%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:41First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €168.29Mon21
  2. about €152.36Tue22
  3. about €153.54Wed23
  4. about €164.75Thu24
  5. about €145.28Fri25
  6. about €166.52Sat26
  7. about €157.67Sun27
  8. about €95.72Mon28
  9. about €115.19Tue29
  10. about €86.28Wed30
  11. about €136.43Thu1
  12. about €129.35Fri2
  13. about €135.25Sat3
  14. about €116.37Sun4
  15. about €82.15Mon5
  16. about €73.89Tue6
  17. about €72.12Wed7
  18. about €116.96Thu8
  19. about €93.36Fri9
  20. about €86.28Sat10
  21. about €78.61Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Iquique. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Iquique for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Estación Iquique and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique

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

  1. €105.7590 days
  2. €90.4160 days
  3. €62.6845 days
  4. €59.7330 days
  5. €78.6121 days
  6. €116.3714 days
  7. €157.677 days
  8. €153.543 days
  9. €168.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €168.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€168.29€59.73137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

804 km

781 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,831,434199,587

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ParaguayPeruChileLa PazLa PazArequipaArequipaCochabambaCochabambaTacnaTacnaAricaAricaSucreSucreOruroOruroTarijaTarijaPotosíPotosíPunoPunoYacuibaYacuibaMoqueguaMoqueguaIloIloVillazónVillazónSan Ignacio de VelascoSan Ignacio de VelascoTupizaTupizaSanta Cruz de la SierraSanta Cruz de la SierraIquiqueIquiqueMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 804 km against 781 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at La Paz. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

The fare from IQQ into Iquique is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Iquique

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

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Estación Iquique

Most of the points near Estación Iquique open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique

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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

The fastest journey from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique takes 4h 36m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 39m, 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

The cheapest fare from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique is €72.12, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €116.96. 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

The cheapest way from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique is by flight, at €72.12 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 4h 37m 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

Fares from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €59.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 182 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique, at €86.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique, at €60.32 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

LAN Airlines publish service areas covering both Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Iquique, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

50 percent of the services we sell from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique are direct. The rest connect at La Paz, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique use?

Services from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique by flight leave from Viru Viru International Airport VVI and arrive at Diego Aracena International Airport IQQ. 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique 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

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Iquique on September 20, 2026: 804 km of route against 781 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €72.12, and 4h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Iquique a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Iquique and across Chile

Day trips that leave Iquique in the morning and cover a good part of Chile by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Santa Cruz de la Sierra reaches 17 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 8,918 km. Iquique reaches 8 places in 3 countries, from 194 to 2,404 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Santa Cruz de la Sierra

  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 13Operators

Arriving in Iquique

Leaving Iquique

  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

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