Travel to Arica

Every way to reach Arica: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Arica is reachable from 6 places across 3 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 5 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.89 and the fastest takes 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin is 51 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Arica

Every mode that actually calls at Arica, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train2€11.891h 14m51 km1
Flight9€31.413h 52m1,666 km4
  • 6Places you can arrive from
  • 6Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

The train gets you into Arica. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Arica

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km436%Tacna, 51 km
200 to 600 km327%La Paz, 317 km
600 to 1,500 km218%La Serena, 1275 km
Over 1,500 km218%Santiago, 1666 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Arica that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Chile764%
Bolivia218%
Peru218%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Arica

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

Arica

Rail
  • Arica
  • Estación de Pasajeros y Administración de Arica
  • Estación Escritos
Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviario de Arica
  • Bus to Pudre
Air
  • ARI

ARI is not in Arica, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from ARI into Arica

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Arica

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Arica, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Tacna to Arica train€11.891h 14m51 km
Iquique to Arica flight€31.413h 52m194 km
La Paz to Arica flight€49.704h 1m317 km
Antofagasta to Arica flight€82.154h 22m576 km
La Serena to Arica flight€123.455h 23m1,275 km
Santiago to Arica flight€157.675h 46m1,666 km

A day in Arica hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Arica?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Arica

Common questions about Travel to Arica

How can I get to Arica?

Arica is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 6 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 5 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 Arica?

The cheapest way into Arica is by Train, from €11.89 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 6 origins we sell into Arica over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Arica?

The fastest journey into Arica is by Train, at 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 51 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Arica have?

Arica has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Arica, Estación de Pasajeros y Administración de Arica, Estación Escritos. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Arica from within 200 km?

4 of the routes we sell into Arica start within 200 km. The nearest is Tacna, 51 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Arica in Chile?

Arica connects to 6 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 1,666 km away in a straight line. Chile 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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Chile

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Arica and elsewhere in Chile. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Arica before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Arica, with free cancellation on most of it.

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