Travel to Guayaquil

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

Guayaquil is reachable from 24 places across 11 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 16 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 19m door to door. The nearest origin is 59 km away.

Checked October 4, 2026Priced for October 4, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Guayaquil

Every mode that actually calls at Guayaquil, 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
Train20€11.881h 19m344 km2
Flight25€31.413h 46m9,847 km14
  • 24Places you can arrive from
  • 24Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 16Operators

Guayaquil is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Estación BUEES

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 km1329%Babahoyo, 59 km
200 to 600 km1022%Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 230 km
600 to 1,500 km613%Bogotá, 994 km
Over 1,500 km1636%Valencia, 1903 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Guayaquil 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
Ecuador2351%
United States49%
Venezuela37%
Chile24%
Colombia24%
Dominican Republic24%
Spain24%
Panama24%
Peru24%
El Salvador24%
Netherlands12%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Guayaquil

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

Guayaquil

Bus
  • Estación BUEES
  • Estación EcoBuses
Air
  • GYE
Ferry
  • Muelle
  • Muelle Farbem

Landing at GYE after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from GYE into Guayaquil?

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

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Guayaquil

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Guayaquil, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Babahoyo to Guayaquil train€11.881h 19m59 km
El Empalme to Guayaquil train€23.441h 52m131 km
Quevedo to Guayaquil train€24.541h 54m138 km
Riobamba to Guayaquil train€26.192h 2m149 km
Ambato to Guayaquil train€30.592h 18m176 km
Cuenca to Guayaquil flight€31.413h 46m126 km
Quito to Guayaquil flight€32.003h 56m266 km
Quito to Guayaquil train€32.242h 37m266 km
Latacunga to Guayaquil train€34.442h 23m199 km
Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil train€37.192h 38m230 km
Rosa Zarate to Guayaquil train€46.543h 9m284 km
Ibarra to Guayaquil train€48.193h 38m344 km
Bogotá to Guayaquil flight€93.364h 52m994 km
Lima to Guayaquil flight€106.935h 4m1,139 km
Tocumen to Guayaquil flight€115.195h 25m1,256 km
Valencia to Guayaquil flight€198.976h 16m1,903 km

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Guayaquil

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

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Popular trips to Guayaquil

Common questions about Travel to Guayaquil

How can I get to Guayaquil?

Guayaquil is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 24 places, across 11 countries, on services run by 16 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 Guayaquil?

The cheapest way into Guayaquil is by train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 24 origins we sell into Guayaquil over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Guayaquil?

The fastest journey into Guayaquil is by train, at 1h 19m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 59 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Guayaquil have?

Guayaquil has 5 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are GYE. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Guayaquil from within 200 km?

13 of the routes we sell into Guayaquil start within 200 km. The nearest is Babahoyo, 59 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 Guayaquil in Ecuador?

Guayaquil connects to 24 places on our network across 11 countries, the furthest of them 9,847 km away in a straight line. Ecuador 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 Ecuador

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Guayaquil afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

What to book in Guayaquil before you go

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

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