Santiago Travel Forum

hello to fellow travellers,
I have a question I like to pose to you, if you have the right information please let me know quicly because I have little time to decide.
I will be in arequipa on the 27 of january, heading to santiago but I dont know how as yet, the distance is pretty far, to take a flight is not a bad idea, however for one way ticket is some money I could spend differently, could rent a car for example and probably have some rest to spend in an overnight hotel, I wouldnt mind taking the bus, my questions are: Do you know low cost airline, I repeat low cost flights nothing to do with LAN, do you have any informations about buses from arequipa to santiago, how long time, if it is possible to break the trip, and the name of the bus line?
Thanks for your cooperation

airlines are these, and if buy tickets in Peru add 18 USD taxes.
Airlines flying to/from Peru
The phone numbers and addresses listed below are for the airlines’ Lima offices; add 01 if calling from outside the capital. If planning to visit an office, call before you go or check a phone directory under ‘Lineas Aéreas, ’ as they change addresses frequently.

Aerolineas Argentinas (code ARG; 444 0810; www.aerolineas.com.ar; Av José Pardo 805, Miraflores; hub Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Aeroméxico (code AMX; 705 1111; www.aeromexico.com; Aliaga 699 at Av José Pardo, San Isidro; hub Mexico City, Mexico)

Aeropostal (code LAV; 444 1199; www.aeropostal.com; Offices 501-02, Martir Olaya 129, Miraflores; hub Caracas, Venezuela)

Air Canada (code ACA; 241 1457; www.aircanada.com; Office 101, Edificio Mar Azul, Italia 389, Miraflores; hub Toronto, Canada)

Air France (code AFR; 444 9285; www.airfrance.com; Av José Pardo 601, Miraflores; hub Paris, France)

Air Madrid (code DRI; 214 1040; www.airmadrid.com; Av José Pardo 269, Miraflores; hub Madrid, Spain)

Alitalia (code AZA; 447 3899; www.alitalia.it; Olaya 129, Miraflores; hub Rome, Italy)

American Airlines (code AAL; 442 8595; www.aa.com; Moreyra 380, San Isidro; hub Dallas-Forth Worth, USA)

Avianca (code AVA; 446 9902; www.avianca.com; Av José Pardo 140, Miraflores; hub Bogotá, Colombia)

British Airways (code BAW; 411 7801; www.britishairways.com; Office 902, Torre Central, Av Camino Real 390, San Isidro; hub London, UK)

Continental Airlines (code COA; 221 4340; www.continental.com; Camino Real, Belaúnde 147, San Isidro; hub Houston, USA)

Copa Airlines (code CMP; 610 0808; www.copaair.com; Office 105, Torre Chocavento, Centro Empresarial, San Isidro; hub Panama City, Panama)

Delta Airlines (code DAL; 440 4328; www.delta.com; Camino Real, Belaúnde 147, San Isidro; hub Atlanta, USA)

Iberia (code IBE; 411 7800; www.iberia.com; Camino Real 390, San Isidro; hub Madrid, Spain)

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (code KLM; 421 9500; www.klm.com; Calderón 185, San Isidro; hub Amsterdam, Netherlands)

LACSA (code LRC; 511 8222; www.taca.com; Av Espinar 331, Miraflores; hub San José, Costa Rica)

LAN (code LPE; 213 8300; www.lan.com; Av José Pardo 513, Miraflores; hub Lima, Peru)

Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB; code LLB; 241 5510; www.labairlines.com; Av José Pardo 231, Miraflores; hub Bogota, Colombia)

TACA (code TAI; 511 8222; www.taca.com; Av Espinar 331; hubs San Salvador, El Salvador & Lima)

Varig (code VRG; 422 1449; www.varig.com; Camino Real 456, San Isidro; hub São Paulo, Brazil)

Cruz del Sol is the bus line you can take from Arequipa to Arica, Chile via Tacna. Takes about 7 hours depending on how long the border crossing takes. From Arica there is a quasi low cost airline Sky https://www.skyairline.cl/Default.aspx
and you might be able to get a fairly low cost one way ticket to Santiago. You will just have to price it out and see what fares are available.

As for renting a car, I would not recommend it first of all the issue of taking a rental car across borders in South America is difficult at best and expensive if you could even find a company that would allow you to drop off in another country.

suerte
SAM

for buses from peru to chile,
Caracol
Av. Brasil 425, Lima. Telf. 431-1400
http://www.perucaracol.com/

Expreso Internacional Ormeño
Av. Javier Prado Este 1059, La Victoria. Telf. 472-1710
http://www.grupo-ormeno.com.pe/home.php

rent a car Hertz
http://www.gygrentacar.com/indexin.php

they have bureau in Arequipas
http://www.alkila-rentacar.com/

hope it helps, i have use LAN, VARIG, for flying there, Hertz rent a car, but never by bus from peru to chile.

The bus lines posted above do not have direct service from Arequipa to Santiago without backtracking to Lima. That would be a long backtrack.

suerte
SAM

thanks all for your advices,I have found a solution which will save me time and stress, it will cost me about 200 dollars, to ride a cruzero bus from cusco to arequipa, then catch a flight by sky airline form arequipa to santiago.
I will make it in santiago on schedule, I see you on my next move.

Buen viaje y buena suerte

Sam

I'm just checking the sky airlines website and I don't see any flights from Arequipa to Santiago. Can you send me a link or details of the flight you have booked. This would be an ideal route for the trip I'm planning for the spring.

Thanks in adavance

Az..

You are absolutely right, the web site of SKY AIRLINE do not show the flight from Arequipa, that is just a detail I cant explain, but I can assure you there are three flight during the week, you have to check a tour operator, I did in arequipa om plaza de arma, the agency of sky is also there, it was easy to book, if you do in advance you can save money. Try some other way to contact the airline you will be successful, I can prove it by being in santiago today.

This is so cool! I can do our itinerary exactly as planned! I will get my mexican freind to draft me an email!

Az..