Lima-Buenos Aires - ground route

Hi everybody

What is the cheapest/fastest ground route Lima-Buenos Aires?

I've thought about Lima-Santiago-BsAs, but I'm not sure.

Any help will be appreciated, thank you.

The safest way is the cheapest way in the long run. So, don't go
through Bolivia, unless you have time and want to see the sierras and
high jungles (they are awesome); but be careful at the borders with the
police, they have a pretext to search you and then you are missing
money.
Iv'e gone to Santiago 2 times from Lima for a total of $60.00 each way.
($20 from Lima to Tacna on Cial bus, about $3 taxi to Arica (they drive
you about an hour through the desert (the borders are not even
touching) and politely wait for you at the migrations control to stamp
your passport) and $35 Arica to Santiago on Pullman-they are the best
omnibus, I lost my wallet and they returned it to me with the money
inside in the Santiago bus terminal.
Or you can take a direct service to Santiago (Ormeno International is
the most expensive, but has direct, modern bus to Santiago if you want
to sit for 30+ hours) So go with Cial, they were pretty modern
comfortable rides. Once in Tacna, get a Chilean taxi driver (I know a
guy named Senor Poroto, he is honest and works out of a bonafide
company at the border, wears a company shirt; you cannot trust the taxi
drivers who follow you when you get off the bus.
At the bus Terminal in santiago they should have service to BsAs. I
drove there heading east through the cordillera by car and took me
about 5 hours to Argentina. Make sure you take buses that have a
working bathroom: it's worth paying the little extra!
Have a great trip!

PorViajar wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> What is the cheapest/fastest ground route Lima-Buenos Aires?
>
> I've thought about Lima-Santiago-BsAs, but I'm not sure.
>
> Any help will be appreciated, thank you.

Also forgot to mention, take buscama (worth paying extra), they have
more room and the seats do reline, so you can lift feet for the long
hours.
angela l wrote:
> The safest way is the cheapest way in the long run. So, don't go
> through Bolivia, unless you have time and want to see the sierras and
> high jungles (they are awesome); but be careful at the borders with the
> police, they have a pretext to search you and then you are missing
> money.
> Iv'e gone to Santiago 2 times from Lima for a total of $60.00 each way.
> ($20 from Lima to Tacna on Cial bus, about $3 taxi to Arica (they drive
> you about an hour through the desert (the borders are not even
> touching) and politely wait for you at the migrations control to stamp
> your passport) and $35 Arica to Santiago on Pullman-they are the best
> omnibus, I lost my wallet and they returned it to me with the money
> inside in the Santiago bus terminal.
> Or you can take a direct service to Santiago (Ormeno International is
> the most expensive, but has direct, modern bus to Santiago if you want
> to sit for 30+ hours) So go with Cial, they were pretty modern
> comfortable rides. Once in Tacna, get a Chilean taxi driver (I know a
> guy named Senor Poroto, he is honest and works out of a bonafide
> company at the border, wears a company shirt; you cannot trust the taxi
> drivers who follow you when you get off the bus.
> At the bus Terminal in santiago they should have service to BsAs. I
> drove there heading east through the cordillera by car and took me
> about 5 hours to Argentina. Make sure you take buses that have a
> working bathroom: it's worth paying the little extra!
> Have a great trip!
>
> PorViajar wrote:
> > Hi everybody
> >
> > What is the cheapest/fastest ground route Lima-Buenos Aires?
> >
> > I've thought about Lima-Santiago-BsAs, but I'm not sure.
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated, thank you.