Land transportation between Asunción, Paraguay and Santiago, Chile
I just booked my flight from Asunción to Santiago, but it occurred to me that given how short of a trip it is (based on the flight time, anyway), I started wondering if I might have been able to make the journey less expensively (and with more time to enjoy the scenery) had I gone by bus.
Too late now... but there's always the return trip to consider (:
What options are available to travel by land from Santiago to Asunción?
Best Answer
According to Busbud there are three companies that offer routes from Asuncion to Santiago. NSA, Pullman Del Sur (can recommend), and Brujula.
What I'd suggest instead is if you have time, stopping in Foz de Iguazu (for the Iguazu Falls), and in either Buenos Aires if you're detouring, or Mendoza, just before the mountains. I highly recommend Mendoza - steak, sun, and the best wine you'll ever drink (I wasn't even a wine drinker before I got there).
Whatever you do, make sure to do the crossing of the Andes (Mendoza to Santiago) during the day. It's STUNNING.
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Answer 2
I recently completed my bus trip from Santiago to Asunción*. Not only is it not a short trip, it is unlikely to be a direct one either!
Taking Mark Mayo's advice, I booked my first leg from Santiago to Mendoza to make sure I got to take the route through the mountains (make sure you sit on the right side of the bus; the view is much better!).
From Mendoza, there is no direct bus route to Asunción that I could find. Instead, I had to go to Córdoba.
Now, there are direct routes from Córdoba to Asunción. However, they do not run every day. In my case, I would have had to wait for several days for the next bus. Instead, I opted for a night bus to Resistencia.
The next morning, I arrived and located a bus leaving in a couple of hours for Asunción. Mission accomplished.
So the entire trip looked like this:
Santiago ? Mendoza ? Córdoba ? Resistencia ? Asunción
Conservatively, I'd estimate that I spent about 30 hours on buses, and another 12 hours waiting in terminals. Next time, I'm flying!
Answer 3
At the moment, Pullman del Sur offers direct connections between Santiago and Asuncion. From Santiago, they leave every Tuesday at 11am for 80.000 CLP.
Crucero del Norte also travels between Santiago to Asuncion. They leave every Monday and Friday at 11:50am. You switch buses in Cordoba, but you buy just one ticket in Santiago. The cost is 70.000 CLP or 78.000 CLP. The higher price gives you two cama (sleeping) buses, as opposed to two semicama buses. The second bus arrives in Asuncion at 7:30am (I presume the next day).
In addition, Crucero del Norte also has a 2pm departure on Friday which I think is direct.
Source: I just asked several bus companies at the main bus terminal in Santiago.
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