How do you combine Loja and Machala?

Yes. Loja and Machala combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Loja and a full day in Machala, around 2 days in total.

How the two connect

Loja and Machala are only about 117 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Loja is Ciudad de Catamayo Airport (LOH), about 19 km away; for Machala it is Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR), about 21 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.

Suggested days

Loja

a full day

Machala

a full day

Together

2 days · about 117 km apart

These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.

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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.