From Mexico to Argentina,
there is no bus schedule and ticket platform
with coverage as deep and wide as AndesTransit®.
How we started
Like where any good dreams could start, our founder Kali Kucera was standing on the side of the road in Ecuador in 2007 waiting for a bus. He was perplexed by the lack of information about when the next bus would come. When he went to Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Panama, he realized he faced the same dilemma there too. In fact, all over Latin America, it was the same problem until he realized the problem was just an opportunity.
Eventually, he gathered together a crew of restless data geeks and veteran independent travelers, and they put their heads together to create a muscular platform covering all 20 countries in Latin America, making it possible in just a few seconds for a traveler to get an itinerary between even the smallest pueblos on opposite sides of the continent.
Our positioning
AndesTransit is unique in the industry in our agnostic approach to bus companies. We strive to represent all of them equally and publish as many schedules we can discover to give travelers the power of choice.
This is also the basis of our rapid growth, as we have bypassed more traditional vendor partnerships in favor of community-based information collection and dissemination.
Why we do it: Our core principles
1. We believe that Slow Travel is Better Travel.
The most fulfilling and life-changing experiences of Latin America can not be grasped by flying over them on a quick tour of the region simply to knock off a 'bucket list'. The magic is found going through Latin America by land, seeing the landscape and life of its people blending together in their ordinary routines until the rhythm sinks into your body and soul.
2. In Latin America, Everyone Takes the Bus!
While airlines are plenty busy, they pale in comparison to how many people travel by bus. That is why there are well over a thousand bus companies out there, many of which we don't even know about yet. To not take the bus yourself is depriving you of learning how people of Latin culture move and make their ordinary and daily journeys.
3. The best places You Can Only Get There By Bus.
Want to know more?
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