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C$ 218 Find cheap flights to South America

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Bogotá
Bogotá1 stopC$ 556
Lima
Lima1 stopC$ 475
Santiago
Santiago2 stopsC$ 651
Medellín
Medellín1 stopC$ 493
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires1 stopC$ 962
Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo1 stopC$ 734
Cartagena
Cartagena1 stopC$ 493
Quito
Quito1 stopC$ 480
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro2 stopsC$ 760
Georgetown
Georgetown1 stopC$ 656
Cusco
Cusco1 stopC$ 630
Cali
Cali1 stopC$ 530
Guayaquil
Guayaquil1 stopC$ 378
Montevideo
Montevideo2 stopsC$ 998
Santa Marta
Santa Marta1 stopC$ 528
Barranquilla
Barranquilla1 stopC$ 525
Pereira
Pereira1 stopC$ 514
Mendoza
Mendoza2 stopsC$ 1,115

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June

High season

December

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C$ 218
Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
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Flight from Montreal to Cartagena

FAQs - booking South America flights

  • What are the best airports to fly into in South America?

    It is usually most convenient to fly into a major airport in South America, as you will have plenty of flight choices and can find prices that won’t break the bank. Some of the most popular travel hubs in this region include Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) and Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL).

  • Do I need a visa to fly to South America?

    If you are a Canadian citizen that is flying to a country in South America, you can typically go to most countries without a visa, as long as you have a valid passport and will be there for less than 90 days. However, it is always best to check the rules of the specific country that you will be going to.

  • Can you fly non-stop to South America?

    It is possible to find non-stop flights from Canada to South America, depending on the route that you will be taking. For instance, if you fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to El Dorado - Bogotá International Airport, it will be direct.

  • Which Canadian airports are the most convenient to depart from when flying to South America?

    One of the most convenient Canadian airports to depart from is Toronto Pearson International Airport, as it is a major travel hub that services quite a few daily flights to South America, including those that are non-stop. 

  • How long is the flight to South America?

    An average direct flight from Canada to South America takes 13h 33m, covering a distance of 11754 km. The most popular route is Toronto - Sao Paulo with an average flight time of 10h 00m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to South America?

    The cheapest ticket to South America from Canada found in the last 72 hours was C$ 286 one-way, and C$ 430 round-trip. The most popular route is Toronto Pearson Intl to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was C$ 753.

  • Which airlines fly to South America?

    Air Canada, GOL & Avianca fly the most frequently from Canada to South America. The most popular route is from Toronto to Sao Paulo, and Air Canada, Azul and GOL fly this route the most.

  • What are the most popular destinations in South America?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Bogotá (18% of total searches to South America). The next most popular destinations are Sao Paulo (14%) and Buenos Aires (13%). Searches for flights to Lima (11%), to Rio de Janeiro (10%) and to Santiago (8%) are also popular.

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to South America

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest South America flight deals.
  • If you will be flying to South America from Canada, there are quite a few different major transportation hubs that you can arrive at, with many of them typically offering good deals. For example, Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM), El Dorado - Bogotá International Airport (BOG), and Jose Maria Cordova International Airport (MDE) are all convenient options.
  • Travellersthat want to save money during their journey can always fly into the northern part of the region, as this area is closest to Canada and typically is the most affordable place to get to. Rafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG) and El Dorado - Bogotá International Airport are both in the north and many daily flights are offered to these two airports from Canada.
  • Make sure you are as comfortable as possible during your long-haul flight by choosing to fly with a budget-friendly airline and then upgrading your seat for a small fee. Some airlines that you may wish to do this with include Spirit Airlines, Swoop, and WestJet.
  • To save money during your travels, you can also fly with an airline that is headquartered in the country that you are visiting. For instance, if you are going to Colombia, you can always fly with Avianca. If you will be traveling to Chile, you can fly with LATAM Airlines.
  • The La Feria de Cali is an annual event that takes place in South America each year and is famous for celebrating cultural diversity, dance, and music. To enjoy these festivities, you will first need to fly into Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) in the city of Cali, and then you can drive to the venue.
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Top 5 airlines flying to South America

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Canada to South America? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.7
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1893 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.6Comfort
8.0Boarding
8.2Crew
7.1Food
Airline reviews

it was great! Boarded on-time, reasonable leg room, pleasant staff, decent food. The only thing is we were directed to Terminal 2 when the gate was actually in Terminal 1. Smooth ride. Landed early. Got off plane easily and quickly.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2024PTY - SFO
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it was great! Boarded on-time, reasonable leg room, pleasant staff, decent food. The only thing is we were directed to Terminal 2 when the gate was actually in Terminal 1. Smooth ride. Landed early. Got off plane easily and quickly.

Crew were all excellent. Wheel chair access for my parents was very good, although it took some time. Plane was ok but entertainment system did not work. NO WIFI on plane so could not get other things done while flying or listen to my Apple Music on my iPhone.

Just a minor inconvinient with weather delay! but not Copa's fault

So many hours of flying without salty food is a shame and the fact that they want to sell it to you seems like a rip-off

I was supposed to have a lay flat seat but they switched planes and there was only a chair

This airline makes you check in in one terminal and then you have to walk to the other terminal. Its messed up

Copa crew is almost never great in terms of service.

The personnel at the counter was very helpful. Everything ran on time.

The seats had plenty of leg room and the staff were very nice.

Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

Paper boarding passes needed, so you need to add the time at the kiosk or desk to get them at the airport

The seats are getting smaller and smaller. Very uncomfortable trip. More than in other airlines

My experience it was okay but have many thinks to be better. For example the food, the comfort.

On time. At least they offer a drink and a small snack. Plane was clean

You delayed my trip three days for no reason other than your lack of preparedness, did not offer any compensation, including food or a bed. I couldn’t trust you so I moved up my return flight and lost another day at the end of my trip to hopefully make sure I make my next flight. I will never fly LATAM again. You have the worse accountability and reliability and clearly do not care that your clients have lives and what it cost to fly to another country.

TAM is a real disappointment. We had to jump on a crowded bus for a 6am flight - although there were at least 15 available fingers that could have been used by our plane. Then, we were placed on row 30 - the last row of the plane, despite having purchased the tickets a long time ago and being TAM gold plus members. Note: worse seats on the plane. Great way of rewarding your frequent flyers TAM ! I now remember why I stoped flying internationally with TAM and moved to American, United, Swiss, Lufthansa and BA. TAM has no respect for its customers.

Everything was as you would expect in coach - fine. Flight was close to on time.

It’s been some time since I saw the plane and the cabin that old and worn out.

No air in the middle rows. Had a hard time breathing. Was dying of heat.

I loved how polite the crew was even though some of them wasn't the best with English that they still done everything they could to help me with my needs food was amazing

United airlines was top for my last trip in every way

Horrible; seating was atrocious - inadequate leg room and seat width tight even for a small individual. Profits shouldn’t be everything!

Connection coordination with Star Alliance partner could be better. Lots of check in setup was not interlinked between operators.

There was no room in overhead bin to place our luggage despite we had tree seats. It means a lot of people had more than 1 carry on bags. When I asked a crew member to help she said that it was not her responsibility.

The plane used to go to Chicago was a bit outdated and needed a refresh

My connecting gate in .Chicago was across the aisle from my arriving gate. Otherwise I would not have made my connection. So that was very fortunate.

I flew basic economy, so it was what I expected. Crew was nice though, and flight was quick. Would recommend for flights under 6 hours, otherwise would upgrade to something with more leg room.

Bad, they delayed my flight, lost my connection flight had to stay overnight for the next flight and missed a lot of important meetings. 1 day totally lost!

Airline staff was good the checkin process was ok but the plane itself was very bad the comfort was worst it was worst and the most stiff 5 hours of my life i felt claustrophobic

Everything got delayed we were supposed to land at 1pm and landes at 8-9 pm … was horrible

The connection time is too short to pass through customs and once you do clear customs the connecting flight is in another terminal that is not close.

Horrible. I have been trying to speak to a representative to know why I was over charged but I get redirected to AI Vianca everytime with no results. Is there an agency that oversees airline gouging? I will never fly or recommend Avianca to anyone not that you care.

I was surprised that they didn’t offer drinks at least even though it was an international flight.

Avíanca now has cero entertainment, food and even water for their travels in economy. We spend all 6 or more hours ignored or we are offered products to buy using only credit card .

Charging for WATER on a SIX hour flight in repugnant. Enough said!

Fly was cancel on the las minute wiht out tell me

The flight was late olmost 3 hours , they send me to Cartagena … I suppose be in CR at 9 am , I fluid to Costa Rica at 5 pm …

Definitely my worst experience. We booked a flight JFK - Cartagena with a layover at Bogota. My partner and I were on time for the boarding at 10:55pm. We were about to enter in the plane, literally, when one of the officer from the airline Avianca, took the passport of my partner to apparently « looked at his luggage reservation ». It made no sense, first the luggage was under my name, and then we went through all the controls at the airport. The person went back to the gate inside the airport, I followed my partner. The employees from the airline were rude and disrespectful. They were not explaining us what’s was going on. After 5 minutes of silence treatment. They told us that my partner was intoxicated (it was absolutely not true, they never conducted tests btw) and he couldn’t board in the plane and he will take the next one. They didn’t late us coordinated the trip, and not even let us say goodbye to each other. I was forced to take the plane to bogota and my partner to stay in NYC. It was traumatic. My partner had to wait 6h in the airport (night time) and he had to pay an additional ticket even tho the employees mentioned he was going to take the next flight. We are going to file a complain. It’s unbelievable. First and last time I will ever use this airline. I do not recommend.

I did not like anything, first time I use company and for sure it will be the last time, they charge for simple operations that any other average airline wouldn't charge.

i was charged $140.00usd for my backpack the only luggage i had was my backpack

Had to buy headphones. Which is sad. I did not so I listened to podcasts and slept. Free beer is excellent a d those pretzels are great too. Overall I feel Air Canada slightly exceeds Westjet for overall experience. But still more can be done. Like allowing guests to view a movie for free.

There was a terrible delay upon arrival in Barcelona. The plane had to park a great distance from the terminal, and only one bus was available to make the ~15 minutes each way trip, meaning it was ~ 45 minutes after we landed that I finally entered the terminal.

On the way to Vancouver from Toronto I was in AC 111. What an amazing aircraft. I was in economy but there was plenty of leg room and it was comfortable and also the entertainment system was good. On the way back from Vancouver to Toronto I was in Ac 120. It was not as good as the one before but it was okay. The entertainment unit was small and the seats were pretty tight but not the worst I have been in. Over all both flights were good but ac 111 was far better than ac 120. But I had a good experience. No delays, bags came on time. In fact both the times it was on time departure and early arrival which I appreciate

Crew were friendly and efficient. Love the hot towel service!

Our checked in luggage was not put on same plane as us in the trip to Quebec and on our return 4 days later to Toronto. At Toronto airport we were told it was at the airport and it would be 10 mins. This was not true as the i-tag in my luggage showed initially it was still in Quebec. We were made to wait 1 1/2 hours to get our luggage which it seems evident to me came on a later flight. This was despite being at airport in Quebec 2 hours before flight was due to fly out so our luggage was there very early. We were both wheelchair assisted so the wait in Toronto was especially difficult . As well as luggage issues our flight from Quebec to Toronto was cancelled and a new flight sent in the evening. We had to check out of our hotel and sit in a cafe for 3 hours until we came to airport still two hours earlier than required. This was by far the worst service I have used throughout my trips around the world

I book my air canada flight and i am an aeroplan card holder however I was required to pay for my first check-in bag. Terrible experience

Cold frozen fruit for breakfast was unexpected and a waste in my opinion. How about a warm bun would have been better. Otherwise great on time flight.

Everything was good on our two flights with Air Canada. Departed on time and smooth in the air. The short transfer window from domestic to international, although a little tight considering the distance one has to navigate is doable but some people freaked out tried to push off the domestic saying they would miss the international flight. They as disappointed t get a frozen breakfast something warm would have been much nicer. Glad for the vegan meals we ordered but a cold breakfast was unpleasant.

I used to enjoy the travelling experience, but no more. We pay more and get much less. No air travel for me on the near future.

On time, boarding was quick. Leg room plenty, entertainment choice great. Friendly hosts too

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C$ 510
25/1Sat
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10h 55mYUL-BOG
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