• This is the information about going from Santa Ana El Salvador to San Miguel, El Salvador using local bus and colectivo.
  • The bus is running from Santa Ana to San Salvador. Then you trasnfer different bus that goes to San Miguel. In San Salvador, the bus station that you drop off from Santa Ana and one that you take to San Miguel is different and very far each other.I would recommend taking taxi or Uber.

Santa Ana to San Salvador(Terminal de buses Occidente)

You take a bus that goes to San Salvador. It’s a little bit of walk from center, so it is up to you if you want to bus or uber. The bus terminal address. The cost is 1.3$. it took about an hour.

Terminal de buses Occidente to Terminal Plaza Amanecer in San Salvador

You need to change the bus terminal from Terminal de buses Occidente to Terminal Plaza Amanecer in San Salvador. You will arrive this terminal. Terminal de buses Occidente. You can take tax or uber or local bus to get Terminal Plaza Amanecer. Since I did not have mobile carrier, I asked people in terminal if I could borrow wifi hotspot. Luckily, someone at the office allowed me to use internet. I was able to use Uber. It cost 6$ between those bus terminal. Once you go to Terminal Plaza Amanecer, try to find the bus that goes to San Miguel. Cost: 5$ 2-3 hours

San Salvador to San Miguel

I made same mistake when the bus got San Miguel. I thought the bus will arrive in the terminal but the bus keep continuing further so I had to get off at some random place. It seems like that bus destination was somewhere and just passing thorough San Miguel. Since I had to leave early next morning at about 4am, I stayed the hotel in front of bus terminal. Also, all the listing on booking.com and hostel world were pretty pricey. Next journey is from San Miguel to Leon, Nicaragua. It was probably the longest trip that I have experienced using only local bus with 5 transfers and 4 immigration in a single day.