Information about the bus from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe.
The travel length between Santa Maria and South Lake Tahoe takes by bus around 18 hours and 54 minutes, and the approximate price for a bus ticket between Santa Maria and South Lake Tahoe is $82.98.
Please note that this information about the bus from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe is approximate. GoTicketio struggles to keep its database with updated information, but for accuracy of schedules, number of stops, travel time and price of bus tickets from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe, you have to ask directly to the bus company you want to travel from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe. The information GoTicketio provides its costumers about the bus from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe is not official.
According to our database, the best route to go from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe is through Bakersfield and San Jose. Take a look at the route we propose for this trip. We show you all available schedules for each bus trip.
| Instructions | Station | Distance | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bus towards Transit Center | Cypress at N Nicholson | 2.7km | 10m |
| Santa Maria Transit Center | |||
| Santa Maria Area Transit (1 (805) 928-5624) | |||
| Bus towards Los Angeles | Santa Maria Transit Center | 231.4km | 4h 40m |
| Los Angeles Bus Station | |||
| Greyhound (1 (800) 231-2222) | |||
| Bus towards Vancouver | Los Angeles Bus Station | 165.6km | 2h 10m |
| Bakersfield | |||
| Greyhound (1 (800) 231-2222) | |||
| Walk to Greyhound/18th St. | 0.0km | 1m | |
| Bus towards Bakersfield | Greyhound/18th St. | 1.0km | 3m |
| Downtown Transit Center | |||
| Kern Transit (1 (800) 323-2396) | |||
Bakersfield Greyhound Station
San Jose Greyhound Bus Station
9h 50m
$55
Greyhound
Bakersfield Greyhound Station
San Jose Greyhound Bus Station
8h 40m
$56
Greyhound
Bakersfield Greyhound Station
San Jose Greyhound Bus Station
5h 45m
$62
Greyhound
Bakersfield Greyhound Station
San Jose Greyhound Bus Station
7h 55m
$62
Greyhound
Bakersfield
Eastridge Mall
10h 40m
$24.98
Flixbus
Tufesa Bus Station
San Jose Tufesa Bus Stop
5h 55m
$50
Tufesa
San Jose Station
South Lake Tahoe Station
8h 25m
$68
Amtrak
San Jose Station
South Lake Tahoe Station
6h 5m
$68
Amtrak
If you want to get cheap bus tickets from Santa Maria to South Lake Tahoe we recommend that you book in advance as the best Flixbus, Tufesa, Greyhound, Amtrak tickets sell out fast.The cheapest ticket is usually $82.98 and the most expensive one to go to South Lake Tahoe is approximately $130. .Remember that you must also add the cost of the journey: Santa Maria -> Bakersfield
The first buses for the route we propose are:
Santa Maria -> Bakersfield: -
Bakersfield -> San Jose: 04:10
San Jose -> South Lake Tahoe: 04:20
The companies that can help you are: Flixbus, Tufesa, Greyhound, Amtrak.
Each company has its rules and depending on the ticket, price, and offer different refund policies apply. We recommend that you contact the company where you bought the ticket to get a solution.
In Goticket we try to give a solution for every trip the user asks. Sometimes is not possible but we do our best to group different direct routes to in order to create a multi-step journey that satisfies the user. This is the route we recommend::
1.- Santa Maria -> Bakersfield
2.- Bakersfield -> San Jose
3.- San Jose -> South Lake Tahoe
The approximate distance between the two places is 516 km. With the route we propose, it will take approximately 18h 54m (plus the time it takes to you to make: Santa Maria -> Bakersfield).