The town's bus stop is two blocks from the main square. Buses, vans and shared taxis regularly run the hour to hour-and-a-half journey to Loja and back. If you're heading for an out-of-town lodge, take a taxi for about a dollar.

Crossing to Peru
The road leads south from Zumba around 1^1/2 hours and onto the border crossing into La Balsa. There are daily chivas [open-sided trucks] which leave when full [two in the morning, one at midday and a final one in the afternoon], US$1*; pickups are also for hire, US$3* per person.

The immigration office is located at La Balsa. You have to take an oil-drum raft over the river to the Peruvian frontier post [US$0.20*], here there is a minibus service to Namballe [10 minutes] with a single hotel. A minibus departs from Namballe when it has been filled to capacity for San Ignacio [3^1/2 hours south].

There are in addition pickups and minibuses going directly from the border to San Ignacio [3^1/2 hours, US$3-4*]. From San Ignacio transport is available to Jaen [3^1/2 hours south, US$4*], crossing here is very relaxed unlike the Colombian border and if the border patrol is asleep you may have to knock on the door.

*The prices are approximately

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