Bolivia Transportation

 
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Local Buses   La Paz

Local Buses, La Paz

 17 Reviews  The crowded little vans cover the whole city. Each have numbers and a list of destinations. The destinations are not in order, so A to B often becomes A to Z, then T, thorugh R before getting to B... 

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By plane   La Paz

By plane, La Paz

 8 Reviews  Fast, dramatic and scenic flight from Santiago to La Paz with one stop at Iquque is what LAN has to offer. I would take it again. The feeling of total devastation by the emotional highlights of... 

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El Micro

by Chicha15

When at all possible...Walk! its safer! No lie, i got in a cab and the whole inside was refurbished...the steering wheel that used to be on the right handside is now on the left...and the seat was a lawn chair, tied down by wires!! I felt like getting out immeditely but we were off so fast, i just held on and laughed! The Micros are not any better, i avoided them totally on this trip. No mode of transportation is up to code and you really take a chance when you ride in any of them. The rides are very cheap though! Things are a bit different when traveling to another department. If you want to see the country take a Flota. They arent too bad and its worth to always buy a first class ticket. In some departments there are no airports so this will be your only mode of trans unless you hire a private driver, but my advise is the flota, you get to see all of the interesting stops and customs....

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CA PLANE POUR MOI.....

by Aurelien5480

Pour se deplacer, rien de tel que de demander un petit coup de pouce aux gens du coin... Laurena une geante du salar, m a permi de gagner du temps dans ma traverser du desert....En positionPret?Souffler!Et voila comment on decole.... YAAAHOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!Attention.... Sport a risque.... Ni parachute ni filet.

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Uyuni : The jeep - La jeep

by Maillekeul

The best mean to travel into the desert, definitely... Try the bycicle if you feel like adventurous !Le meilleur moyen de voyager dans le desert, definitivement.... Essayez avec le velo si vous vous sentez l'ame d'un guerrier !

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Trinidad : Avoid the small buses - Pas de minibus

by Maillekeul

There are big buses leaving Trinidad : take them, and avoid the small ones, if you want to travel with a bit more confort and without being treated like a sucker by the companies (selling more places than there actually are, giving you a wrong departure time...)Il y a des gros bus qui partent depuis Trinidad. Dans la mesure du possible, prenez les et evitez les minibus, si vous voulez un minimum de confort et ne pas etre considere comme un con par les compagnies (qui vendent plus de places qu'il n'y en a et vous filent de mauvais horaires de depart).

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bolivian roads

by utttz

what can you find after a turn?a roada holeno road at alla doga generic cattlea lamaa cowa sheepa goata cowa llama or other camelidesa kicking donkey (luckyly it slipped)a broken carrompimuellasa police posta dead horse with vulturesan incoming trucka breathtaking view (at least this is not dangerous)I'm sure the more you drive the more you find but this is what I found.

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Mamore River Ferries

by AlbuqRay

The Mamore River is a major tributary of the Amazon River. It starts in central Bolivia and runs north to Brazil. Puerto Las Puentes is a crossing with many ferries. The ferries are pushed by the small boat tied alongside. The ferries are large enough to hold 3-4 cars.

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bus around bolivia

by annieruel

parfait pour economiser une nuit a l'hotel... mais tres desagreable pour dormir.... mais c'est la vie de backpackers..... oubliez pas sur de longues distances dans le pays les routes ne sont pas pavés et le voyage s'avere dur pour le sommeil....sur la photo on veanis juste de partir ...imaginer nous la face en sortant de la apres 7 heures ..... :( il y a plein de monde coucher dans les alles parce qu'il n'a plus de siege ..donc attention au bébé..... et les mamas du pays sont tres chialarde en bus.... donc amenez vous des bouches oreilles....

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Typical Bolivian Bus

by AlbuqRay

The bus from Uyuni to Potosi (25 Bs.) takes 6 hours with only one 30 minute break for lunch and to use the "bathroom;" actually you had to find a bush (hard to do on the Altiplano) or a building if you wanted a little privacy. There may have been a banos but I didn't find it. The sopa in the restaurant was pretty good (2 Bs.).

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Flying High

by andal13

Probably the best way to arrive in Bolivia is the plane, although you can go by car, bus or even ship (from neighbour countries, of course!). Bolivia has two international airports: El Alto, close to La Paz, and Viru-Viru in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano is the national airline.Probablemente la mejor forma de llegar a Bolivia sea por avión, aunque pueden ir en auto, bus o incluso barco (desde países vecinos ¡por supuesto!). Bolivia cuenta con dos aeropuertos internacionales: El Alto cerca de La Paz, y Viru-Viru en Santa Cruz de la Sierra. El Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano es la aerolínea nacional.

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trains

by utttz

trains unfortunately has been almost abandoned in bolivia; there's still something around uyuni but it's just a "once upon a time" trip.They speaks a lot about development but they seems to forget that train is still the most effective and compatible medium distance carrier....

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Top 3 Hotels in Bolivia

Residencial Rosario  La Paz

 7 Reviews and 211 Opinions  Hotel Rosario is pretty nice. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The rooms are very clean and... 

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Hotel Tayka del Desierto  Uyuni

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Colonial Hotel  Potosí

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hi. Can anyone help me with the best way to get from La Paz to Salar de Uyuni to Arica? We plan to take a 2-4 day tour in... 

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A: Anna, I don't actually know how to do it but when I did the Salar de Uyuni tour in 2003, there was a Dutch couple that got off at the little station near Laguna Blanco... 

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