There are 11 ways to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro by plane, bus, train or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont
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Fly from Santa Cruz (VVI) to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU)
Cheapest option
Train, bus
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Take the train from Santa Cruz to Puerto Quijarro
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Take the bus from Puerto Quijarro to São Paulo - Barra Funda
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Take the bus from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro
9 alternative options
Fly Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao
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Fly from Santa Cruz (VVI) to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao (GIG)
Fly Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont
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Fly from Cochabamba (CBB) to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU)
Fly Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao
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Fly from Cochabamba (CBB) to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao (GIG)
Fly Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont
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Fly from Sucre (SRE) to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU)
Fly Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao
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Fly from Sucre (SRE) to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao (GIG)
Fly Cochabamba to Sao Paulo, bus
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Fly from Cochabamba (CBB) to Sao Paulo (GRU)
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Take the bus from Sao Paulo Tiete Bus Station to Rio de Janeiro
Bus
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Take the bus from Santa Cruz to São Paulo - Barra Funda
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Take the bus from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro
Bus via Ciudad del Este
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Take the bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Terminal Bimodal to Ciudad del Este
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Take the bus from Foz do Iguaçu to Rio de Janeiro
Drive
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Drive from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro
Santa Cruz (VVI) to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) flights
The flight time between Santa Cruz (VVI) and Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) is around 8h 28m and covers a distance of around 2162 km. This includes an average layover time of around 3h 4m. Services are operated by Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Chile, Boliviana de Aviación and others. Typically 32 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is to train and bus which costs $110 - $370 and takes 44h 13m.
The quickest way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is to fly which costs $310 - $1,400 and takes 5h 11m.
It is 2367 km from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro. It is approximately 2513.1 km to drive.
The best way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro without a car is to bus which takes 43h 51m and costs $125 - $140.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro, including transfers.
The best way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is to fly which takes 7h 58m and costs $150 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $125 - $140 and takes 43h 51m.
There is no direct flight from Santa Cruz Airport to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport. The quickest flight takes 5h 50m and has one stopover.
Rio de Janeiro is 1h ahead of Bolivia. It is currently 02:13 in Bolivia and 03:13 in Rio de Janeiro.
Yes, the driving distance between Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is 2513 km. It takes approximately 30h 45m to drive from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro.
Boliviana de Aviación, Gol Transportes Aéreos and LATAM Chile offer flights from Santa Cruz Airport to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport.
- Distance: 2367.2 km
- Duration: 7h 58m
What companies run services between Bolivia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Chile and two other airlines fly from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro via Santa Cruz, São Paulo - Barra Funda, Palmeiras - Barra Funda, Sé, and Sao Paulo in around 43h 51m.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santiago, Florianopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 3700
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santiago, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 3700
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3100
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3100
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Asuncion, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3100
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3100
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 3300
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Ezeiza, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1900 - R$ 5500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 3600
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Ezeiza, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2000 - R$ 6000
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 2600
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 2800
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Asuncion, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R$ 750 - R$ 2400
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 4300
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 3800
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 3300
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 3700
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 800 - R$ 2600
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 850 - R$ 2800
- Website
- aerolineas.com.ar
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2000 - R$ 7500
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 2900
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 3600
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 5000
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3700
- Website
- boa.bo
Flights from Cochabamba to Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3000
Flights from Cochabamba to Sao Paulo via Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3000
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2000 - R$ 6000
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 900 - R$ 3400
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 4300
- Website
- flybondi.com
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 2100 - R$ 4100
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 2400 - R$ 4700
- Phone
- (+591) 3 3387000
- Website
- fo.com.bo
Train from Santa Cruz to Puerto Quijarro
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- R$ 40 - R$ 1300
- Schedules at
- fo.com.bo
- Mixto
- R$ 42
- Expreso Oriental
- R$ 65 - R$ 85
- Ferrobús
- R$ 120 - R$ 180
- Phone
- 0800 646 2122
- atendimento@nspenha.com.br
- Website
- nspenha.com.br
Bus from Sao Paulo Tiete Bus Station to Rio de Janeiro
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R$ 130 - R$ 180
- Semi-Leito
- R$ 110 - R$ 160
- Convencional
- R$ 130 - R$ 180
Bus from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R$ 140 - R$ 180
- Semi-Leito
- R$ 110 - R$ 160
- Convencional
- R$ 140 - R$ 180
- Phone
- +591- 3-3647160
- atencionalcliente@lapreferidabus.com.bo
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Santa Cruz to São Paulo - Barra Funda
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 497
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
Bus from Puerto Quijarro to São Paulo - Barra Funda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 388
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
- Phone
- +595 77405206
Bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Terminal Bimodal to Ciudad del Este
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 288
- Phone
- 0800-470-470 / +55 4002-4700
- sac@catarinense.com.br
- Website
- catarinense.com.br
Bus from Foz do Iguaçu to Rio de Janeiro
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 390 - R$ 600
- Book at
- Catarinense
- Convencional
- R$ 420 - R$ 600
- Phone
- +55 84 3205-6161
- sac-ouvidoria@viacaonordeste.com.br
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Foz do Iguaçu to Rodoviária do Rio de Janeiro
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 90 - R$ 390
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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