There are 10 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
8 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)
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 Asunción
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Take the bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Terminal Bimodal to Asunción
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Take the bus from Asunción to Rio de Janeiro - Novo Rio
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 7h 23m and covers a distance of around 2162 km. This includes an average layover time of around 2h 49m. Services are operated by Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Chile and Boliviana de Aviación. Typically 41 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is to train and bus which costs $120 - $370 and takes 44h 13m.
The quickest way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is to fly which costs $220 - $430 and takes 5h 16m.
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 $135 - $150.
It takes approximately 7h 38m 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 38m and costs $160 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $135 - $150 and takes 43h 51m.
There is no direct flight from Santa Cruz Airport to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport. The quickest flight takes 8h 5m and has one stopover.
Rio de Janeiro is 1h ahead of Bolivia. It is currently 11:39 AM in Bolivia and 12:39 PM in Rio de Janeiro.
Yes, the driving distance between Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is 2513 km. It takes approximately 30h 45m to drive from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro.
LATAM Chile, Boliviana de Aviación and Gol Transportes Aéreos offer flights from Santa Cruz Airport to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport.
- Distance: 2367.2 km
- Duration: 7h 38m
What companies run services between Bolivia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Chile and Boliviana de Aviación fly from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro via Santa Cruz, São Paulo - Barra Funda, Palmeiras - Barra Funda, Sé, and Sao Paulo in around 43h 51m.
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 950 - R$ 3100
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo, Curitiba
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 2700
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo, Navegantes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 2800
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3400
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 3000
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 2900
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3300
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 850 - R$ 2600
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via La Paz, Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 3000
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 900 - R$ 2800
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1613
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 950 - R$ 2800
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1613
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via La Paz, Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 3300
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 3000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santiago, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1700 - R$ 6000
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 2600
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1700 - R$ 4500
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santiago, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1700 - R$ 4500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 2700
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Ezeiza, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1700 - R$ 4100
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Ezeiza, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1900 - R$ 4400
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 2300
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 2500
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Ezeiza, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 3400
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 4600
- Website
- aerolineas.com.ar
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 2200 - R$ 7500
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 2300
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 2900
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1700 - R$ 5500
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 4000
- Website
- flybondi.com
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1800 - R$ 4400
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1613
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1600 - R$ 3700
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1800 - R$ 4800
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2200 - R$ 6000
- 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$ 1200
- Schedules at
- fo.com.bo
- Mixto
- R$ 40
- Expreso Oriental
- R$ 60 - R$ 80
- Ferrobús
- R$ 120 - R$ 170
- 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$ 535
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Puerto Quijarro to São Paulo - Barra Funda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 418
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0800 646 2122
- atendimento@nspenha.com.br
- Website
- nspenha.com.br
Bus from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R$ 140 - R$ 180
- Schedules at
- nspenha.com.br
- Semi-Leito
- R$ 110 - R$ 160
- Convencional
- R$ 140 - R$ 180
- Phone
- +595 77405206
Bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Terminal Bimodal to Asunción
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 345
- Schedules at
- plataforma10.com.py
- Phone
- +595 982 367953, 0982367953
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Santa Cruz to Asunción
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- R$ 242
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +595 21 506 276
- pycasu_sa@pycasu.com.py
- Website
- bienvenidoaparaguay.com
Bus from Santa Cruz to Asunción
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- R$ 311
- Phone
- 0800 646 0300
- sac@pluma.com.br
- Website
- pluma.com.br
Bus from Asunción to Rio de Janeiro - Novo Rio
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- R$ 405
- Schedules at
- pluma.com.br
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