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 de la Sierra - Terminal bimodal 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)
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 de la Sierra - Terminal Bimodal to Ciudad del Este
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Take the bus from Foz do Iguaçu Bus Station to Rio de Janeiro Bus Station
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 55m and covers a distance of around 2162 km. This includes an average layover time of around 3h 16m. Services are operated by Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Chile and Boliviana de Aviación. Typically 24 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 - $160 and takes 40h 31m.
The quickest way to get from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is to fly which costs $310 - $700 and takes 4h 56m.
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 train and bus which takes 40h 31m and costs $110 - $160.
It takes approximately 8h 28m 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 8h 28m and costs $180 - $900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $190 and takes 2 days 1h.
There is no direct flight from Santa Cruz Airport to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport. The quickest flight takes 6h and has one stopover.
Rio de Janeiro is 1h ahead of Bolivia. It is currently 10:29 PM in Bolivia and 11:29 PM in Rio de Janeiro.
Yes, the driving distance between Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro is 2513 km. It takes approximately 30h 45m to drive from Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro.
Boliviana de Aviación, LATAM Chile and Gol Transportes Aéreos offer flights from Santa Cruz Airport to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport.
- Distance: 2367.2 km
- Duration: 8h 28m
What companies run services between Bolivia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
Gol Transportes Aéreos, LATAM Chile and Boliviana de Aviación fly from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Rio de Janeiro via Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Terminal Bimodal, Ciudad del Este, and Foz do Iguaçu Bus Station in around 2 days 1h.
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 4300
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3100
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3300
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo, Brasilia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2000 - R$ 4200
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1600 - R$ 3500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo, Brasilia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2200 - R$ 4600
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1100 - R$ 3700
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2900 - R$ 6500
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 650 - R$ 2100
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 950 - R$ 2100
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 700 - R$ 2200
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo, Brasilia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 2700
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 700 - R$ 2300
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 2300
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 750 - R$ 2400
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo, Brasilia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 3000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Lima, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1800 - R$ 6500
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 5500
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 4300
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 4300
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santiago, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 4300
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Asuncion, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 4300
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1900 - R$ 2200
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1500 - R$ 3200
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1600 - R$ 3500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2100 - R$ 6500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via La Paz, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2000 - R$ 6500
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 950 - R$ 2100
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 4000
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Santiago, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 4000
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Asuncion, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$ 800 - R$ 2300
- Website
- aerolineas.com.ar
Flights from Santa Cruz to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 1200 - R$ 3100
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1600 - R$ 3500
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo, Brasilia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2200 - R$ 4600
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2900 - R$ 6500
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1000 - R$ 2300
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Cochabamba, Sao Paulo, Brasilia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1400 - R$ 3000
- Website
- flybondi.com
Flights from Cochabamba to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 2200 - R$ 7500
Flights from Sucre to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao via Santa Cruz, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$ 1300 - R$ 4600
- Website
- boa.bo
Flights from Cochabamba to Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$ 900 - R$ 2700
Flights from Cochabamba to Sao Paulo via Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$ 900 - R$ 2700
- Phone
- (+591) 3 3387000
- Website
- fo.com.bo
Train from Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Terminal bimodal to Puerto Quijarro
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R$ 40 - R$ 180
- Schedules at
- fo.com.bo
- Book at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
- Mixto
- R$ 41
- Expreso Oriental
- R$ 65 - R$ 85
- Ferrobús
- R$ 120 - R$ 170
- 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
- lapreferidabus.com.bo
Bus from Puerto Quijarro to São Paulo - Barra Funda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 381
- 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$ 295
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +55 84 3205-6161
- sac-ouvidoria@viacaonordeste.com.br
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Foz do Iguaçu Bus Station to Rio de Janeiro Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R$ 45 - R$ 360
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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$ 440 - R$ 600
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