Is it possible to travel from Brazil to Peru or Colombia, by bus, without entering Bolivia?
I want to arrive in Peru or Colombia from Brazil, by bus.
I am wondering if there is an easy & safe way to arrive by bus in Peru, without entering Bolivia?
If not, is it possible to go to Colombia by bus?
Rome2Rio doesn't seem to have a solution for this.
Brasil → Peru
Brazil → Colombia
Best Answer
Yes it is possible. But you are not going to like it.
There is a bus connection from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Santiago Chile, going through Paraguay and Argentina, which does not enter Bolivia. Once there you can take a bus from Santiago, Chile to Bogota Columbia, passing through Peru and Equador.
These trips take approximately 2.5 days and 4 days respectively, so you are looking at more than a week of travelling to do it - unsurprisingly since you are traversing most of the continent. There may be places further north in Chile where you can connect, but since I assume this isn't a viable option I haven't bothered to research in more detail.
Your problem of course is that land transport does not pass through the Amazon basin, so all buses Sao Paulo-> Columbia must travel up the West of the continent. Since Bolivia borders the Amazon, avoiding Bolivia means you need to stay south of it, which means you have to traverse Chile.
Flying would not only be faster and easier, but almost certainly cheaper than this.
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