Others choose to cross the border between bolivia and peru by passing through puno on the peruvian side. Tickets bolivia has the safest and most reliable booking system to book your trip with. If your accommodation is not in the list, bolivia hop will pick you up at the pacha suite jr cajamarca 243 please select the right option below. Taste the citys many faces and absorb the culture by wandering at through the alleys and lively markets around calle sagarnaga, or climbing up to mi teleferico to get the whole view of the city from above. Almost all of these buses cross at the border town of yunguyo and depart puno daily, such as panamericano and tour peru. My friend, her young family and i took a night bus from puno to arequipa and it was the scariest experience i have never gone through do far. Hello, ive just read your post and would like to share my experience travelling from puno to arequipa in april 2014. From the floating islands of uros to the isla del sol, you can have it all. Buses have the smallest carbon footprint of all motorized transport modes. Rome2rio displays up to date schedules, route maps, journey times and estimated fares from relevant transport operators, ensuring you can make. Rome2rio makes travelling from puno to bolivia easy.
The airport is 50km away in juliaca, and generally you fly from lima. The port city of puno is located in the region of the same name and stretches from the shores of lake titicaca up into the hillsides. Arequipa tourism arequipa hotels arequipa bed and breakfast arequipa vacation rentals. The bus station is a striking yellow building bearing the distinctive hand of its designer, the famous french architect gustave eiffel designer of the eiffel tower, as well as the centerpiece tower in sucres parque. Bus punola paz peru lonely planet forum thorn tree. Direct route via desaguadero the fastest route, about 5 hours taking shared taxis. Hotels in the pickup area h ere you have the list of all the hostels that are in the pickup area for bolivia hop buses leaving from puno. I have however just completed this route so thought i would pass on the following information.
Plus travel to neigbouring countries as well on the same trip using our bus passes. I would then take a tur bus to see sights from puno to cuzco. Exiting peru and entering bolivia is very easy and only takes a total of 20. The bus drivers dropped us all off a km from the bolivian border, and told us they would meet us on the other side in peru. The bus departs from titicaca bolivia office located at av.
For most travellers, theres really only one logical way the bus. Use our bolivian backpacking bus network tool to plan your trip to bolivia. Whilst a whole post on just the bus journey may seem a little unnecessary except, of course, ive already done just that about the epic 18hour bus journey from ica to cusco, i feel like one on our first proper bolivian bus. I booked with panamericano which has an office at the bus. Copacabana is the most important religious sanctuary in bolivia.
Discover all of the information you need to know before booking your bus ticket. This pass is absolutely ideal for those who dont want to miss out on any of the other incredible locations in bolivia and want help getting to peru, if you are interested in traveling this. Word of warning, if youre travelling between bolivia and peru. You will arrive into copacabana after about 3 hours. Find all the transport options for your trip from puno to bolivia right here.
A bus going from cusco to puno will emit half the co2 emitted by a train, and radically less than a car or an airplane. It doesnt take that long about 5 hours from memory, although ive heard it can take 8. Puno to bolivia 8 ways to travel via bus, tour, car, and. But you will have to change buses in copacabana and depending on your nationality you may have to pay for a visa to get into bolivia. Nedas flight home was on the 30th, and seeing as it was the 28th and buses in bolivia. Rome2rio is a doortodoor travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. You can always get to titicaca and cross over to bolivia from there where you will have. Create your own real life musical score by curating a personalized bus travel playlist the perfect accompaniment to your bus ride from cusco to puno. Most travelers cross the peru bolivia border by buying a touristclass bus ticket from puno to copacabana.
From there you can take a bus to cross the border to bolivia. They provide comfortable and safe journeys from cusco and puno and periodically add new buses to their fleet. To travel from puno to copacabana we recommend titicaca international transport. Crossing the peru bolivia border pirwa hostels blog. Bolivia has different lists of countries for visa purposes. Plenty of buses do this route and its very easy as fowler9 says. Does anyone have any advice or recommendation for buses services for this route. Thousands of pilgrims visit every year to admire the virgin of copacabana also known as native madonna. Not so much on the reliable side we had to book whatever was available. We chose the 2pm with a 6pm arrival in copacabana and a 6. One can cross the border at either kasani via copacabana, on the shores of lake titicaca or through desaguadero, which is the more direct route.