Additional Bolivia Border Crossing Information

People's individual experiences crossing Bolivian borders are included in this article.  Please read the general Bolivia article for basic information about borders, road conditions, and gas prices.

Individual Border Crossing Experiences

Entering Bolivia

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Exiting Bolivia 

Villacamba border crossing We first stopped at 'control Matancillas' where they stamped the vehicle import permit and inspected our passports before waving us through to the border. Inexplicably when the Bolivian border officials saw we were traveling with a car they brought us to the front of the line at the aduana, the 'Salida de Bolivia' window. The asked for our passports and inspected our visa (we are from the US so need visa). They stamped the entry cards and our passports, and asked for a copy of our vehicle import permit. At the police station when we turned in a copy of our vehicle import permit they asked for 13 bolivianos which is probably not legit but we caved in. We then proceeded across the bridge and turned in our original vehicle import permit at the Aduana Integrada. The Argentinian border patrol, who wear blue jackets with the Argentinian flag on the sleeve and a big AFIP/Aduana written across their backs, also waved us to the front of the aduana line. They also took our passports, checked that we had an exit stamp (sello in Spanish) from Bolivia, and our car title and told us to wait by our car. They processed our passports for us, then told us to go to the Aduana for our car import papers. After getting our info from our passports and car title, they gave us our import permit and the car was inspected by a border official.
---Kristin September 2009