Overland trip: From Brasil to Peru and vice?

Question

Hi there,

I was wondering if any of you has traveled from Brasil (Minas Gerais to be more especific) to Lima- Peru by bus. I wanna know if this is possible and if it is cheaper and how long would it take? Thank you :)

Answer 1

Whatever you do, watch out for Santa Cruz Bolivia.  There is a lot of drug trafficking going through there and some customs agents have planted contraband in luggage just to extort money out of travelers.

Answer 2

No, I've done it by plane. I really dont think there's a bus company which does Peru-Brasil. You can go from Brazil to Buenos Aires or Montevideo and then catch a bus called Ormeño (peruvian enterprise, very reliable and super safe) which will take you straight to Lima. Remember that if you draw a straight line from Brazil to Peru, the Amazon jungle stands in the middle!!!!

Answer 3

There are 3 ways that I know to go to Peru from Brasil (Because I've done them).

1. Take a bus to Cuiaba - Mato Grosso. From there take the bus to Caceres - Mato Grosso, which is a nice town in the border with Bolivia.

From there you can take the bus to Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and La Paz in Bolivia (same route).  Once you are in La Paz you can either buy a bus ticket to Lima-Peru from there or go to the border Puno-Peru and buy a ticket to Lima from there.

Price: No more than US$150 last time I checked

Travelling time: 3 days

Opinion: It sucked!!! But was cheap

2. Take a bus to Rio Branco-Acre. Take a car or bus to the border towns Assis-Brasil / Iñapari-Peru. In Iñaperi you take a car (they use cars in that region because buses can't fit in those Amazonic roads) to Puerto Maldonado. From there you can choose to take a plane to Lima or to go by ground which takes one more day and is almost the same price.

Time: 25-30 hours

Price: Around US$200

Opinion: It was ok. Better than via Bolivia.

3. Take a bus to Rio Branco-Brasil. Take a small plane to Yurimaguas-Peru. Take a plane to Lima.

Time: 20 hours

Price: US$250-300

Comment: It's the easiest and most comfortable way of getting to Lima. Be aware that the are NOT regular flights between Rio Branco-Yurimaguas and Yurimaguas-Lima.

Option 1 goes by the mountains. Options 2 and 3 go by the Rain Forest.

My best choice (haven't done it yet). Pay US$400 and fly round-trip from Confins to Lima via Gol Airlines (http://www.voegol.com.br/)