How we got out of la Paz to Peru
As we all know there are protests and blockades right now in Bolivia and as important political resistance is, you still have to get out of the country at some point.
This is about how we got out of Bolivia and especially La Paz if you want to cross over to Peru. As there are no busses and only sketchy mini vans for hundreds of euros, we had to look for another option. This is how:
We took a flight from la Paz to Cobija with BoA, we booked it one day before and it was 67 euros.
When we got to Cobija, we took a taxi to the boarder. It is really really important that you go to the international boarder! There are two! Not the pretty bridge one, the other one. There you get your first stamp from Bolivia to leave the country. After this, you have to walk approximately 40 minutes to the Brazilian migration point. There you get the brazilian stamp.
After this, you go 100m to the right, there is a taxi office and a bus office. At that point there was no bus anymore to Peru, so we took a taxi, per person it was like 10 euro. The ride along Brazil to Peru takes around 2h. Then there comes another migration office, get the 2nd stamp from Brazil. Our taxi transferred us directly to another taxi center, which took us 4h to Puerto Maldonado for 15 euro.
All in all it costs per person around 110 euro. This is still much more than taking a bus, but much cheaper than taking the plane to Cusco or wherever for like 300. We additionally took some days in the jungle because the nature on the trip is stunning. I would say I even enjoyed this small little sidequest.