El Alto International Airport, located at 14 kilometers southwest of La Paz, is the main access door for the visitors that arrive to the Republic of Bolivia. However, an important group of travelers enter by road from the neighboring countries, mainly from Peru, using the Puno-Desaguadero-La Paz or Puno-Copacabana-La Paz routes.

To enter Bolivia it is indispensable to have a valid passport. Visa requirements are extensive only to citizens of Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bangladesh, North Korea, Popular China, Haiti, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rumania, Singapore, Syrian, Tunisia, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern and Southern Yemen.

The legal devices of the National Migrations Department, allow every foreign citizens a stay of 30 days, although it is feasible to extend the term 60 more days by a simple procedure.

You should reconfirm your flight in the days previous to the departure date. The most appropriate thing is to make it with 72 hours of anticipation. So do not forget to contact your travel agency or the airliner offices.

On the date of your trip, you will have to be in the airport two hours before the take off. Remember that after obtaining the boarding pass, you will have to pay, obligatorily, an exit tax of 25 dollars.