This motorcycle trip is from Copacabana, Bolivia to Yunguyo, Peru.
I cross the border, but it’s only about 12km and takes less than 30 minutes.
I left Copacabana’s main square
I drive through the narrow streets of the city center.
I’ll soon be on the main road to the border.
Now I just need to go straight down this road
The road is bad here, so I’ll drive carefully.
I arrived at the border in about 20 minutes.
The building on the right is immigration.
First, I will go through immigration to complete the Bolivian departure procedures.
There is a counter on the left side as you enter the building.
I got my departure stamp without any problems.
Next, I go to customs on the left.
Here I submitted the QR code for Form 250, which I had previously filed online.
Even if I hadn’t filed, I could still file here because there was Wi-Fi.
Next, I will submit the motorcycle documents that were prepared by customs when I entered Bolivia.
My license plate was checked and immigration procedures were completed.
The gate was opened and I headed to Peru.
When I pass through this arch, I will be in Peru.
And soon there will be Peruvian immigration.
First, I will go through the immigration procedures for Peru.
Nothing special happened and it ended quickly.
The number of days I can stay will be decided by the person in charge at this time.
Next, I head to the opposite container, which is where the customs office is.
I had heard that I needed to register my vehicle online beforehand, so I tried to do so in advance, but there was a problem with the website and I couldn’t.
Specifically, the country of my motorcycle license plate is Paraguay, so if I select “Paraguay”, my nationality will be fixed to “Paraguay”.
When I told the person in charge about this problem, he said, “I’ll register it here and now, so there’s no problem.”
And this is the document I had prepared for him.
He told me not to lose this because I’ll need it when I leave the country.
After this, I had my license plate and the frame number of the car checked.
I had my passport photographed and my customs procedures were completed.
As a side note, when I tried to use the restroom at the currency exchange next to Peruvian immigration, I was told that it was 1 Peruvian sol and 5 Peruvian bolivianos.
About 0.28 USD in sols, about 0.73 USD in bolivianos.
So expensive!
These places definitely have bad exchange rates, so you should never exchange money.
In Peru, at Banco Nacion in Plaza de Armas, we can withdraw up to S/.400, about 113 USD, with no withdrawal fee.
Now, I have the gate open and I’m off.
I’ll go straight ahead
I drive down the narrow road to the Plaza de Armas.
I left customs and arrived in front of the Plaza de Armas in about five minutes.
On the left is Plaza de Armas, but it was closed to traffic on the day because there was an event going on.
Unfortunately.
The distance of my motorcycle trip this time was extremely short, but I had to go through the procedure of crossing a border.
This is probably not a very major border, so I didn’t have to wait and the procedure was completed smoothly.
My next destination is Puno.
Date of ride: July 4, 2025
