Direct airplane flights are available to and from Santa Cruz city regularly several times a week and in cases a day to most South American countries, Miami in the USA, and Madrid in Spain. Airlines that fly to this destiny VVI or Viru Viru airport are: Aerosur / American Airlines / GOL / TAM Mercosul / LAN Chile / TACA / Aerolineas Argentinas / Cubana de Aviacion
Some domestic flights operated by Aerocon and TAM (Transporte Aereo Militar) are operated from the downtown airport, El Trompillo.
If you are coming from Brazil, you can take the Tren de la Muerte or Death Train. It's uncertain how it got its name but it's not especially dangerous now.
So, if you are in Corumba, a Brazilian border city, you just have to cross the frontier, take a taxi to the train station in Bolivia (they don't accept Brazilian taxi drivers there) and go to the train station. Depending on the class of train you want to take, it will take a different time to get to Santa Cruz.
If you are coming in from Argentina or Paraguay, you will have to come in by highway (bus or other), information is available in any major city´s bus station. Trains are occasionally available from the Argentine border.
Note: Several countries have consulates in Santa Cruz city in case of necessity.
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