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🇧🇴 Bolivia
Cheapest Andean hub: La Paz altitude and Santa Cruz lowlands
Bolivia is one of the cheapest entries into South America: La Paz (administrative capital, ~3,600 m, cable cars), Santa Cruz (business and heat, closer to “normal” remote work), Sucre (colonial pace and Spanish schools). Uyuni and Titicaca are tourism, not a work base.
Many passports — including Russia, the EU, the UK, and the US since December 2025 — enter visa-free for about 90 days. There is no digital-nomad visa. Before the border you still need a free SIGEMIG QR. The 2025–26 friction points: access to dollars, QR payments without a local account, road blockades and fuel, and landing altitude at El Alto. Start with visa and the before-you-arrive checklist.
At a glance
Capital: Sucre (constitutional), La Paz (administrative)
Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Currency: boliviano (BOB)
Entry: often visa-free + SIGEMIG QR; read your stamp
Watch-out: El Alto airport ~4,060 m — acclimatization is not optional
Guide sections
- Before you arrive - SIGEMIG, altitude, eSIM, blockades
- Visa and legal stay - 90 days, extensions, CIE, no nomad visa
- Housing - Sopocachi, Equipetrol, InfoCasas
- Cost of living - monthly budget
- Work and internet - fiber, Entel/Tigo, coworkings
- Banking and money - BOB, dollars, QR Simple, CIE
- Healthcare - soroche, yellow fever, clinics
- Transport - cable cars, LPB/VVI, flights vs buses
- Community - chat, expats, networking