Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tourist Information
Online information about the city of Santa Cruz and the main attractions of the Oriente re-
gion can be found at
www.santacruz-online.net
.
Septiembre; 8am-8pm Mon-Fri)
A small information kiosk on the north side of the
plaza is good for quick inquiries, but has little or no printed information.
Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza
(FAN; 355-6800;
www.fan-bo.org
; Carretera a
Samaipata, Km 7.5; 8am-4:30pm Mon-Thu, 8am-2pm Fri)
Though no longer in charge
of the parks, FAN is still the best contact for national parks information. It's west of town
(micro 44)
off the old Cochabamba road.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, this office is very well stocked with information for the
whole region and the rest of the country.
SERNAP
(Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas;
www.sernap.gob.bo
;
Calle 9 Oeste,
Barrio Equipetrol)
For information on national parks.
Getting There & Away
Air
Viru-Viru International Airport
(VVI; 338-5000)
, 15km north of the center, handles
some domestic and most international flights. The smaller
Aeropuerto El Trompillo
(
351-1010)
, in the southeast of the city, receives the majority of the domestic flights.
route in Cochabamba from where there are connections to Sucre. Flights to Tarija leave
most days if there is sufficient demand and morning flights to Trinidad depart four times a
flies to Asunción every day with connections to Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and sev-
eral Brazilian cities.
Aerocon
(
351-1200; Aeropuerto El Trompillo)
flies several times
daily to Trinidad with onward connections to Cobija and Riberalta from El Trompillo air-
port.
Miami in the morning, with a second evening flight from Thursday to Sunday.
Aerolíneas
Buenos Aires.
