Help! My Backpack is Full!!

Group 1 - South America
100 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 25 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 29 Kilos

Group 2 - Central and North America
155 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 47 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 29 Kilos

Group 3 - Europe
250 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 50 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 29 Kilos

Group 4 - Asia, Africa and Oceana (Australia and New Zealand)
255 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 82 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 29 Kilos

Flights and packages generally leave daily. Your package will be delivered in between 2 and 4 weeks. My packages to Australia for example take exactly 3 weeks to be delivered to a regional NSW address.

Group 1 - South America
85 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 17 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 31 Kilos

Group 2 - Central and North America
90 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 27 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 31 Kilos

Group 3 - Europe
120 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 30 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 31 Kilos

Group 4 - Asia, Africa and Oceana (Australia and New Zealand)
140 Bolivianos for the first kilo, 56 Bolivianos for each additional kilo up to 31 Kilos

Flights and packages generally leave once a week - the post office in Santa Cruz get sent the shipping barcodes from La Paz, if you come on a day when they do not have them - you will not be able to process your package for shipping. On the day of research the barcodes came in on Monday and left on Wednesday so maybe leave Thursday and Friday out of the equation. This author has recently sent her first package to Australia by ship and will keep you up to date regarding is success. I have been told that it will take between 6 and 10 weeks. They will ask for instructions if the package is not picked up - i.e. would you like it sent back here or left to its destination country.

You must send your goods in a box - great big balls of paper or bags are generally not acceptable - unless it is a single wrapped item (e.g. you send a jacket home wrapped in brown paper). Don't rely on finding a box in the post office as this is possible but unlikely. Nor are you likely find a box in any of the super markets in the very centre. Head to a supermarket such as the Sur Fidalga in Plaza Heroes del Chaco (or known as Plaza Blacut to locals) where they have a large loading dock area where the all the boxes get dumped.

Leave your box open for when you arrive at the post office or it will be opened again for inspection. They will check to see that you are not mailing any dangerous goods and that heavy items such as glass or pottery are secured well.

You will need to take 2 photocopies of your passport (in Santa Cruz, there is a photocopier just at the entrance to the post office). One is taped to the box and the other is left with the carbon copies of the address. You will also need to buy your own tape to tape up the box - you can buy in it Santa Cruz from the stands outside for around 5 Bolivianos.

The final price decided is after the box has been taped up and had everything stuck to it - including your passport copy, the address and declaration details etc. We recommend you leave about 0.5 grams for "packing" because if it weighs just 0.01 grams over the kilo you will be bumped into the next price range.