Is San Borja safe? Bolivia travel risk
Is San Borja safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
San Borja scores 49/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Bolivia Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 22 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
San Borja scores 49/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Bolivia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to San Borja: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (53/100) and health and medical access (57/100).
A score of 49 is higher than the scores of 65% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Bolivia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 14.8583° S, 66.7475° W in El Beni, San Borja maintains a regional distance of 234.9 km SW to La Paz.
El Beni
14.8583° S, 66.7475° W
195 m
America/La_Paz
24,610
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Bolivia)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of San Borja happened in November (10 of 19 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Bolivia travel advice & laws.
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