Is Villa Yapacaní safe? Bolivia travel risk
Is Villa Yapacaní safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Villa Yapacaní scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Villa Yapacaní scores 51/100 (Elevated). 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 Villa Yapacaní: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (53/100) and health and medical access (69/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Bolivia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 17.4028° S, 63.8850° W in Santa Cruz, Villa Yapacaní maintains a regional distance of 463.0 km W to La Paz.
Santa Cruz
17.4028° S, 63.8850° W
297 m
America/La_Paz
14,589
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Villa Yapacaní happened in August (7 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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