Buenos Aires → Coast → Florianópolis
Ferry, lighthouses and dunes: Uruguay end to end, all the way to Brazil.
16–24 days · ~3,600 km · Round trip · Best time: Nov–Dec and Mar–Apr
The ferry drops you in Colonia, smelling of river. From there Uruguay's coast stretches out: Montevideo's rambla, glitzy Punta del Este, then the wild part — Cabo Polonio with no electricity, Punta del Diablo with surf. Cross into Brazil at Chuy and keep going to the beaches of Florianópolis. Slow ride back along the same coast.
Stops
- 1
Buenos Aires
Pick up and ferry to Colonia.
- 2
Colonia del Sacramento
Historic quarter and sunset over the river.
- 3
Montevideo
Rambla, Mercado del Puerto, candombe.
- 4
Punta del Este
La Mano, Casapueblo — and campsites, not the street.
- 5
Cabo Polonio
Dunes, lighthouse, sea lions. The van stays at the entrance.
- 6
Punta del Diablo
Surf and fried fish.
- 7
Praia do Rosa
Right whales (Jul–Nov) and green bays.
- 8
Florianópolis
42 beaches on one island. Head back along the coast.
