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Ferry: Buenos Aires to Montevideo
The direct Buenos Aires–Montevideo crossing versus the combined ferry-and-bus route via Colonia — which suits your trip, and what arrival in Ciudad Vieja's port looks like.
Ferry: Buenos Aires to Colonia
The classic Río de la Plata crossing — Buquebus, Colonia Express and Seacat, a roughly one-hour ferry ride, what the border-crossing process actually involves, and onward travel from Colonia.
Colonia as a day trip from Buenos Aires
How to structure a single day in Colonia around the Buenos Aires ferry — realistic timing, what to see, what to skip, and when an overnight stay makes more sense instead.
Getting around Uruguay
How to move around Uruguay — the intercity bus network, car rental, the Buenos Aires ferry crossings, and the exact-match routes that connect Montevideo, Colonia and the coast.
Combining Uruguay with Buenos Aires
How Uruguay and Buenos Aires actually connect — the ferry crossings to Colonia and Montevideo, why so many visitors extend an Argentina trip across the Río de la Plata, and how to sequence the two.
Montevideo to Colonia
Montevideo to Colonia del Sacramento — bus (roughly 2-2.5 hours) versus driving Ruta 1, and why this leg so often gets combined with the ferry onward to Buenos Aires.
The classic triangle: Montevideo, Punta del Este & Colonia
A 7-day, day-by-day route through Uruguay's default triangle — Montevideo, the Punta del Este coast and Colonia del Sacramento — with the order that makes sense, the bus and ferry legs between them, and how to shrink or extend it.
Colonia del Sacramento
A UNESCO World Heritage old town on the Río de la Plata, and — for most visitors — a short ferry ride from Buenos Aires rather than a long haul from Montevideo.
Isla de Lobos & Isla Gorriti
Two islands, two very different day trips from Punta del Este's port — Isla de Lobos' sea lion colony and historic lighthouse by boat tour, and Isla Gorriti's closer beaches and 18th-century fort ruins by a short ferry crossing.
Biggest Uruguay planning mistakes
The most common ways a Uruguay trip goes sideways — from assuming it's just Argentina next door, to underestimating how season-locked the coast is, to over-scheduling a genuinely small, slow country.
Crossing into Argentina & Brazil
Uruguay's land and river border crossings beyond the Buenos Aires ferries — the Chuy/Chuí twin-city border with Brazil, the Uruguay River bridges to Argentina, and evergreen entry guidance.