Introduction: Bus From Brazil to Uruguay
On our journey in south America, we decided to reach Uruguay from Brazil using bus to save money. So, we left Florianópolis (Brazil) to Punta del Diablo (Uruguay). That required a total of 23h and 3 bus.
Date: January
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Leaving brazil
There are two ways to make it to Uruguay by bus from Florianópolis:
- Florianópolis to Porto Alegre & Porto Alegre to Chui
- Florianópolis to Pelotas & Pelotas to Chui
As you can guess, Chui is the border town between Brazil and Uruguay.
The first option would be two bus of approx. 6h30 each. But would bring us in Porto Alegre which isn’t a really safe city in Brazil. Our Brazilian friend told us that staying in the bus terminal would be fine, but they would avoid this city. Also, with only 6h bus, it wouldn’t possible to have a night bus only.
The second option is to take, first a night bus of 10h and then another bus of 4h. That’s the way we did it.
Florianópolis to Pelotas
There we go buying 1 day in advance our bus ticket from Florianópolis to Pelotas using Clickbus website. We opted for the bus that departed at 9:30pm and arrive the next morning at 7:35am with Penha operator. This way we would also save one night in a hostel.
Our journey started with a 30 min delay, but the bus was a double decker one with two class. Semi leito (half bed) on the upper deck and leito (bed) on the lower one. It had toilet and AC working. The Wifi didn’t work much though.
The ride was comfortable, and we were able to sleep (after the trail to lagoinha do Leste it was easy 😊) but the bus made many stops during the night. At least 4 or 5 and in the end, we arrived at 9h50 with 2h20 delay.
Pelotas to Chui
There are daily departures from Pelotas to Chui at 9am, 1pm and 6:30pm. The line is run by Expresso Embaixador (http://www.expressoembaixador.com.br/) and takes 4h.
With our 2h20 delay we missed the 9am bus but no harm done as we didn’t have tickets. When we arrived at the terminal in Pelotas, we headed toward the ticket office and buy to ticket for the 1pm bus. After 10 attempts, it seems our credit cards don’t work… Thankfully there were ATM upstairs of the bus terminal from 25 houra banca. It is not the best as it charges you, but we withdraw more than necessary to have cash and better withdraw more for the same exchange fees.
After we bought 2 tickets for 1pm, we stayed in the bus terminal to have breakfast, we found coffee, pastries and sandwiches and later waited in their departure room, with AC, water and TV.
The bus departed on time and along the road the landscapes were gorgeous. Even though the bus is making many stops we arrived at the border out of Brazil at 4:55pm. 5min prior to that, the bus crew members had asked us our passports. When the bus stop at the border, the crew went off the bus and came back 15min later to give us back our passports with the exit stamps from Brazil. Few minutes later we arrived in the bus terminal in Chui.
Chui or Chuy
Potato/Patoto, same same. Only one is Portuguese and the other Spanish. While in this town you are in an almost country free area, out of Brazil but not yet in Uruguay. Many local people go there to buy grocery, items or exchange money.
When we arrived in the bus terminal, we though that the bus from Chui to Punta del Diablo would be here but that was wrong. To go to Uruguay there is another bus terminal. So here we are asking locals to find our way to the other terminal.
Chui to Punta del Diablo
We arrived at the “Terminal de omnibus” (Uruguay terminal) at 5:50pm and bought a ticket with Rutas del Sol operator at 6:15pm. We departed with 5min delay and after 5min we stopped at the border. Only here we didn’t really know what’s happening. A local we met in the bus terminal told us at this moment to get out of the bus for immigration control. Thank to her, we went out and got the entry stamp to Uruguay. We arrived in Punta del Diablo at 7:10pm and headed to our accommodation.
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch
Where to stay in Punta del Diablo
- Budget: Angelo
- Posada: Posada Las Maravillas
- House: QuedateAqui
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I really liked the way the guys talk about their adventures and experiences. It feels like I also visited these countries. I envy those who have the opportunity to travel 😉. Good luck to you!