Ferries across South America
56 routes and 8 operators across 5 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
56 Ferries routes run across South America, reaching 15 places in 5 countries through 8 operators On the 14 busiest of them, priced on October 9, 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest trip is 2h 23m door to door. A median route runs 96 km.
Ferries in South America, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 56Routes we sell
- 14Corridors
- 15Places served
- 5Countries
- 8Operators
- 44Domestic routes
- 12Cross border routes
- 0Routes out of the region
- 96 kmMedian route
- 704 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across South America
Every mode measured on the same 14 corridors in South America, priced on October 9, 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in South America
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Cruz to Cumaná ferry | €11.88 | 3h 34m | 57 km |
| Punta de Piedras to Puerto Cruz ferry | €11.88 | 4h 57m | 96 km |
| Araya to Puerto Cruz ferry | €11.88 | 3h 33m | 58 km |
| São Gonçalo to Rio de Janeiro ferry | €11.88 | 2h 23m | 16 km |
| Colonia del Sacramento to Buenos Aires ferry | €11.88 | 3h 30m | 52 km |
| Punta de Piedras to Carúpano ferry | €11.88 | 4h 49m | 96 km |
| Punta de Piedras to Cumaná ferry | €11.88 | 3h 28m | 49 km |
| Araya to Punta de Piedras ferry | €11.88 | 3h 11m | 40 km |
| Berisso to Montevideo ferry | €14.09 | 6h 52m | 155 km |
| Montevideo to Buenos Aires ferry | €14.64 | 7h 35m | 203 km |
| Puerto Aisén to Quellón ferry | €23.99 | 9h 41m | 265 km |
| Araya to Maiquetía ferry | €27.84 | 11h 15m | 295 km |
| Punta de Piedras to Maiquetía ferry | €29.49 | 11h 19m | 314 km |
| Puerto Aisén to Puerto Natales ferry | €65.79 | 23h 53m | 704 km |
Countries in South America
Every country in South America we sell in, most routes first.
When to book in South America
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in South America.
- €20.143 days
- €19.047 days
- €15.7421 days
- €11.8845 days
- €15.7484 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 41 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €20.14, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 36 | 64% | Rio de Janeiro, 16 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 16 | 29% | Buenos Aires, 203 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 4 | 7% | Puerto Aysén, 704 km |
Ferry operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside South America.
Ferry destinations
Other ways to travel across South America
Common questions about Ferries across South America
How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across South America?
56 of them, across 5 countries reaching 15 places through 8 operators
How much does travelling by Ferries cost in South America?
On the 14 busiest Ferries corridors in South America, priced on October 9, 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €11.88.
Is Ferries the fastest way across South America?
On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 4h 53m door to door, against 3h 51m by Flight. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in South America have Ferries routes we sell?
Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil.
Who runs the Ferries services in South America?
NaviBus, Gran Cacique Express, Buquebus, Conferry, Barcas Rio, Ferryven, among 8 carriers we sell across South America.
When should I book travel across South America?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 41 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in South America?
The median route runs 96 km in a straight line and the shortest is 16 km. The longest we sell is 704 km, from Puerto Aisén to Puerto Natales.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 14 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.