Ferries across The Southern Cone

20 routes and 3 operators across 3 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.

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20 Ferries routes run across The Southern Cone, reaching 7 places in 3 countries through 3 operators On the 5 busiest of them, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest trip is 3h 26m door to door. A median route runs 203 km.

Checked October 8, 2026Priced for October 8, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in The Southern Cone, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 20Routes we sell
  • 5Corridors
  • 7Places served
  • 3Countries
  • 3Operators
  • 8Domestic routes
  • 12Cross border routes
  • 0Routes out of the region
  • 203 kmMedian route
  • 704 kmLongest route
Door to door

How the modes compare across The Southern Cone

Every mode measured on the same 5 corridors in The Southern Cone, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.

Median fare, median door-to-door time and median carbon per passenger, over the corridors of The Southern Cone where each mode runs.
ModeCorridors pricedFromDoor to doorCO2
Ferry5€16.297h 39m23.3 kg
Coach2€20.265h 19m8.0 kg
Train1€24.544h 56m7.5 kg
Flight1€31.413h 51m51.4 kg
Routes

The corridors that matter in The Southern Cone

Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.

The busiest routes we sell in The Southern Cone, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger with every fee included.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Colonia del Sacramento to Buenos Aires ferry€11.883h 26m52 km
Berisso to Montevideo ferry€15.746h 31m155 km
Montevideo to Buenos Aires ferry€16.297h 39m203 km
Puerto Aisén to Quellón ferry€21.7910h 52m265 km
Puerto Aisén to Puerto Natales ferry€77.3423h 26m704 km
Countries

Countries in The Southern Cone

Every country in The Southern Cone we sell in, most routes first.

Routes, places and carriers in each country of The Southern Cone.
CountryRoutesPlacesOperators
Argentina1241
Uruguay1241
Chile832
Booking window

When to book in The Southern Cone

The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in The Southern Cone.

  1. €22.343 days
  2. €20.697 days
  3. €16.2921 days
  4. €11.8945 days
  5. €16.8484 days
Cheapest lead time
Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €11.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 47 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €22.34, 3 days out.
Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km840%Buenos Aires, 52 km
200 to 600 km840%Buenos Aires, 203 km
600 to 1,500 km420%Puerto Aysén, 704 km
Carriers

Ferry operators

The carriers with the largest networks inside The Southern Cone.

Ferry destinations

Other ways to travel across The Southern Cone

Common questions about Ferries across The Southern Cone

How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across The Southern Cone?

20 of them, across 3 countries reaching 7 places through 3 operators

How much does travelling by Ferries cost in The Southern Cone?

On the 5 busiest Ferries corridors in The Southern Cone, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €16.29.

Is Ferries the fastest way across The Southern Cone?

On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 7h 39m door to door, against 3h 51m by Flight. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.

Which countries in The Southern Cone have Ferries routes we sell?

Argentina, Uruguay, Chile.

Who runs the Ferries services in The Southern Cone?

Buquebus, Naviera Austral, Navimag, among 3 carriers we sell across The Southern Cone.

When should I book travel across The Southern Cone?

Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 47 percent cheaper on this sample.

How far apart are the places we sell in The Southern Cone?

The median route runs 203 km in a straight line and the shortest is 52 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 5 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.
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