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Buenos Aires & Uruguay — 8 days (Colonia, Montevideo, Punta del Este & Cabo Polonio)

4.4(7 reviews)8 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Eight days across the widest river in the world. Eight days with the ferry booked, old-town guesthouses in Colonia and Cabo Polonio, and a milonga rather than a show.

Pumice & Pine
Runs this trip
Walking / cultural tour
Eight days across the widest river in the world
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • San TelmoEight days either side of the widest river in the world, which is wide enough that you cannot see across it.
  • Recoleta CemeteryA milonga is where people actually dance tango.
  • Barrio HistóricoColonia changed hands between Portugal and Spain repeatedly, and the old town shows it — the Portuguese laid streets to the terrain, the…
  • Ciudad ViejaThe rambla runs more than twenty kilometres along the waterfront and on Sunday the whole city is on it with a thermos and a gourd.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 7 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • The Buenos Aires-Colonia fast ferry
  • All ground transport in Uruguay
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
Permits & fees
  • A milonga entry, which is not a tango dinner show
  • Cabo Polonio park entry and the dune truck, the only way in
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • International flights
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Argentine and Uruguayan entry requirements
  • Punta del Este in January, when prices roughly double
  • Most lunches and dinners

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Buenos Aires Residency

Hotel

Days 1, 2

Colonia Courtyard

Hotel

Day 3

Montevideo Residency

Hotel

Days 4, 7

Punta del Este Lodge

Lodge

Day 5

Cabo Polonio Retreat

Hotel

Day 6

What you'll eat

7 breakfasts and 3 dinners across 8 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 8.

  • DinnerServed on days 1, 3, 6
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–8

10 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Pumice & Pine
4.4 (7)

Based in Cusco

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.4/5
Based on 7 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.3/5
Guide
4.3/5
Itinerary
4.0/5
Transport
4.1/5
Accommodation
4.0/5
Tour operator
4.1/5
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Sneha Kulkarni – Chennai2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Would book with them again.

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Farah Qureshi – Bengaluru2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Crew were professional without being stiff about it. Solid operator.

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Laura Whitfield – Melbourne2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Río de la Plata done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Good value for what's included.

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Rahul Menon – Lucknow2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Too much time on the coach and not enough at the places we'd come for.

Reply from Pumice & Pine

Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Nina Hoffmann – Stockholm2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Río de la Plata done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Would book with them again.

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Hannah Lindqvist – Stockholm2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Well paced over 8 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. No hesitation recommending them.

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Carla Mendes – Toronto2025-05-25 · Verified booking

Well paced over 8 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Rooms were comfortable and the locations meant we could walk most evenings. Solid operator.

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