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Iguazu-Concordia/Salto-Montevideo
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Iguazu-Colon/Paysandu-Montevideo
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Iguazu-Gualeguaychu/Fray Bentos-Montevideo

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Getting to Tacuarembo (Uruguay) from Puerto Iguazu (Argentina)

16-March-2009 post:

Having done hours of research (thanks to all you Thorn Tree posters with information) on the best way to get from Puerto Iguazu (Argentina) to Tacuarembo (Uruguay), below is what we did and how long it took:

We caught the 17:45 overnight bus to Buenos Aires from Puerto Iguazu in Argentina, and we got off at Cruce Colon
Expresso Singer was the bus company and the price was 151 pesos per person (this was with a 10% discount)
We got dropped on the highway just outside Cruce Colon at 07:30 (other companies drop folk off at 03:00!)
We hitched a ride to the border (there is supposed to be a bus but it did not turn up and we got fed up waiting)
We crossed the border into Uruguay and caught the 10:30 bus to Paysandu (buses go from the border to Paysandu every 30 minutes)
We caught the 17:00 hour bus from Paysandu to Tacuarembo (2 buses daily, 04:00 and 17:00)

We were in Tacuarembo, Uruguay 21 hours after leaving Puerto Iguazu in Brazil.

Many people have taken the Concordia/Salto route from Argentina into Uruguay but got dropped off at some wickedly unsocial hour of the morning and then found that only 3 buses per week run from Salto to Tacuarembo. Going to Cruce Colon/Paysandu is a little further but you are not stuck for days. Obviously it does depend on whether you want to spend time in Salto or not but we were just trying to get directly to Tacuarembo.

Buenos Aires Memory

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Concordia-Salto crossing: (Not Salta)

20-March-2010 post:

It's me again and I will give you my update. Well we got dropped off by the overnight bus at about 7am back from Iguazu smack in the middle of ruta 4 and 5 on the highway - nothing there, just dirt. There was only one car there, a lady in a remis willing to give us a ride to Concordia for 40 pesos which was high but the only other alternative was to start walking and flag down a vehicle for a hitch as it would be about 5km. She was reluctant to come down in price so then we started talking about perhaps taking us all the way to Salto. Finally worked out a deal which was pricey for 100 pesos but she had to pay 10 pesos herself just to cross the border and she took us basically door to door to the Salto bus station (which by the way is very nice) and we were able to connect to another bus to Montevideo within 2 hours and got there later that afternoon. A long day but no hassle.

The cost was high but the way I figured it was that I need to get to Concordia anyway (say 20 to 40 pesos), would have to take the bus or ferry to Salto (another 20 to 40 pesos). Based on the little information that I had, there was a change that we would have missed the morning ferry and the bus didn't leave till noon and then took another 90 minutes to reach Salto. If taking the ferry I would then have to figure out how I was going to get to the bus station as I could see it was far away from the port (another say 20 pesos). Given that there was two of us, the cost was only slightly higher than if we would have done it ourselves and we made the connection in less than one hour overall including her getting us through immigration on both sides.

Anyway, I really appreciated all of you for trying to help provide information to this little used but highly possible way of getting to Montevideo fro Iguazu.

Buenos Aires Memory

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Montevideo to Iguazu Falls by bus.

08-July-2009 post:

We took a mid-night bus from Montevideo to a border town called Salto (Not Salta).We arrived there on a Sunday morning at 6 a.m. in order to catch a bus at 8 o’clock to cross the border to Argentina but was told there are no buses on Sundays (Mondays to Saturdays only). We booked a taxi instead for US$15 and it took us less than an hour to cross the border into the Argentinean town of Concordia. At the main bus station in Concordia you can purchase tickets for Iguazu falls from quite a few companies. We chose Andesmar for the same night. However the buses will only pick you up from the nearest motorway en route from Buenos Aires to Iguazu. This is NOT in the middle of nowhere but it is at a police check point and is very safe. All transport to the pick up point (by a taxi) is arranged by the bus company for free. All you have to do is to show up at their offices 40 minutes prior to departure time.The journey from here to Iguazu falls is a mere 9 hours and all classes of bus travel is available from Concordia if you do not mind spending more money for a bit of extra comfort.

Buenos Aires Memory