Punta del Diablo is located at Km 298 of Ruta 9 (Route 9), in the department of Rocha. This is the most eastern seaside department in Uruguay with more than 200 km (124 mi.) of beaches. Due to its extraordinary appearance ; the extensive wild landscape departs from what you usually find in other seaside places.

Rocha comprises a wide variety of gently undulating landscapes; sandy or stony soils, rolling plains, fertile coastal lowlands, clusters of palm trees, low hills, marshlands, dunes, rice fields and a variety of croplands. Its Garzón, Rocha, Castillos, Negra and Merín Lagoons have one of the biggest freshwater supplies in the country.

This department has a plentiful variety of flora and fauna. The butiá capitata palm tree clusters cover 70 has and are the biggest concentration of this type of palm trees in the world. On the shoreline of Castillos Lagoon we can also find the largest cluster of umbra trees in the Rio de La Plata area with an extension of 20 km.

In Rocha you can see some of the most meaningful historical buildings in the country: the Santa Teresa Fortress and the San Miguel Fort that witnessed the rivalry between the Spanish and the Portuguese first and then between the Uruguayan and the Brazilian who fought for the same thing: these lands.

1- From MONTEVIDEO TO PUNTA DEL DIABLO

By car
Take the Interbalnearia route to Punta del Este. Go straight up to the traffic circle at km 105 and then take Route 9 to Pan de Azúcar. Make no turns till you reach km 298 where you will find the access route to Punta del Diablo.

By Bus
There are three companies that take you from Montevideo to Punta del Diablo: RUTAS DEL SOL (4025451-4034657), CYNSA (4025363-4086670) and COT (4094949).

2- From BUENOS AIRES to PUNTA DEL DIABLO

By car
Take route 9 up to Rosario and then take route 14 up to Gualeguaychú where you will cross the international bridge “Puerto Unzué – Fray Bentos”. Once you are in Uruguay take route 2 southbound till its junction with route 1 which takes you to Montevideo. Then you follow directions above.

Buquebus
Bs- As. Colonia: Take route 1 till you reach Montevideo. Then read directions above.
Bs. As. – Montevideo: refer to directions above.

Buquebus + Ómnibus
At Tres Cruces Bus Terminal in Montevideo (www.trescruces.com.uy), please check the following bus companies : RUTAS DEL SOL, CYNSA and COT.

By bus
Pullman Gral. Belgrano is the company that goes from Buenos Aires to Once you are at Tres Cruces Bus Terminal in Montevideo, please go to the bus companies indicated above.

By plane
From Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco go to Tres Cruces Terminal either by bus or taxi and take a bus to Punta del Diablo at the terminal. See bus companies’ names above.

3- BRAZIL- PUNTA DEL DIABLO

Reach the border between Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul ((CHUI BRASIL – CHUY URUGUAY). Then take route 9 to Montevideo and just 42 km from the border you will find the access to Punta del Diablo.

Distances to Punta del Diablo