Terminal de Cruceros Punta del Este, Muelle La Pastora
Cruise tender pier at Parada 3, Playa Mansa, with landing stairs, access control, toilets, coach parking and a covered area for about 300 passengers.
Punta del Este, Uruguay
No cruise ships are scheduled in Punta del Este today, Sunday 15 November 2026. The next is MSC Seaview on Tuesday 8 December. Over the next 12 months, 43 calls bring about 124,000 passengers; the busiest day is Wednesday 10 February 2027, with 3 ships.
Ship schedule
Next 10 calls · all times local (Uruguay Standard Time)
December 2026
January 2027
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Cruise Ships in Punta del Este
Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Uruguay Standard Time)
Today · Sun 15 NovNo ships
0 people in port
No cruise ships today
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Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Punta del Este day.
Planning a day in Punta del Este?
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Getting to the Punta del Este cruise port
Los Dedos (La Mano), Playa Brava → Muelle La Pastora
1.2 km · ~17 min by car
About 1.2 km across the peninsula, roughly 17 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by taxi.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Walk
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About 17 minutes.
Taxi
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Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Driving to the port
The peninsula is compact and walkable; Casapueblo and the outer beaches need a taxi, bus or tour. Weather can cancel tender operations. Distances and times are approximate.
Punta del Este Cruise Terminals
2 terminals
Puerto de Punta del Este tender piers
Tender piers for cruise passengers in the Port of Punta del Este, at the north-east end of the peninsula.
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Eating in Punta del Este
- Coffee per item
- UYU 160
- Breakfast per person
- UYU 200–800
- Casual lunch per person
- UYU 400–2000
- Restaurant dinner per person
- UYU 800
- Soft drink per item
- UYU 130
Prices are approximate, in UYU; restaurant dinners start from about UYU 800.
Destination
About Punta del Este
Punta del Este is Uruguay's best-known beach resort, on a narrow peninsula where the Rio de la Plata meets the Atlantic. Cruise ships anchor in the bay and tender passengers ashore, mostly to the Muelle La Pastora cruise pier on Playa Mansa, with tender piers also in the port. The season runs from October to March.
From the pier you can walk around the peninsula and the harbour, or cross to Playa Brava to see Los Dedos, the giant hand in the sand. Further west, Casapueblo sits on the cliffs of Punta Ballena.
- Time zone
- Uruguay Standard Time
- Currency
- UYU
Things to Do in Punta del Este
Los Dedos (La Mano) on Playa Brava
Chilean artist Mario Irarrazabal's giant fingers rising from the sand (1982), officially "Hombre emergiendo a la vida", the resort's best-known landmark.
The peninsula
Stroll the streets and seafront of the compact peninsula, with shops, cafés and sea views.
Casapueblo
Carlos Paez Vilaro's whitewashed cliffside building at Punta Ballena, now a museum and hotel, famous for its sunsets.
The harbour
Working harbour with fishing boats, seafood restaurants and boat trips across the bay.