Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Buenos Aires to Rio De Janeiro Cruise Adventure

Silversea · Silver Shadow · from Buenos Aires

$12,900 per person · next sails Feb 15, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Buenos Aires (EZE)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into EZE, home from GIG · $3,246 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Buenos Aires

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

0 mi from Buenos Aires

Teatro Colón

0 mi from Buenos Aires

La Boca (Caminito & Street Art Circuit)

Beyond the tourist-heavy Caminito street, La Boca's back alleys feature extraordinary contemporary street art and muralism that reflects the neighborh…

Your voyage · 12 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Buenos Aires Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Buenos Airesport guide →
La Boca, Caminito & San Telmo Antique Fair Private… · $360 for two with Go Ask a Local – Maria's Private Buenos Aires Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Montevideoport guide →
Mercado del Puerto · $240 for two with VerdeAzul Private Guide Uruguayhow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Punta del Esteport guide →
Casa Pueblo · $30 for two with Casapueblo Official (Museo Taller Carlos Páez Vilaró)how to make it yours → ·
Days 5–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Porto Belo (Santa Catarina)port guide →
Ilha de Porto Belo · $64 for two with Zimbros Ecotourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
★ Serra Verde Express — how to make it yours →
Day 9
Private Superboat to Castelhanos & Hidden Atlantic… · $100 for two with Ilhabela Superboat Tours (local operator, bookable via GetYourGuide direct listing)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Iiha Grande(Rio De Janeiro)port guide →
Lopes Mendes Beach · $300 for two with Rio Eco Trip (Local Ilha Grande Expert)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Rua das Pedras & Orla Bardot · $80 for two with GoWithGuide – Búzios Local Guideshow to make it yours →
Day 12
Rio de Janeiroport guide →
Private Full-Day Rio Highlights · $350 for two with Rio Cultural Secretshow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Rio De Janeiro Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rio De Janeiro

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

4 mi from Rio De Janeiro

Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar)

5 mi from Rio De Janeiro

Christ the Redeemer

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Buenos Aires

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

4 mi from Buenos Aires · fly AEP

Buenos Aires: Tango, Gauchos, and the Grand Colón Stage

Porteño Culture & Pampas

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Home

Fly home from Rio De Janeiro (GIG)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into EZE, home from GIG · 2 travelers $3,246 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Buenos Aires · Luxury~$316
Cruise fare12 nights · Silversea · 2 guests$25,800
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,524
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$31,066
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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