There are 10 ways to get from Recife to Rivera by plane, bus, taxi, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Uruguaiana, bus
best- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Uruguaiana (URG)plane REC - URG
- Take the bus from Uruguaiana to Santana do Livramentobus
16h 15m$450–4,042Fly to Salgado Filho International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Salgado Filho International Airport (POA)plane REC - POA
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre to Riverabus
15h 8m$173–603Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Embu das Artes to Terminal Rodoviário de Santa Maria - RSbus
- Take the taxi from Terminal Rodoviário de Santa Maria - RS to Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabrieltaxi
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabriel to Riverabus
2d 14h$411–647Drive 4,036.4 km
- Drive from Recife to Riveracar 4,036.4 km
2d 6h$698–1,008Fly to Rivera International Airport
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Rivera International Airport (RVY)plane REC - RVY
11h 59m$312–965Fly to Santa Maria, bus
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Santa Maria (RIA)plane REC - RIA
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Santa Maria to Rodoviária De Bagébus
- Take the bus from Bagé to Santana do Livramentobus
19h 57m$402–1,575Fly to Carrasco International Airport, bus
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane REC - MVD
- Take the bus from Terminal Tres Cruces to Riverabus
15h 35m$248–600Bus via Porto Alegre
- Take the bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegrebus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre to Riverabus
2d 16h$293–499Bus
- Take the bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabrielbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabriel to Riverabus
2d 17h$310–541Bus #2
- Take the bus from Recife Bus Station to Tietê Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Rodoferroviária de Curitibabus
- Take the bus from Rodoferroviária de Curitiba to Estação Rodoviária de Santana do Livramentobus
3d 11h$296–516
Recife International Airport (REC) to Uruguaiana (URG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Recife to Rivera is to fly and bus which costs $240 - $600 and takes 15h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Recife to Rivera is to fly which takes 11h 59m and costs $310 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Recife to Rivera. However, there are services departing from Recife - TIP and arriving at Rivera via Tietê Bus Terminal and Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Recife and Rivera is 3585 km. The road distance is 4036.4 km.
The best way to get from Recife to Rivera without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 2 days 14h and costs $410 - $650.
It takes approximately 16h 15m to get from Recife to Rivera, including transfers.
Recife to Rivera bus services, operated by Catedral Turismo, depart from Recife - TIP station.
The best way to get from Recife to Rivera is to fly which takes 11h 59m and costs $310 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus via Porto Alegre, which costs $290 - $500 and takes 2 days 16h.
Recife to Rivera bus services, operated by Catedral Turismo, arrive at Tietê Bus Terminal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Recife to Rivera is 4036 km. It takes approximately 2 days 6h to drive from Recife to Rivera.
What companies run services between Recife, Brazil and Rivera, Uruguay?
Azul, Silk Way Airlines, and LATAM Chile fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Rivera International Airport (RVY) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Recife - TIP to Rivera via Tietê Bus Terminal and Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- voeazul.com.br
Flights from Recife International Airport to Uruguaiana via Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–4,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Uruguaiana via Sao Paulo Viracopos, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–4,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Uruguaiana via Sao Paulo Congonhas, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–4,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Uruguaiana via Belo Horizonte Confins, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–4,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Uruguaiana via Sao Paulo, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–4,000
Flights from Recife International Airport to Santa Maria via Sao Paulo Viracopos, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Recife International Airport to Santa Maria via Sao Paulo Congonhas, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
Flights from Recife International Airport to Santa Maria via Belo Horizonte Confins, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Recife International Airport to Santa Maria via Sao Paulo, Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Sao Paulo Viracopos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Belo Horizonte Confins
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Sao Paulo Congonhas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Recife International Airport to Carrasco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Recife International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Belo Horizonte Confins
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Sao Paulo Congonhas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Recife International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–550
- Website
- silkwayairlines.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Rivera International Airport via Carrasco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Rivera International Airport via Sao Paulo, Carrasco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Recife International Airport to Rivera International Airport via Belo Horizonte Confins, Carrasco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Recife International Airport to Salgado Filho International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Recife International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Rio De Janeiro-Galeao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–490
Flights from Recife International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–490
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Carrasco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Bus from Uruguaiana to Santana do Livramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- onibus.saojoaotransportes.com.br
- Book at
- saojoao.passagensweb.com.br
Bus from Bagé to Santana do Livramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- onibus.saojoaotransportes.com.br
- Book at
- saojoao.passagensweb.com.br
Bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $200–340
- Schedules at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
Bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $200–340
- Schedules at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
Bus from Recife - TIP to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $200–340
- Schedules at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Phone
- +55 55 4020-7488
- sac@planalto.com.br
- Website
- planalto.com.br
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Embu das Artes to Terminal Rodoviário de Santa Maria - RS
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Schedules at
- planalto.com.br
- Book at
- planalto.com.br
- Phone
- +598 2401 1990
- adm@turil.com.uy
- Website
- turil.com.uy
Bus from Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabriel to Rivera
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Schedules at
- turil.com.uy
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre to Rivera
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Schedules at
- turil.com.uy
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre to Rivera
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Schedules at
- turil.com.uy
Bus from Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabriel to Rivera
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Schedules at
- turil.com.uy
- Phone
- 08005 518666
- sac@ouroeprata.com
- Website
- viacaoouroeprata.com.br
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Santa Maria to Rodoviária De Bagé
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- viacaoouroeprata.com.br
- Book at
- viacaoouroeprata.com.br
- Phone
- +598 47241717
- info@agenciacentral.com.uy
- Website
- grupoagencia.com.uy
Bus from Terminal Tres Cruces to Rivera
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Schedules at
- grupoagencia.uy
- Book at
- grupoagencia.uy
- Phone
- +598 2402 5363
- turismo@nunez.com.uy
- Website
- nunez.com.uy
Bus from Terminal Tres Cruces to Rivera
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $41–43
- Schedules at
- nunez.com.uy
- Comun
- $43
- Phone
- 0800 881 0144
- atendimento@nspenha.com.br
- Website
- nspenha.com.br
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Schedules at
- nspenha.com.br
- Book at
- nspenha.com.br
Bus from Rodoferroviária de Curitiba to Estação Rodoviária de Santana do Livramento
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Schedules at
- nspenha.com.br
- Book at
- nspenha.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 433 2324
- atendimento@viacaonova.com.br
- Website
- viacaonova.com.br
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Schedules at
- viacaonova.com.br
- Book at
- viacaonova.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 723 2121
- faleconosco@itapemirim.com.br
- Website
- novaitapemirim.com.br
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Schedules at
- novaitapemirim.com.br
- Phone
- +55 51 3475.4440
- meajuda@jblinternacional.com
- Website
- jblinternacional.com
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- jblinternacional.com
- Book at
- jblinternacional.com
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Terminal Rodoviária de São Gabriel
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Schedules at
- jblinternacional.com
- Book at
- jblinternacional.com
- Phone
- 0800 728 0044
- Website
- gontijo.com.br
Bus from Recife Bus Station to Tietê Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Schedules at
- gontijo.com.br
- Phone
- +55 4004-9600
- Website
- viacaocometa.com.br
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Rodoferroviária de Curitiba
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Schedules at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocometa.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 770 3603
- Website
- Wemobi
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Rodoferroviária de Curitiba
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Schedules at
- Wemobi
- Phone
- +55 800-470-470
- sac@catarinense.com.br
- Website
- catarinense.com.br
Bus from Tietê Bus Terminal to Rodoferroviária de Curitiba
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- catarinense.com.br
- Book at
- catarinense.com.br
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Estimated price
- $100–130
ATASM - Associação dos Condutores de Táxi de Santa Maria
- Phone
- +55 55 3307-1200
- Website
- facebook.com
Coopaver
- Phone
- +55 55 3302-4500
- Website
- planetabrasileiro.com
Ponto de Taxi Central
- Phone
- +55 55 3223-1835
- Website
- guiamais.com.br
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