Iguazú Information

Where to Eat:

Every night at Che Lagarto Iguazú prepare a full buffet with pasta, rice, meat, chicken and salad, costs $ 25 and is ALL YOU CAN EAT. * Twice a week BBQ with show!
 

Things to do for free or inexpensive

º1 Hito Tres Fronteras, Costanera, Puerto - (A unique place in the world where two rivers, separated three countries)
º2 Hummingbird Garden $10
º3rd Aripuca (Museum of trees) $10
º4 Guira Oga (bird house center center of recuperation for birds) $30
º5th ´La feirinha´ - the place to outdoor dining all kinds of salami, olives and cheeses! The most tipical place to have a cold beer with the best argentinian cheese and salamis
º6th Tango bar: restaurant with a tango show and classes
º7th Macuco trail: is a trail through the jungle of 7km inside the park of the Falls where you get to a waterfall (Arrechea fall) only place in the park where you are alow to swim
º8th Iriapu-guarani Village: Village of natives where people are alow to go, see how they live, and purchase handcrafts, as a help.
º9th mineral producers : Only factory of semi-precious stones of the province
º10th craft fair: Artesans from all over the country and southamerica, show their work in this avenue
 

Things to do at night:

Where to eat and drink?:

JACKIE BROWN PUB - 180 av brasil
HENDRIX ROCK BAR - 1 block from hostel
RESTO-PUB La TRIBU - Perito Moreno y Av Brasil
Where to go dancing:

Cuba libre disco pub - av Brazil and Paraguay. Entrance between 15 and 30 pesos, four dance floors with different styles of music (salsa, cumbia, reggaeton and electronic.) Drinks from 10 pesos.
 

Suggestions and Recommendations::

Clothing: Comfortable clothes, If the day is sunny there is no problem with wearing sandals in the falls. If you will take the option of Great adventure, we recommend to take a bathing suit and dry clothes in your backpack Climate: The climate is tropical and varies constantly. A sunny day can become a rainy day and vice versa. In cold weather becomes very cold and summer heat is tremendous. A good plan it would be check the weather before you heat to iguazu, in the summer temperatures can reach 41 C°, and in the winter the average its 19C° during the day Other: Mosquito repellent its always useable, rainforest and warm climate its the perfect Environment for mosquitos GET TO THE FALLS FROM THE CITY: Going to the falls on the Argentine side can take a van with air conditioning leaving from the door of our hostel, with the value of P$15 roundtrip (8:30) and back (5:00 p.m.) Get to Brazil like the argentina side we have a roundtrip transfers for P$35 (10am) and back (2:00 p.m.) GET TO THE AIRPORTS AND TERMINALS: Argentina Airport: The options are 2 by taxi (P$ 70) or is a company in the same terminal. called for tourist travel, which makes transfers to and from hostels and it cost P$ 20 (book in advance for shipments of hostel to airport) ARGENTINA TERMINAL: By taxi only takes 5 minutes and costs $ 10 to the hostel. or just walk 3 blocks from the terminal BRAZIL AIRPORT: you have to take 2 buses or taxi ! TERMINAL BRAZIL: You can take the bus to Argentina which leave the passenger at the corner of the hostel, this has a cost of $ 5 and takes between 15 and 20 minutes. GET TO THE NEXT 3 most touristic cities: ask at reception for the tickets! - Salta: Departures on Mondays and Fridays at Iguazu airport at 15:15 hours, prices from $379 to $541 with a duration of 1 hour and 45 minutes. Andes Company - Buenos Aires: Departures every day from the iguazu terminal from 11am every half hour until 19:15 which is the last. Prices range from $226 up to $325 depending of the service (semi-bed, bed, bed executive) the Companies are Via Bariloche Crucero del norte and Uruguay. the trip are about 18 hrs until RETIRO Bs As - Florianopolis: Departures from Terminal Foz de Iguazu at 17:40 and 20:30 with the company Pluma with actual prices from 119.85 to 246.15 depending of the service. With a duration of about 15 hrs of travel. The three must-see destinations • Iguassu Falls are made of 275 jumps up to 80 m high, fed by the Iguazú river flow. You can take boat rides under the waterfalls and hiking trails to appreciate some subtropical jungle animals. The 'Garganta del Diablo "(the biggest jump, which consists of 80 m) is a separate show, departing from Puerto Canoas, can be enjoyed in all its majesty only 50 m away. • Wanda Mines: 40 km from Puerto Iguazu find the famous mines of Wanda, where there is a reservoir of semiprecious stones of quartz crystals, amethyst, agate and topaz. To get to the mines of Wanda from Puerto Iguazú, must travel about 40 miles both ways to arrive are by taxi to 150 or economical option by bus from the terminal 10 pesos Travel time is 13pm from Puerto Iguazu leaves every half hour • Ruins of San Ignacio: Guaraní Jesuit Missions, Jesuit Guarani reductions also were the mission towns founded by the Society of Jesus among the Guarani and neighboring villages, which were designed to evangelize the natives of the present province of Misiones, Argentina, the Corrientes and important northern territories currently in Paraguay and southern Brazil. To reach the ruins, you have to take a bus from the terminal with a price of 20 pesos (cheap option) leaving 3 blocks of it. Tours para hacer en Iguazú y Cataratas: GREAT ADVENTURE: It consist of two parts: Jungle: Guided 8km travel in a 4x4 truck trough the yacaratia path, arriving to the Macuco Port River: Boarding in a Speed Boat, navigating trough 6km of the Lower Iguazu River, with 2 km of rapids. Entry in the canyon of the devil’s throat fall. Approach to the most importants Argentinians falls with view of the brasilian side. The price is 200$ Nautical Adventure Río: Boarding in a Speedy boat in front of the San Martin Island. Entry in the canyon of the devil’s throat fall. Approach to the most importants Argentinians falls with view of the brasilian side. The price is 100$ Ecological Trip: 3km navigation trough the jungle of the superior Iguazu River, driven by experto f the place in a rowing boat. While you observe the natives flora and fauna. The Price is of 50$ Green Passport: Combination of the ecological trip and Great adventure with a costo f 230$ Falls Passport: Combination of the ecological trip and Nautical adventure. With a costo of 135$ Iguazú Forest: Its located in the borders of the Parana River, Only 7km away from puerto iguazu. It consist of 3 activities: Canoping: Moving from 30 mts high from a tree to another. desde 30 metros de altura de un árbol hacia otro, secured by a harness to a wire rope watching the vegation from the heights. Consist of 3 phases, the first 400mts long and the other two 200mts each. Trek: Consist on a walk trough the jungle paths, where you can see the different flora species and the native fauna. Until you get to the next activitie. Water Rappel: descent trough the Rocks in a small fall of 15mts high, assisted with specialized instructors. All this have a costo f 115$ Iguazú Water Sport: Travel from the town port trough the iguazu river and parana river in wich you can see the Tancredo neves bridge and the shores of brasi, paraguay and argentina, observing from them the diferent falls the brasilian and paraguay side offer, it has a duration of 90min. This tour cost $60 Horse Riding: OHorse riding of 1hs or 2hs by jungle paths, where you can see native flora and fauna and a small Guarini village and learn from them about their traps and the thing they use for hunting. The cost of 1hs is 65$ and for 2 hs its 80$