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ARGENTINE SIDE OF THE FALLS

From your hotel we will provide you transfer to visitor center inside the Iguazu National Park, included if you are staying at Sheraton Hotel.
To get from the visitor center to the biginning of UPPER PATH, LOWER PATH and DEVILS THROAT you will aboard a little train, it run from the visitor center to paths and between each one of them. Any way if you wish walk from the visitor center to upper and lower paths you can do it, but you can not walk to get devils throat because it is located more than 4 km from the visitor center, and in this case you have to aboard the train to get there

INSIDE THE IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK

FLOATING: Sailing the upper canal of the Iguazu River seeing the flora and fauna of the small islands of this area. Lasting 30 minutes.

NAUTICAL ADVENTURE: In 7 minutes you will live an extraordinary experience With zodiac boats we get really close to the bottom of the falls, where you get wet. Starting from the San Martin Island and finish in the same place.

GREAT ADVENTURE: This one combines a jungle trip with a sailing to the falls. Starting with a trip through the rainforest of this National Park in a 4 by 4 trucks without roof so that you can see and take pictures of the trees. Then you take a zodiac boat in the lower Iguazu River upstream and you will discover the falls little by little with a panoramic view of the Iguazu Falls, and finish with a nice shower under the falls. Lasting 1 hour.

MACUCO TRAIL: It's walk of 3 km. long in wich you'll see the Subtropical Rainforest. If you chose to walk early in the morning or late in the afternoon is more possible to see some wild animals and birds. At the end of this path you will find Arrechea fall, where you can have a bath. Last about 3 hs.

BRAZILIAN SIDE OF THE FALLS:

From the Brazilian National Park you have a panoramic view of the falls with almost 3 km long and 270 cascades. It's a 1000 m of easy walk that takes 1 hour. Starting from the Das Cataratas Hotel and finishing in the canyon of the Devil's throat. The whole trip takes three hours.

BIRD PARK, REPTILES AND BUTERFLIES:

Located at the entrance of the National Park of Foz do Iguazu (Brasil) with the native environment is this sanctuary for more than 500 species of birds including some exotic ones. In those big cages birds can fly, eat and they are under a speciall care. You can see aswell a big cage with native buterflies and about reptiles there are some alligators and snakes.

HELICOPTER TRIP:

Is the oportunity to see the magnificence of the falls. It takes 10 minutes and it starts at the entrance of the Brazilian National Park

HIDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT:

Is the largest in the world, built on the Parana River between Brazil and Paraguay. You will watch a documental of the proyect and how they built it and then a visit to the Dam, it takes 1:30 hs. and you have to add the distance from the hotel.

HORSE RIDING TROUGH THE JUNGLE:

Is a trail in the jungle where we can ride a horse with a native guide who will explain us the nature and the culture of this region. Last 2:30 hours.

IGUAZU FOREST:

Is large area of indigenous jungle, next to the National Park and not far from the town (5 km). Here the tourist will enjoy the forest, he will live it, and discover the secrets of this virgin jungle. It's the only place in the country where people can make all sort of activities, like "Special canopy", that is to go from the top of a tree to the top of another tree as a bird.
Other choices: Trekking, Overland, Contemplative tour, Bird and wild-life watching.

DURING THIS TRIP IS POSSIBLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING CIRCUITS:
1- VEHICULAR TRAIL (4 by 4) "OF THE GIGANT CAÑAFITOLAS-TREES"
2- VEHICULAR TRAIL (4 by 4) "OF THE STREAMS"
3- FOOT-PATH "OF THE HEART OF PALM"
4- VEHICULAR TRAIL (4 by 4) "OF THE GIGANT PARADISES-TREES"
5- VEHICULAR AND FOOT TRAIL (4 by 4) "THE GIGANT TREE-FERNS"
6- VEHICULAR AND FOOT TRAIL (4 by 4) "THE GIGANT TIMBO-TREE"
7- VEHICULAR TRAIL (4 by 4) "THE PARANA RIVER"
8- VEHICULAR AND FOOT TRAIL (4 by 4) "THE BIRDS"
9- FOOT-PATH " FURTIVES"
10- FOOT-PATH "THE PORT"

JESUITIC RUINS :

Visiting one of the most important ruins named San Ignacio Mini declared cultural asset for mankind by the UNESCO. It's one of the 30 settlment of converted guaranies developed in this area between the years 1580 and 1767. It's located 230 km from the Iguazu falls.and during this trip a tourist guide will explain each one of the buildings left and we'll do a few stops to see the main growing of the region.
Last 10 hs.

MOCONA FALLS:

This guarani word means "THE ONE THAT EATS EVERYTHING" Located 270 km from Iguazu falls, is a natural monument for the country It's surrounded by indigenous rainforest with unbelievable trees and ferns. It's protected by a Biosphere Reserve of 230.000 ha, so that to get there we need 4 by 4 vehicles.
We'll drive through the hills covered with rainforest, red-earth trails, we'll see a typical Polish vehicle. We'll walk to the bank of the Uruguay River where we'll take a boat upstream to sea the falls, there we can stop and do some trekking in the falls (you can get wet if you want). This falls have more than 3000 m. long, this deep canyon is the border between Brasil and Argentina.
This tour can be taken with a nigth at El Soberbio or as a day tour. A suggest is to arrive at Posadas airport, spend a nigth at El Soberbio, the next whole day in Mocona and continue to Iguazu falls.

ESTEROS DEL IBERA (Corrientes):

Corrientes is a province in the south of Misiones, the geography of this region is completely different. We'll leave the hills of Misiones and the plains of Corrientes will come. This environment full of marshlands and small lagoons makes a paradise for birds and all sort of animals. Arriving at San Juan de Poriahu cottage, in the middle of this Esteros del Ibera (Ibera means bright water in guarani). There are different cottages to chose. In those cottages there are lots of activities to do, horse riding, canooing, trekking, etc.Comfortable lodging, typical breakfast and for lunch or dinner the traditional asado (barbacue).
In this area is easy to see the typical fauna like the capivara, the largest rodent of the world), alligators, deers, foxes and hundreds of birds.

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