Get to the Iguazú National Park

The Iguazú National Park, located in the north western corner of Misiones, in the triple frontier between Paraguay, Brasil and Argentina, was created in 1934.

Declared Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO, in 1984, and with an extention of almost 67.000 acres, the Iguazú National Park lodges the famous Iguazú Falls and the rainforest with more than 2000 vegetal species and native animals. It is the home of 450 bird species and 80 mammals, among them, the yaguareté, the largest feline in America, also guacamayos, coatíes, toucans, monkeys, tapires, hummingbirds, and multicolor butterflies.

The Iguazú river is born in the south of Brazil and flows more than 1.300 kilometres before it falls into an unevenness of 80 metres that forms the Iguazú Falls, a semi circle of about 3 kilometres wide where the steam forms clouds that, reflected by the sun, turn out into amazing rainbows.

Among the different falls, the Union is the best known because it originates the spectacular “Garganta del Diablo” (Devil's Throat) and because it marks the boundary between Argentina (78% of the Falls) and Brasil (22% of the Falls).

The name of the Iguazú Falls comes from the guaraní language and means “big water”. They are formed by 270 cascades of up to 82 metres and three kilometres wide that can be visited thanks to the footbridges and paths that take you from one fall to the other and that allow you to enjoy them in the different perspectives.