Hotel Jardin de Iguazu

Three Countries Converge

by Bwana_Brown

On the point of land in Argentina where the Iguazu River meets the Parana River, is a small memorial to this meeting of 'Tres Fronteras' - the spot where Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina all come together. This is located only a hop, skip and jump from the abandoned hotel of my previous tip.

It was also near here, in 1541, that the first white man spotted the Iguazu River and it's famous falls. Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was on his way from Spain to Asuncion, Paraguay to assume his new position as Governor of the territories. Unwilling to wait for a proper ship to take him onward via Buenos Aires when he reached Brazil, he set off on a 1000-mile march directly across Brazil with 250 men. The amazing thing is that he actually succeeded, losing only 2 men on the journey! He named the now-famous Iguazu waterfalls 'Santa Maria Falls' but his choice did not stick! There is also a small memorial to Cabeza de Vaca located here on this point of land.

Catwalk of the inferior path.

by euzkadi

The inferior path consists in a 30 minute hike, right to the base of the falls, and end in a catwalk. The views of the track are beautiful. After the walk you will finish in a dock to take the boats to the base of the falls (la gran aventura)

Hito Tres Fronteras

by ptitetoile

The "hito" is a kind of pyramidal milestone marking the Argentine border with the three other countries Brazil and Paraguay. There is also a milestone on the Brazilian side and on the Paraguayan side. All three have the color sof the flag (blue and white for Argentina, green and yellow for Brazil and Blue-white-red for Paraguay. The Hito Tres frontera is also situated in a nice Park (protected natural Park) where a walk is really relawing.
To reach it, you can walk along the Rio Iguazu from the little "harbour" or take the big Avenida Tres Fronteras which is really nice with its houses surrounded by tropical forest.

the gate to poetry!

by mindcrime

Puerto Iguazu was the ideal base for me, build at the meeting point of Iguazu and Parana rivers. After exploring big cities like Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Rosario it was relaxing staying at this small town of Missiones province at northwest part of Argentina (1500km away from Buenos Aires).

Puerto Iguazu has no more than 30.000 inhabitants and I stayed here for 3 full days and every morning I was doing side day trips…

Day 1(friday):I visited the brazilian side of the falls(Parque Foz do Iguacu)
Day 2(saturday):I visited San Ignacio Ruins
Day 3(sunday):I spent all day walking in the argentinian side of the falls, the Iguazu National Park

The centre of the city is really small, you can walk around, have a a dinner or a coffee but the truth is that the only place I visited often was the bus station to take the bus every day. The mains streets are Cordoba and Avenida Aguire and there I found exchange offices, the bank (not open during weekend but has 2 ATM), markets, restaurants, cafes etc It seems that everyone here works for the tourists and of course there are a lot of them around trying to reach the falls :) Inside the bus station there are a lot of companies offering excursions to the falls, to San Ignacio, city tour of the brazilian side etc

The city was peaceful enough with tree lined streets, easy going people everywhere but the humidity was high enough to set me back in the hostel after my excursions to the falls.

Small Town by the Big Falls

by Ekahau

"Puerto Iguazú"

Puerto Iguazú Puerto Iguazú is a sleepy, safe and small town with only just 16,000, compared to Foz do Iguaçu's 230,000. This town was settled by Germans who moved to Argentina and a lot of the small shops are run by Blue eyed blond Argentineans. The Museu Mbororé , at the intersection of Avenida Misiones and Brazil is worth a brief look, for its small exhibition relating to the indigenous Guaraní Indians.