House of Africa

Customs . . .

by acemj

When you cross the border between Argentina and Brazil the routine is the same regardless of which way you're traveling. Your bus or taxi will stop at the border checkpoint and you will have to exit and go into a small, narrow room and line up. When you get to the customs officer, you will be asked for your passport. If you are going into Brazil, be sure you have any necessary tourist visas. Keep in mind that Brazil has a reciprocity policy so if your home country requires Brazilians to get a tourist visa to visit, then you will also be require to have a visa to go into Brazil.

Iguassa Falls

by Jasoninlondon

These waterfalls are huge and actually consist of over 250 seperate falls that cover a 3km area. Similar in scale to Niagara they are definately set in a more natural surrounding.

The river and falls form the border between Brazil and Argentina and the falls should be seen from both sides.

The photo here is taken from a raised platform over the Devil's Throat, which lets you get up close.

Cataratas de Iguazu

by annieruel

Entrée au parc national 30 pesos. Un guide nous accompagne tout au long de la journée. Possibilité de faire du bateau près des chutes. Les chutes sont incroyable, on doit les voir une fois dans sa vie. Les canadiens ont besoin d'un visa pour aller voir les chutes du côté brésilien.
Entrada al parque national 30 pesos. Un guia nos acompana durante toda la dia.
Es posible de tomar un barco para ver las cataratas. Las cataratas son increible tenemos que verlas una vez al menos. Los canadienses necesitan un visa para ver la cataratas del lado brasilero.
Entrance to the national parc 30 pesos. A guide come with us during all the day. Is possible to take a boat to see the watrefalls. The waterfalls are incredible, we have to see them at least once time. The candiens need a visa for visiting the waterfalls on side brasilien.

Second visit - 50% discount

by vtveen

Perhaps you intend to visit the Iguazù National Park on two consecutive days, as we did.

When we were leaving we showed our tickets at the cash deck together with copies of our passports and got a stamp on our tickets and a 'pase segundo dia'. The NEXT day we had to show these 'pase' and the copies of our passports (again) and we got a discount of 50% on the entrance fee. We just paid 15 pesos for our second visit.

Fantastic

by Porteno

"A long weekend"

A friend was visiting from the USA and we took a long weekend and headed for the falls. LAN Argentina began flights to Puerto Iquazu at the first of September and their prices are much cheaper. Checked into the Sheraton International which is inside the National Park. It was a $149 a night US but they did upgrade us to a falls view room at no charge. I have stayed at a hotel outside the park before and for me it is worth the additional expense so as not to deal with the daily travel back and forth. It is so great just stepping out the door of the hotel and heading down the trails for the falls. We also made it across to the Brasilian side as well. My friend did not have a Brasilian Visa but you can arrange for one in just a day at the consulate in Buenos Aires. And by the way they do check at the border. It had rained for several days prior to our arrival and the river was very high making the falls even more spectacular. We did take one of the tours offered in the park, "Great Adventure" this one was the open air truck ride through the jungle (Yacaratia trail) and the fast boat ride up to the falls. By the way you do get wet on the boat trip so plan for that. I would highly recommend the boat trip was a lot of fun. For $80 (pesos) a person it was worth it!!

"More falls"

"me getting wet"