Parque Nacional do Iguaçu

Parque Nacional do Iguaçu

Parque Nacional do Iguaçu
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
About
This massive forested park, with rare species of birds, pumas, tapirs, monkeys and other wildlife is best known for housing the world's largest and most extraordinary waterfalls - the Iguacu Falls -that extend for miles.
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  • Carlos Augusto C
    Federal District68 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good
    Very nice place. Access to the falls is very good, by bus. Attentive staff. Enough information. I just think that the last viewpoint of the falls needed to be a little more organized. There needed to be a queue and groups to form for a set period of time. It was a horrible push
    Visited February 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written February 19, 2024
  • DorsetLarry
    Tiverton, United Kingdom211 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Footpath to Devils mouth closed but no matter
    We had a great day the water falls are amazing. Be prepared to get wet as it is a rain forest. When we arrived we were advised the path to the devils mouth had been closed since October due the path being down. Whilst it would have been good to know before hand it made no difference as views and falls are amazing. I would recommend walking both the upper and lower paths. It will costs more but do the rafting you get soaked but great fun!
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written March 17, 2024
  • Adriana Oka
    Sao Paulo, SP28 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Nature spectacle, with accessibility and respect for all audiences
    This place is magical! From the spectacle of nature that is the Falls with that incredible rainbow, the green and well-kept forest, to the structure of the park, very functional and accessible to all audiences. I went with my husband, my 3 year old daughter and my 84 year old mother only on the Brazilian side and everything was impeccable. Unmissable tour!
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 30, 2024
  • Skeney57
    Sydney, Australia25,022 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mother Nature at Full Throttle!
    Well, Day Two found us back in the National Park but on the Brazilian side to view the falls. This NP was founded in 1939, partly from the efforts of Santos Dumont, a famous Brazilian aviator. The view from the Brazil side, is in my opinion, better! Our guide advised that it is a common view. You are closer in Argentina but get the full view on the Brazil side. Plus, with the walkway below the Devils Throat you can't get much closer or wetter! Either way, to fully appreciate the Iguazu (or Iguacu) Falls you need to visit both sides to get the full picture. You will find spectacular sights & truly wonder at these natural beauties!! Plus, you can get up close with the South American Coati, a walking furry garbage cleaner or catch a glimpse of a Toucan!
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 12, 2024
  • Wombling_Free_7548
    Bristol, United Kingdom2,208 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Spectacular
    The waterfalls are absolutely stunning, photos don’t do them justice. Start at the Belmont Hotel and do the trail to the Devil’s throat. Two advantages - you don’t get wet until the end and you can take a lift back up to bus stop level.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written June 5, 2024
  • Archie
    Glenmoore, Pennsylvania7,928 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Brilliant natural wonders
    We absolutely enjoyed our visit here. I am so grateful they created a national park to protect the falls on both sides of the border. We started at the Brazil side, you can buy tickets online or in person. We took a bus to the last stop and did the trail down towards devil throat. Beautiful views and well marked trails. Wear sturdy hiking boots and carry something to prevent you from getting soaked as you go towards your destination. Carry water and snacks. There are huge crowds of people so start early, took us two hours. There is a wonderful, expensive buffet for lunch if you would like to eat there. You can also stop and do boat tour which is an additional cost. We then the next day did Argentina side border crossing with help of Iguazu taxi travel company. Most of this side is closed due to floods last Oct. We bought tickets online. Took a train to last stop. So another 3 hours of hiking upper and lower circuit. Visitor center and a brief museum history. We ate lunch at Gran Melia. You can chose boat tour options here as well. We saw birds, monkey, coati toucan. Stunning views from upper side of falls. Up close and personal. You must do both sides to get full experience.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written June 29, 2024
  • Viajante SP
    Sao Paulo, SP57 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Spectacle of nature
    We visit in July 2024. As for the natural aspect, it is indescribable beauty, it is one of the world's wonders of nature, no doubt!!! As for the organization of the park, I felt a drop in quality, since my last visit in 2014: mileage rows to catch the inner bus that leads to the waterfalls, buses without seats, buses without recording with information, bathroom with broken discharge, employees unwilling to give information, there was no employee on the main gate organizing the flow of people, only one on top of the cabin complaining that people asked for information for it. On the exit, next to the elevator, again, no employee.
    Visited July 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written July 20, 2024
  • lilinad
    Paris, France358 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Spectacular visit
    Entrance to the Brazilian Sided Falls costs 35€/person and is easily payable on the website, which avoids quite a queue. Parking costs 55 reals. To find the entrance is another story, aim for the animal park with ves and it is in front. It is not easy to locate yourself by just indicating the mileage point on a road under construction. For the rest everything is already said by the other visitors
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written September 10, 2024
  • Ricardo Chaves Garita
    San Ramon, Costa Rica157 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Simply spectacular
    The visit to Iguazu Falls (Brazilian side) is a simply spectacular, almost magical experience. This place is amazing. You can see it in videos, but it's not the same thing, you have to experience it in person. All very tidy, very easy for the visitor: souvenir shops, excellent information, food shops, means of payment, toilets, internal transport, administrative and surveillance staff, etc. I recommend visiting with enough time, preferably a full day. The vastness of the falls awakens an endless number of inner emotions such as respect for nature, admiration for Creation (for those of us who are believers), greatness of planet Earth, among others. It's worth the ticket.
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written September 15, 2024
  • Moacir Santos
    Foz do Iguacu, PR116 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best tour of Foz.
    Best park in Brazil, with the privatization the structure is very good. It's worth spending the whole day here. The fauna and flora are exuberant. The energy of cataracts is something inexplicable. Best foz walk
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written September 25, 2024
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Maria B.
22 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Family
The Falls are wonderful, they had a great flow of water, the view is impressive. Park management needs to improve A LOT. The space where the queue forms to board the buses is a warehouse with no thermal comfort, it was incredibly hot and there was very loud live music; The wait of approximately 30 minutes was horrible. The Park is huge but there is only one route allowed: the bus takes you to the Falls trail, a paved path full of people, which leads to the walkway that goes closer to the falls, with a beautiful viewpoint. Then the tour ended. There is another trail (Poço Preto), which was closed, DUE TO LACK OF EMPLOYEES!!! This is absurd, as a private company operates the Park's tourist concession, charges almost R$100.00 for it and is not obliged to provide interaction between visitors and the park - it wants the thousands of tourists to see the falls and leave . The bathrooms are containers, unusually hot. Another regrettable practice is the "VIP" ticket, which guarantees boarding the buses without waiting. This is tacky, underdeveloped, creates exclusive privileges in accessing a national park. Ridiculous, abusive, absurd. The panoramic view of the Falls is better in the Brazilian Park, but the Argentine Park provides a much better experience of interaction with nature, it has several trails and possibilities to enjoy a sensational place like the Falls much more.
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Written January 15, 2024
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Bruce (not a bot)
214 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
I'm a resident of Foz and I went here to see the performance of Esquadrilha da Fumaça, in celebration of Santos Dumont's 150th anniversary. The park is still wonderful, but as I hadn't been there for a long time, I thought the level had dropped.
Only the Macuco Safari tour was offered, and it seems that the Trilha do Poço Pretp tour, which was fantastic, no longer exists. I also don't know if there is a boat trip over the Devil's Throat.
It is recommended to purchase online, there is no longer any in-person sales. In-person sales have become a QR code for you to buy on your cell phone. The totem I used was only used to pay for parking.
Official parking costs R$50.00 in August 2023, and credit cards are accepted as payment. At the entrance, some people wearing park vests approach you offering "alternative" parking for R$35.00, which only accepts PIX and cash. They look like park employees, but I went to see this unofficial parking lot and didn't like it. Keep an eye out for that.
But it remains a mandatory attraction for anyone who comes to Foz.
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Written August 10, 2023
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yycyycyyc
Calgary, AB673 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Couples
We caught the bus here from the ARG town across the river, a journey of 40 mins or so, including crossing the border. Here on the BRA side, there are automated ticket machines, and a long, Disneyesque queue to board a bus for the 12km or so journey to the 2nd stop.

While the ARG side takes you to the top of several falls, here on the BRA side 3/4 of the single trail (which has steep slopes and steps) gives longer, wider-angle views that give a better sense of scale. For the last part, on walkways out over the mid-level, we got drenched. But this was great, as the air temperature was well over 30°C here by the water, and over 40°C at the park entrance.

We were glad we visited both ARG and BRA sides, on separate days. If you began very early, you could visit both in a single day, but it would be a rush.
Written January 12, 2024
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Edenilson C
Florianopolis, SC5 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Family
The falls are incredible, the problem is the infrastructure of the place.

We have visited the falls many times, over these years there has been practically no improvement in the infrastructure.

The buses are mostly old and there is at least one where the broken window has been repaired with a tarpaulin.

The boarding area at the park entrance gets very hot, the roof has no thermal insulation and the area turns into a greenhouse on hot, sunny days. The fans are not able to cool the space.

In the return boarding area, long queues form, partly in the open air, partly under canvas awnings which also get very hot. There are occasions where there is a presence of bees in the area that makes everything very uncomfortable.

There are practically no benches in the park to sit on, generally only a few where there are convenience stores.

For the amount paid for entry and for the products sold in the park, the quality of the facilities offered should be much better to be consistent with an attraction of this importance.
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Written September 26, 2023
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Hugo C
Rio de Janeiro, RJ227 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2025 • Family
The park has the potential to provide pleasant hours to its visitors. But not in the high season. Not in January. There is a long wait for the bus that makes the transport within the park. If the visitor chooses the Macuco Safari tour, more and more time will be spent in queues. And all in the hot summer sun. There is resistance and patience.

There are queues for everything. More than half of the time will be spent waiting, under hot sun,
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Written January 21, 2025
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D. Aaronson
Asheville, NC692 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023
This is a travel highlight on a global scale. The Brazilian National Park is well organized and run. Purchase tickets (if you don't already have them) at kiosks and then enter the park through the pavilion where you can get onto a bus or meet a guided vehicle if you have a park guide. Generally this is a one way trail. Get off in front of the hotel and follow the canyon rim to the various viewpoints, ending the Devil's Throat area. We were absolutely soaked out on the boardwalks on the day we visited but it was a great experience. There are a couple different cafes and a full service restaurant at the top of the falls. The boat safari is also accessible from inside the park but run by an outside operator.
If you have children under the age of 12, and intend to do the boat safari you need to do it on the Brazilian side.
Written July 18, 2023
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Bruce (not a bot)
214 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Friends
Anyone who wants to have more contact with nature needs to use a bicycle. The park administration does not have bicycles for rent, so you have to go with yours, or look for somewhere that rents them. Inside the park, it is 12km to go to the falls and another 12km to return, the return is more difficult, but it is possible to hang the bike on the bus to return and rest.
Another advantage of the bike is entry from 7am. Even if you go slowly, you arrive at the falls and there is practically no one there. I hope to see a jaguar along the way sometime early.
Unfortunately, the Poço Preto Trail remains closed, we have no way of knowing if it will ever open again, it appears abandoned.
The price of parking remains absurd (R$ 55.00).
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Written January 30, 2024
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Ambrosina Lignani
Vitoria, ES170 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2024 • Family
This place is of a lush nature. It's our 3rd time in the park, and we'll be back whenever we can. For those who like water and adventure we recommend doing Macuco Safari. We suggest improving: the maintenance of the buses that lead from the main entrance to the trails, the accessibility for wheelchairs, and the VIP room of the Macuco Safari (no water, no TV, no coffee, no magazine). The crafts, shirts, etc..and food in there are very expensive.
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Written October 1, 2024
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Fabiano M
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 • Family
About 18 years ago I was with my wife in the waterfalls of Iguaçu, recently privatized. Everything worked well....new buses, good food, visit narrated on the buses explaining the tour to tourists, etc...
Today I came to bring my daughters who didn't know the park. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
*The buses are old, many the same 18 years ago
*The expensive food, 1 dish made 69 reals, 1 fried potato Ruffles 72g 28 reals, combination of hamburger soda and potato 60 reals
* Now the visit has no explanations from a guide (recorded), you get lost not knowing where you are and not where you go.
1 5 category park that bills high. We deserve better. A shame for Brazil!!
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Written December 29, 2024
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Glenn D
7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
We stayed on the Argentina side and took the city bus to the park. We had prepaid for tickets, and this saved us a lot of time because the lines are long to buy tickets. We caught the bus about an hour before our appointed time and were able to make it. the city bus left on the 1/2-hour mark and takes about an hour to get there including going through customs. Try to get through customs as soon as you can because the bus does not wait very long.

The Falls are incredible, and you get great views of them. The trail does have some steep sections and stairs. I have knee issues but took my time and was fine. At the end of the trail you can get close to the falls and feel the breeze and mist caused by them. There is an elevator to take you back up to the top. Trinkaterias are at the bottom of the elevator and at the top. We had a burger at the stand and it was good. Staff spoke English very well.

Park was clean and staff was nice. Go there!
Written February 20, 2023
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