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Hello,

I wanted to consult you to track six weeks vacation to Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro 11 days

Flight

Puerto Iguazu Argentina 7 days

Flight

Rio de Janeiro

Travel

Ilya Grande 7

Travel

Ilya Du Mal 7

Back to Rio and flight home

Now I have some questions:

1. How much is the price of a flight from Rio to Puerto Iguazu?

2. How long from Rio to "Ilya Grande." How to get and what price?

3. Continuation to the previous question regarding transportation would love to help Elia Du Mal (rates, times, sites and information).

4. Would love to get information about attractions in "Elia Du Mal" and "Ilya Grande" especially in the diving (there are sites and information ?)

5. All other information will help a lot.

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Much as I like Rio, 11 days seems a bit much, especially with so many other wonderful place to see in Brazil.

And three days/two nights is more than adequate to see the falls and do activities on both sides of the park. The price of flights on that route (iguacu-Rio) tends to rise quite a bit during high season, so you must state when exactly you plan to travel, Also understand that both Brazil and Argentina have airports at the falls and it is cheaper to fly to Rio from the Brazilian one.

Rio to Ilha Grande (note the correct spelling) info can be Googled. Here is info about bus and ferry:

http://www.ilhagrande.com.ar/singlepage.php?id=36

http://www.ilhagrande.com.ar/singlepage2.php?id=60&sel_lang=en

Again, if you Google "Ilha do Mel" spelled correctly, you will get a lot of info.

A week in each may be a lot. There are many other places to consider in Brazil. Why not go up the coast by bus from Rio to Salvador, stopping along the way at various beach villages. Or explore the Colonial mountain towns in Minas Gerais?

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First of all thanks for your response.

When I review a response, I decided to change the route, depending on your advice:

Rio de Janeiro 6 days

Flight

Puerto Iguazu Argentina 7 days

Flight

Rio de Janeiro

Travel

Ilya Grande 5

Travel

Ilya Du Mal 4

1. For Puerto Iguazu:

A there is an intention to visit both sides.

B Bird Park.

C visit Ciudad del Este

D Itaipo Dam

E I read that the Argentine side there is another park to visit the Falls (attraction).

I would be happy if you could explain to me how you can make it all the program four days?

2. For Rio I agree 100% so how I cut a 6 day program.

3. Thank you very much for the information you gave about the links Ilha Grande

4. The trip is planned to be up to six weeks. So we try to reduce as much as possible, long trips like Salvador. 26 hours from Rio.

5. Would love to hear your suggestions.

I thank you for the comment!

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The Brazilian side of the park takes about 3 hours to walk along the paved path and take pictures. There is also a walkway out into the river.

The bird park, on the Brazilian side, takes about 3-4 hours too.

You could spend a whole day on the Argentine side, on the walkways over the tops of the falls, and cooling off in the river.

You can take a boat ride under Devil’s throat from either side (may be cheaper in Argentina).

There are helicopter rides. There is a visit to the dam. (neither of which I have done, so can’t comment.)

Going to Paraguay is a waste of time, IMO, unless you are enamored of cheap junk.

As to “reduce the length of long trip”, by bus I presume, you need to understand that these days in Brazil flights are often cheaper than the bus fare. Rio to Salvador by plane is about 2 hours.

For me, who also likes to linger a bit, rather than rush, your itinerary still has you spending too much time in most places mentioned. You could see a lot more of Brazil in 6 weeks without feeling rushed. I would suggest adding Salvador and some of the Colonial historic towns in Minas Gerais or the Recife/Olinda area. One or two of these would fit comfortably into your schedule.

Are you flying into Sao Paulo or Rio? If into S.P. go directly to Iguacu from there.

6 week sample itinerary:

If flying into Rio:

Rio de Janeiro (4-5 days)

Bus or flight to Sao Paulo and on to Iguacu

Flight and Puerto Iguazu Argentina (3-4 days)

If flying into Sao Paulo, go direct from there to Iguacu.

Flight to Sao Paulo, then bus to Paraty 1-2 days, then Ilha Grande 2-3 days,

back to Rio

(Forget Ilha Du Mel)

Or if flying into Sao Paulo, go to Rio now

Rio de Janeiro (4-5 days)

Fly to second destination (choose Salvadorarea and on to Recife/Olinda area—lots of beaches-- or Belo Horizonte for Colonial cities) If B.H., bus back to Rio. If Salvador-Recife, fly back to Rio.

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