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From $2990 per person Double Occupancy
After seeing Buenos Aires and/or ending your South American
Cruise, travel to the Iberá Marshes, Jesuit Missions and Iguazú
/Iguassu Falls Tour to see these Marshlands bigger than the Everglades!
Easy overland to Iguazú rainforest: palmettoes, amazing wildlife,
spectacular waterfalls; the Jessuit Mission ruins and the Ibera
marshes: the second largest marshland in South America. An
unforgettable experience to listen to mysterious stories about this
magical and fascinating land.
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Day 1: Iguassu Falls
Transfer from International Airport to the hotel.
Today visit the Brazilian Falls. The Park is located in the westernmost
region of the state of Paran, in the Iguaçú river basin, 17km from
downtown Foz do Iguaçú. It borders Argentina, where the Iguazu National
Park, which was implemented in 1934, is located. The border between the
two countries and their national parks is made by the Iguaçú river,
whose source is near the Serra (mountain range) do Mar near Curitiba
and runs for 18 km throughout the state of Paraná.
The most spectacular sightseeing of the park is the Iguaçú Falls, which
form a 2,700m wide semi-circle, while the waterfalls filled visitors
with awe as they watch the water foam that plunges down from a height
of 72m.
Visit the park's visitor's center with its exhibition of the local
eco-system. Continue down the Cataratas Highway through the rainforest
of the park to the falls. Descending a walkway, you can contemplate the
lovely waterfalls in all of nature's exuberance, with panoramic views
of both sides of the falls - Brazil and Argentina. Reaching the
elevator, you can ascend to have a bird's eye view over the falls from
the lookout.
Overnight in the Hotel International Sheraton. The
hotel was built in 1978 and remodeled in 2000. It has a spectacular
location inside the Iguazœ National Park and falls view rooms are
available. Rooms are fully equipped with ensuite bathroom, direct dial
telephone, AC, cable TV and balcony. Hotel facilities include disabled
access, outdoor swimming pool with solarium, illuminated tennis court,
games room, gym with sauna, gift and souvenir shop, business center
with photocopier and internet access. Restaurant "Garganta del Diablo
(Devil's Throat)" offers international cuisine and buffet service with
local specialties in an elegant setting.
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Day 2: Iguassu Falls
After breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Iguazœ National Park, located
at eighteen kilometres from Puerto Iguazœ, was declared Natural
Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The famous falls are inside this Park.
The Iguazœ Falls on the border with Brazil are one of the world's
natural wonders.
Lined with dense forests, the Iguazœ river flows into 275 waterfalls,
plunging more than 70 meters with a deafening noise. As this huge
volume of water reaches the bottom, spray rises, and lots of rainbows
are formed in the sky.
An incredible variety of fauna and flora completes the perfect setting
for the waterfalls within the protection of the Iguazœ National Park.
Start this tour following a scenic highway up to the Argentine Iguazu
Park. Visit starts with ample time to visit the upper falls on the
Argentinean side, including the San Martin Falls and the Devil's Throat.
Then transfer to Posadas and accommodation in the Irupe Lodge.
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Day 3: Jesuit Missions Ruins
Breakfast in the Lodge and excursion to San Ignacio Jesuit missions
ruins.
San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded in 1632 by the
Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period near
present-day San Ignacio valley, some 60km south of Posadas.
The ruins are one of the best preserved among the several build in a
territory today belonging to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, and one of
the most visited due to its accessibility. Lost in dense vegetation,
the remains of the "Guaraní baroque" style constructions were found in
1897, and gained the interest of the population after the 1903
expedition by poet Leopoldo Lugones, but its restoration didn't begin
until 1940.
In 1984 the ruins were declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and
currently hold the Museo Jesu’tico de San Ignacio Miní museum.
Transfer back to the Irupe Lodge and dinner.
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Day 4 & 5: Iberá Wetlands
The Ibera Wetlands (in Spanish, Esteros del Ibera, from Guaraní ý berá
"bright water") are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons,
natural slough and courses of water in the center and center-north of
the province of Corrientes, Argentina. The Esteros are the
second-largest wetlands in world after Pantanal in Brazil. They are of
pluvial origin, with a total area 15,000 to 20,000 km². Since 1982, the
wetlands are part of a protected area (the Iberá Natural Reserve),
which comprises 13,000 km² (14% of the surface area of Corrientes, the
largest protected area in Argentina). Iberá is also one of the most
important fresh water reservoirs in the continent.
The Natural Reserve is known for its biodiversity, including four
species that have been declared "provincial natural monuments": the neo
tropical river otter, the maned wolf, the pampas deer, and the marsh
deer. It is also home to the two Argentine species of alligator, the
Yacare caiman (yacaré negro) and the broad-snouted caiman (yacará
overo), as well as the capybara (the world's largest rodent) and about
350 bird species.
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