We will be spending 1 1/2 days at the Falls staying at the Sheraton overnight.

From the postings here, it seems that we can do walking tours from the Argentina side by ourselves without a guide. Is the speedboat ride a must? What about Devils Throat tour?

We thought that the final morning we would take a car and guide and visit the Brazilian side for a different perspective of the falls. Worth it?

Thanks

Mo

We stayed on the Brazil side and found the speedboat ride much, much better than the one on the Argentina side. We did both. The catwalk on the Argentina side was amazing! Best thing we did. If your half day is the day you might go to Brazil, remember you will get very wet on the boatride. You will need car and driver to take you to the Brazil side and get you thru the imigration without fuss. You do not need a guide as well as driver. Our guide had a car and was the driver as well. I do not know how they do it without a Brazil visa in your passport. I guess they know how. Iguazu Falls are very special. If you go to www.brunsberg.com you will see photos of the falls from Brazil, none from A because the photographer was sick that day.

Take the boat trip. The spray will keep you cool for the next hour or so, and I thought it was fun. There is a train that takes you to the place to begin a walk to Devil´s Throat. All of the walks are easy and I enjoyed the park! We took a taxi to Brazil side and the view there is worth the trip. You can get a taxi to take you. We were not in Sheraton. We did not have a visa but paid our taxi driver $20US to give to the border people--I don´t know who actually got it but it was worth it! We also had tea at the lovely big hotel on the Brazil side.

This may be a silly question...but if you get so soaked on the boatride what do you do with things such as camera and passport to keep them dry??!!

you put the camera and your pocketbook into the big rubber bag that they give to you before boarding the boat. It has the double lining so that nothing inside the bag gets a single drop of water.

I have a few more basic questions.

Do you pay for the Argentina Nat'l Park entrance fee before you get to the Sheraton or after. Also is it better to do the Upper and Lower Circuits before you take the train to Devils Throat.

Where do you obtain the train tickets for the trip to Devil's Throat?

Also where do we obtain the tickets for the Boat ride into the falls?

I have contacted the Sheraton but they are of very little help. Do they have a concierge there that can assist in obtaining any tickets or a guide/driver to the Brazilian side?

BTW, someone mentioned a cool thing to do at night is to attend a dinner and show on the Brazilian side. Any comments as to place, etc. Any such good shows or dinner on the Argentina side?

Thanks again,
MO

Since Sheraton is actually inside the part, you have to pay the entrance fee to the park before you get to your hotel. I think it is $US 30 per person. So, have some cash ready when the car picks you up from the airport. We did the upper circuit first and then the lower circuit. The train to the Devil's Throat station leaves from the upper area, so you can take it after you do the upper circuit. The train is free, so you don't need any tickets, just sit at the platform and wait for the next train. I think they operate every 10-15 minutes. We did not do Brazilian side so perhaps someone else on this Forum can answer your questions regarding that.

Our guide showed us several restaurants that have dinner shows in the town of Iguazu. If you are staying at the Sheraton I do not think it would be worthwhile to hire a car, do the border crossing, go to the dinner show and then reverse. While we did not try them, they seemed more geared to tour bus groups. We loved our ride around the town and going to an excellent supermarket, but we had 5 days at the Falls. The Sheraton should have a tour desk that can arrange anything you want. The Brazil hotels all have tour operators with desks in the hotels. I do not know the entrance fee for the Brazil side. Our guide/driver did that. But with limited time having someone who "knows the ropes" and can take you from place to place was well worthwhile. It is a good hour from the Sheraton to the Brazil side of the Falls.

How do you dry off after the boat trip? Air dry, or bring towels?

maybe this will help somebody here.

the entrance to the park is u$s 10.
keep the ticket cause you will use it again the following day paying 5 u$s less.

the Brazilian side gives definitely a different perspective of the fall and for many people a much better one. If
the tourist has a visa, it is worth crossing.Crossing the border with a taxi driver is illegal.

Good pictures of the Misiones pictures can be seen in http://www.misiones.gov.ar/turismo/fotos/saltos.htm

The Devil Throat is the most spectcular view in the Argentine side,in gral people go the following day again to keep it in their memory.

Outside the Sheraton some steps away is the office of the company which gives all the information about the different tours inside.Getting the tickets in Buenos Aires together with the accommodation or getting them in the office in the same park the same day you arrive will probably solve the queueing the following day.

Though there is a time 8:30 or 9:00 to enter the park, it is an excellent idea for the ones who stay at the Sheraton to rise at 6 am and walk around. They will see big birds that disappear as soon as the noise and the movement begin. Also ask about the posibility to go to the terrace of the hotel. From there, the view is incredible!!!!!


it is interesting to know that there are other falls in the same province which are the Mocona Falls. A bit far from Pto Iguazu cause a transfer of 2 hours will only take you but worth to see them, enjoy the adventure there and stay in the lodges in the area.Mocona is a place not many locals know of and it should be visited by the ones who like living a jungle experience

Enjoy them.