WILDERNESS ADVENTURES

The rainforest in the Iguazu National Park offers a variety of alternatives for those who enjoy adventure tourism. Just a few meters from the research center is the Macuco Trail, a three-kilometer long footpath, with varying degrees of difficulty, through the thick forest. This walk can be done privately and takes two hours. The end of the path brings the traveler to the Arrechea Falls.

A private supplier offers a rather more daring option: in a 4WD vehicle, the tourist travels an eight-kilometer track in the forest, arriving at the bank of the lower river. There a semi-rigid rubber boat is waiting for them, with powerful outboard motors, to take them upriver. Careening through and around the rapids, they arrive at the foot of the falls, and there the tourist goes through an Iguazu Falls "baptism ceremony". The prow of the boat approaches so close that it almost enters the curtain of falling water.
The visitor has another option of boarding a rubber rowing boat in the upper Iguazu river, which gives him or her the chance to have a close-up view of the flora and fauna making up this delta. With a little luck, they may glimpse turtles and yacaré alligators sunning themselves on the shore.

Schedule of the ecological train (from Central Station)
First train leaves: 8 p.m.
Second train leaves: 10.15 p.m.

The passengers must be ready 45 minutes earlier.
It is advisable to take a rain cape, a flashlight and insect repellent.

THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF THE IGUAZU JUNGLE EXPLORER
Radiant sunshine and a longing to get into the luxuriant Misiones rainforest leads one again more into the very heart of the Iguazu National Park. But this time it is to join in the adventure tourism activities that Iguazu Jungle Explorer has developed.

4WD through the forest
An off-road vehicle takes the visitors eight kilometers along the Yacaratiá Trail through the subtropical Paranarainforest, to admire the flora and fauna: palm trees, palo santo, araucarias, fig-trees, and hundreds of bromelias, orchids and miltoneas. The rain will probably have converted the path into a marsh of red mud, and the first dose of adrenalin comes when the driver lets in the four-wheel drive to get through the circuit.

Unforgettable boat trip
Reaching the river, the traveler boards a semi-rigid rubber boat to sail at full speed into the heart of the lower River. The trip is six kilometers in all, but the best comes at the end when the boat is tossed across the rapids for the last two kilometers. There is a moment for photos before heading at full speed to the Devil's Throat Canyon. The camera is put in a plastic bag provided by the company, and the visitor settles back to marvel at the amazing waterfall that from this perspective seems even greater than expected.

Luxury shower
Baptism in the cool, foaming waters of the Iguazu is an incredible experience.
The traveler has to get as close as possible to the falls. Feeling the impressive vibrating roar of the water crashing just a few meters away, getting soaked to the skin, and passing through the rainbows scattered through the mouths of the falls is a unique sensation that has to be felt to be understood. The paths then lead to the Cataratas Station where the ecological train goes to the start of the walkways to the Devil's Throat, and from that point one leaves on a boat trip leaves to get close up to the intimacy of the natural environment of the Upper Iguazu River.

Approximate Duration: one hour.
Departures: every hour from the Iguazu Jungle Explorer office at Cataratas Station.