From Puerto Iguazu, visitors also have the option of a series of tourist circuits, taking them through the legendary, impressive surroundings of the river Parana.

MISIONES CIRCUIT

IN ONE DAY

Apostoles
Also known as the City of Flowers, Apostoles is 62 kilometers from Posadas. It is located on a plateau scored by innumerable streams that then form the characteristic falls of the Misiones region. Apostoles is the home of the National Yerba Mate Festival, where visits can be made to the "Juan Szychowski Yerba Mate History Museum", and one of the largest yerba factory farms in the province, "La Cachuera", which makes the brand Yerba Amanda.
Duration of the trip: one hour and a half.
Opening time of the museum: from 2.30 to 5.30 p.m..

San Ignacio
60 kilometers from Posadas along National Route Nē 12, San Ignacio is the place to visit the Jesuit "reducciones" (Indian agricultural and educational settlements) of "San Ignacio Mini", "Andresito Indigenous Village", and "Teyu Cuare Provincial Park". Tourists can also visit the house of the famous Argentine writer, Horacio Quiroga.
Duration of the trip: one hour and a half.

Leandro N. Alem
81 kilometers from Posadas along National Route Nē 14, this is the home of the Provincial Beer, Industry and Regional Crops Festival. It is an important industrial center with tea and yerba mate drying plants, tung oil and manioc starch factories, a cotton gin, sawmills and furniture factories. You can visit "Don Carre Agro-Tourism Estancia", of Marcela Carre, a farm prepared for receiving visitors and school parties, with study trails and a museum of the history of the immigrants to Misiones.
Duration of the trip: two hours.

Obera
97 kilometers from Posadas along National Route Nē 14, Obera is known as the "Bush Capital", and is the second most populous city of Misiones. Located in the center-south of the province, in the heart of the Misiones forest, it is home to the National Immigrants Festival. A real melting-pot of races have settled here, representing more than 17 communities. Places to visit are the Salto Berrondo Tourist Complex, the Garden of Birds, the Park of the Nations, the nursery, the Misiones ceramics workshops, and tea and yerba mate plantations.
Duration of the trip: two hours.

Posadas
City Tour through the city of Posadas, capital of the province of Misiones. Places to visit include the Crafts Market, "La Placita" Municipal Market, the Promenade, casino club, Mate Palace, Bosetti Walk, "La Terminal" Walk, Manuel Antonio Ramirez Amphitheater, Republica del Paraguay Park, San Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz International Bridge, Anibal Cambas Regional Museum, Juan Yapari Museum, Posadas city park, botanical gardens, crafts fairs, as well as enjoying the regional foods and articles.

Profundidad
Visit to Caņadon de Profundidad Provincial Park, an ecological reserve 13 kilometers from National Route Nē 12. You can visit the Urunday Tourist complex and its study trails. Duration of the trip: 30 to 60 minutes.

Montecarlo
180 kilometers from Posadas along National Route Nē 12, this is the home of the National Orchid and Provincial Flower Festivals. Places to visit are Juan Vortisch Park, Caraguatay Island, nurseries, museums, Zoo-Bal-Park Plant Maze, which is a zoo with a variety of local animals, including one that is unique in the country: the Arapia. Tourists can also take a launch trip off the sandy beach and then go on to "Estancia la Misionera", on the edge of the river Parana, a farm dating back to 1935, with a homestead built in 1944.
Duration of the trip: two hours.

Santa Ana
44 kilometers from Posadas. Visits can be made to the Jesuit Ruins, with important architectural remains of the Jesuit period, in the midst of the vegetation characteristic of the province. Also to Mt Santa Ana (Natural Lookout point), the Rapadura Handmade Sugar Factory, and "Don Rodolfo" Nature Study Center, aimed at students and offering a variety of educational trails and a food service.
Duration of the trip: 30 minutes.

Jardin America
Tabay Falls: six kilometers to the north of the city of Jardin America and one kilometer from National Route Nē 12. This is a particularly attractive ten-meter high waterfall surrounded by leafy trees. There is a pool, places for camping, and lookouts over Provincial Route Nē 7.
Duration of the trip: an hour and a half.

Garuhape
Indian Grotto: situated in Garuhape, on National Route Nē 12, this is an important attraction where archaeological remains were found. Very near is the 3 de Mayo Falls, and there is a natural pool, campsite and the Jaguar Cave.
Duration of the trip: two and a half hours.

Aristobulo del Valle
This small town developed out of an agricultural settlement founded in 1921, near a lovely valley. Its official foundation, however, dates from October 3, 1961. From here you can visit Salto Encantado Provincial Park, 126 kilometers from Posadas and 280 kilometers from Iguazu. Salto Encantado is a 60 meter high waterfall, and a perfect place for camping.
Duration of the trip: two and a half hours.

Wanda
48 kilometers from Puerto Iguazu along National Route Nē 12 towards Posadas, this is a small place, known particularly for its semi-precious stones: turquoise, amethyst and rock crystal. Before reaching the traffic circle on the route there is a shopping center offering handcrafts and semi-precious stones. Visits can also be made to the mines of these gemstones, for example, in Tierra Colorada, Santa Catalina and Uruguai.

Mocona Falls
Upstream, the river Iguazu opens out into two parallel arms. One follows the slope of the land, and the other runs over a rocky base that keeps it higher and higher above the first, until they join together again in a cascade 5 to 12 meters in height and 3,000 meters long.
There are protected areas on both sides. On the Argentine side is the 1,000 hectare Mocona Provincial Park; on the Brazilian side is Do Iurvo Forest Park, 40,600 hectares with an indigenous reserve.

On the Argentine side, near El Soberbio - a settlement where essences are produced, in the midst of a harsh landscape of hills and forest, in which Guarani people still live and maintain their language and customs - can be seen the imposing Great Mocona Waterfall (in Guarani language, "he who swallows everything"), on the river Uruguay. This is the dividing line between Argentina and Brazil. Access is from El Soberbio, by land (70 kilometers in a 4WD vehicle) and by water (the recommended access, taking eight hours).