Cataracts of the Iguazú

Cataracts of the Iguazú
Province of Missions | Argentina

The Cataracts of Iguazú are an imposing located natural spectacle in the limit between Argentina and Brazil. Declared Natural Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO, the Cataracts of the Iguazú they are a place that nobody can stop knowing. The Cataracts of the Iguazú are, of the Argentine side, within the National Park Iguazú, in the Province of Missions; and within the National Park do Iguaçu, in the State of Parana, of the side of Brazil. Waters underneath the Cataracts of the Iguazú, where the rivers Iguazú and Parana are united, is the opposite triple of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.



The Cataracts of the Iguazú are one of the looked for destinies of tourism more of Argentina and South America, being visited by 2 million people per year.


It is for that reason that the Cataracts of the Iguazú, as much of the Argentine side as of the Brazilian side, count on an infrastructure of services and hotels very developed. In spite of counting on hotels and services of all type, the surroundings of the Cataracts of the Iguazú are conserved intact. This must to that, in both countries, the ecosystem of the zone of the Cataracts of the Iguazú is prote'ge' by National Parks.


Thus, the tourists who visit the Cataracts of the Iguazú are astonished, not only by the greatness of the spectacle, but by the virgin natural frame surrounds that them. This subtropical forest of Missions that surrounds to the Cataracts of the Iguazú, shelters the fauna and more representative flora of the region. Besides which respecta to the natural beauty, the Cataracts of the Iguazú also they have an important place in the archaeology and the history of the sites in which today the jesuíticas ruins are located, first establishments of Christian evangelisation in South America.

Four times wider than the Cataracts of the Niágara, the Cataracts of the Iguazú are divided in cascades or diverse jumps. The total of 275 jumps of up to 80 meters of height that conform the spectacular Cataracts of the Iguazú, is fed by waters of the Iguazú River. The most imposing jump of the Cataracts of the Iguazú is the Throat of the Devil, which, with its 80 meters of height, represents one of the most impressive spectacles.