Questions about Iguazu Falls

No. The Brazilian and the Argentine parks are separate national parks in separate countries, each with its own ticket, currency and rules. Our Both Sides ticket puts the two purchases into one checkout; it does not replace either park's entry.

No. The Brazilian park sells tickets exclusively online, with the day and time of the visit chosen at purchase. The only exception it mentions is a support desk at the visitor centre for purchases that failed online.

It is your entry time. You enter the park during that slot and can stay until closing. Date and time can be changed on the park's site with the login you used to buy.

A photo ID matching the name on the ticket; for foreign visitors that is the passport. Several tickets can be bought under one name, but each visitor shows their own ticket and their own ID.

Online, starting from the concessionaire's site, which completes the purchase on the national parks administration's system; or at the gate ticket office, in Argentine pesos, by card or cash. The park recommends buying online to avoid queues.

Sales open thirty days before the visit date. The ticket is valid only for the day and time slot you select and cannot be changed after purchase; in case of force majeure it keeps its validity for seventy-two hours.

Yes. Show your first-day ticket at the ticket office and the second consecutive day costs fifty percent less. The park applies it at the gate.

The Brazilian park states there is no partial or total refund for unused tickets, but lets you change date or time on its site. The Argentine system does not allow changes after purchase and refers cancellation queries to the national parks administration.

No. We are an independent guide. The official sellers are the Brazilian park concessionaire at cataratasdoiguacu.com.br and, for Argentina, iguazuargentina.com together with the national parks administration. Every page of this site links to them.

Because our booking is not open yet and we only publish a price once it is verified and its exchange-rate policy is set. When it appears, it will sit next to the official price of the same entry so you can compare.

Internal transport both ways, about twelve kilometres between the visitor centre and the Falls Trail, the trail itself, the lifts, the walkway and the main viewpoints, plus five more routes in the park: the cycling route, the São João circuit, the Poço Preto path, the Bananeiras path and the Canafístula trail.

Access to the open circuits and trails of the Falls Area, that is the Upper Circuit, the Lower Circuit, the Devil's Throat walkway and the forest trails, and the Rainforest Ecological Train between the three stations.

The Argentine Falls Area opens every day of the year from 8:00 to 18:00, with last entry at 16:00 and circuits closing at 16:45; in high season it opens at 7:00. The Brazilian park sells by time slot; check the slot times on its site when you buy.

It is included in the entry. Collect a free pass at the ticket office in the service courtyard or at Cataratas Station. First departure 8:20, last departure to the Devil's Throat 15:30, last return 17:30; every twenty minutes early on, then every thirty, and every fifteen in high season.

Both parks close their Devil's Throat walkways as a precaution when the Iguazú river runs high. It happened on the Brazilian side in mid-September 2026 and the Argentine circuit was closed for the same reason at the end of that month. Check each park's news the morning you go.

A separate, limited experience that lets you into the park before regular opening: Wednesday to Saturday, boarding at 5:30 at the visitor centre, with breakfast included and the right to stay all day. It sells out; book it on the park's site.

Argentina rates the Upper Circuit and the Devil's Throat walkway fully accessible and the Lower Circuit about seventy percent, with an adapted route; the train takes wheelchairs and strollers and stations lend wheelchairs. Brazil includes lifts on the Falls Trail and publishes its own accessibility page.

Brazil in reais, Argentina in pesos. Neither charges in dollars; the USD amounts on this site are indicative conversions at the rate and date shown next to them.

Not for the entries: Brazil is online only and Argentina takes cards at the gate as well as cash. Parking, lockers and snacks are easier with some local cash in each currency.

From a public daily rate feed, refreshed every day and printed with its date next to every converted amount. If a rate is more than a week old the page says so; if it is more than a month old the conversion is hidden.

Yes. The Brazilian park's own rules page warns of a constant light drizzle on the Falls Trail, and the walkways to the Devil's Throat on both sides are inside the spray. Bring a poncho and a waterproof pouch for the phone.

Both parks warn that coatis, used to people, may approach anyone eating. Do not feed them, keep food inside closed bags and eat at the tables rather than on the walkways.

Half a day for most visitors: the bus in, an hour to an hour and a half on the Falls Trail with its viewpoints and the Devil's Throat walkway, the lifts, lunch at Porto Canoas and the bus out. The other five routes are extra time if you want them.

A full day. The park gives ninety minutes to each of the Upper and Lower Circuits; add the train rides and the Devil's Throat walkway, and most visitors use five to seven hours.

No. The Argentine park states it opens every day of the year including rainy days, and the Brazilian park operates in the rain too. What can close is the Devil's Throat walkway on either side, when the river is high rather than when it rains.