Private tours at Iguazu Falls

It depends on your nationality and on which side you visit. Brazil and Argentina have separate visa rules, and they change. Citizens of many countries — including most of Europe and South America — enter both as tourists without a visa. Nationals of the United States, Canada and Australia should check the current requirement for each country before travelling, because these rules have changed more than once in recent years. Always confirm with the official consulate of each country; we are a tour operator, not an immigration authority.

Yes, and most visitors should — they are genuinely different experiences, not two views of the same thing. The Brazilian side gives you the panoramic postcard in about 2 to 3 hours. The Argentinian side puts you on walkways among the falls and takes a full day, including the border crossing. If you have two days, do one per day. If you only have one day, we usually suggest the Argentinian side, but we will tell you honestly which fits your group better.

Foreign visitors need a valid passport for both crossings. Brazilian citizens can use a passport or a valid national ID, and for these specific border crossings within 50 km a physical driving licence is also accepted. Digital documents and photocopies are not accepted. Minors travelling without both parents need a notarised travel authorisation — this is strictly enforced and is the single most common reason a family gets turned back at the border. We check your documents before the day of the tour.

Yes, and there are two ways to book. Transport only: a driver takes you door to door and you visit the attractions on your own. Transport with a guide: an English-speaking guide travels with you and stays through the day. The guide is a separate line in the quote, charged per vehicle and not per person, and it costs the same whether the guide works in English, Spanish or Portuguese — what you are paying for is the guide, not the language. It depends on guide availability for your date. The calculator on this page lets you add the guide and see the difference before you ask for anything.

Transport is priced per vehicle and depends on the route and the size of your group; entrance tickets are priced per person and set by each attraction, with different rates for children, seniors and foreign visitors. Because those rates change, we do not publish a fixed figure on this page — you get an exact total, itemised, in the written quote. Asking costs nothing.

The falls are impressive year-round, but the river changes everything. High water gives you raw power, mist and closed walkways at the extreme. Low water exposes the rock and gives you clearer photos. The historical average flow is around 1,500 m³/s; the record was 46,300 m³/s in June 2014. We publish a live flow meter for the Iguaçu River, updated hourly from official monitoring — it is the honest way to know what you will actually see.

You can absolutely do the Brazilian side alone — it is a bus, a trail and a queue. The case for a guide is stronger on the Argentinian side, where the border crossing, the train timings and the circuit order decide whether you see the Devil's Throat or miss it. And if your group has small children, elderly relatives or tight timing, having a vehicle that waits for you changes the day completely.

For high season — Brazilian school holidays in January and July, Easter, and the year-end period — book several weeks ahead, because vehicles and guides run out before tickets do. Outside those windows, a few days is usually enough. If you are already in Foz do Iguaçu and something fell through, message us anyway; we sometimes have a car free.