Bird Park tour
Eco Museum
The Itaipu Lake
Macuco safari
Helicopter Flights
Excursions by Boat
ITAIPU Hydroelectrical Power Station

Iguazzu Falls Brazil

BIRD PARK Tour

The Foz Tropicana Bird Park is a financially independent private enterprise on the Brazilean Side of the Iguazzu falls. Its objectives are reproduction of endangered species, environmental education and eco tourism. It covers an area of 16 hectares of subtropical forest near the National Park in Brazil ... At present the Bird Park has 1000 birds of 150 species, including subtropical species of Africa, Asia, and Australia. One large aviary contains butterflies and humming birds. An additional attraction is the reptile area ...

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ECO MUSEUM

With a built up area of 1200 m² the eco museum is the most important centre for the development of environmental education in the region of Foz do Iguassu - Brazil.
It is the first of its kind in Latin America. Its objectives are to use the Itaipu reservoir to demonstrate the relationship between mankind and his impact on the environment and to show how mankinds heritage involved the interlinking of science, culture and technology ...

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THE ITAIPU LAKE

In 1982 the flood gates of the bypass canal of the Itaipu hydroelectric power station were closed and the lake began to fill up. Today it covers an area of 1350 km² and is on average 22 m deep, and 170m deep near the dam wall. 66 small islands have not been covered with water, 44 on the Brazilian side and 22 on the Paraguayan side ...

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MACUCO SAFARI

The Macuco Safari excursion induces a fantastic feeling of nature and adventure in the visitor.
On board a trailer drawn by a specialised vehicle, he experiences for 3 km the
Atlantic rainforest. Multilingual guides comment on fauna and flora ... The last and most exciting part of the adventure takes the visitor up the Iguassu river towards the Garganta do Diabo in twin engine inflatable boats. The visitor is rewarded with a unique view of the falls.

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HELICOPTER FLIGHTS

Several excursions are on offer:
1) flight over the falls,
2) flight over the national park and the falls and
3) flight over the Itaipu dam, triple border and falls.

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EXCURSIONS BY BOAT

Two rivers flow along the border of Foz do Iguassu, the Paraná river and the Iguaçu river. Excursions by boat offer therefore a wonderful opportunity to relax.:

a.- CRUISE AT THE TRIPLE BORDER

The Iguaçu Explorer takes the tourist on a pleasant relaxing cruise on the rivers Paraná and Iguaçu. ...

b.- BERTONI CRUISE

Puerto Bertoni was an old Swiss settlement founded at the end of the 19th century by Moises Santiago Bertoni. The excursion begins in Porto Meira at the boarding point of the Iguaçu Explorer (a yacht with cabin, open deck, bar and solarium with a capacity of 40 passengers)... Today the Museum Bertoni is maintained by the Museum in Geneva, Switzerland.

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THE ITAIPU HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION

The Itaipu power station was formed by collaboration between Brazil and Paraguay. The objective was, for both countries to use the hydroelectric potential of the river Paraná. The dam covers 15 municipal areas in the East of Paraná and one in Mato Grosso do Sul. Itaipu received its name from a small island in the middle of the river, where the actual power station was built. The Indians called the island “Itaipu”, which means “the singing stone” because of the singing noise which the flowing water causes when it hits the rock.

Because of its dimensions the Itaipu power station is regarded as the “ work of the century”.

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