Nearby Attractions

San Miguel Mission

Located 332 km from the city of Posadas. It is a Brazilian municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in it are the Jesuit Reductions of San Miguel Arcángel, declared Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO in 1984.

Puerto Iguazu

The Iguazu Falls formed by 275 jumps are located on the Iguazú River, in the border between the province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. They are fully inserted in protected areas; the sector of Argentina is within the National Park Iguazú, while the one of Brazil is in the National Park of the Iguacu. They were chosen as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Its highest flow and 80 meters in height is the Devil's Throat, which can be enjoyed walking through the catwalks, which is reached using the service of ecological trains. You can take boat rides under the jumps and hikes on trails appreciating some animals of the semi-tropical jungle.

Iguazu: meaning in the Guaraní language is "great waters".

Address: Puerto Iguazú - 300 Kilometers from Posadas

Web: http://www.iguazuargentina.com/

Moconá Provincial Park

The Park is located within the Yabotí Biosphere Reserve, in the municipality of San Pedro. The Moconá Falls, whose meaning in the Guaraní language is the one that swallows everything, are the product of a unique geological fault in the world, with 3 kilometers of jumps over the Uruguay River.
The activities that can be done are boating at the foot of the falls, hiking, enjoying a meal at the Yabotí Restó and other activities outside the Park; kayaking, 4x4 crossings, hiking, birdwatching, photographic safaris, among others.

Address: At 337 Kilometers from Posadas

Web: http://saltosdelmocona.tur.ar/

Oberá

Oberá, whose meaning in the Guaraní language is "the one that shines". There are more than 15 collectives that consecrate it as the National Capital of the Immigrants, with important attractions to travel such as: the Salto Berrondo, the Baths of the jungle, Park of Nations, the Garden of the Birds, among others .

Address: At 97 Kilometers of Posadas

Web: http://www.obera.gov.ar/

Enchanted Leap

One of the most impressive jumps of the province of Misiones, since the water falls from 64 meters of height. It is the biggest attraction of the Provincial Park that bears its name and protects 13,227 hectares of jungle. It is 140 km from Posadas and 6 km from the town of Aristóbulo del Valle.

Direction: By taking the National Route 14, 12 kms from Aristóbulo del Valle, you can access the Provincial Route 220 and after 4 km you will find the entrance

Web: http://www.saltoencantado.tur.ar/

Garupá Lake Recreation Park

Lake Garupá is located a few meters from the center of the city of Garupá.
There you can enjoy its beaches and outdoor recreational and sporting activities.

Direction: At 2000 mts of the National Route 12 by the access to Garupá

Ecological Park "El Puma"

The park is a natural area with a multipurpose reserve category dedicated to research, production of indigenous wild flora, natural spaces suitable for outdoor recreation and experimental sites for models of sustainable use of natural resources.
The property is accessed by a neighborhood road at a few kilometers. of the Arroyo Garupá Bridge.

Hours: From Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Address: Candelaria

Depth Ca�adón Provincial Park

The Park is a protected area of ??19 hectares, which exposes a flora of the forests in missionary gallery combined with the grasslands of the south.
It is crossed by a stream that runs through the deep canyon that gives it its name.
The same is part of a touristic route designed for the purpose of observation of flora and recreation, within the framework of the valorization of native species, in this case urunday.

Address: 11 kilometers from Candelaria, on Provincial Route N � 204

Playa Candelaria

The city of Candelaria has a coastal protection work and coastal avenue, there you can enjoy the spa.
It has an extension of 150 meters on the Paraná River.

Theme Park of La Cruz

The park of 57.5 hectares, is located in Santa Ana Hill which is accessed from Ruta Provincial. No. 103.
Its main attraction is a cross of 80 mts. of height with panoramic elevators that allow to accede to the arms of the cross and to appreciate a panoramic view of the zone.
It also has butterfly, orchid, and natural trails.

Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Only on Saturdays after 6.00 pm remains the Restó and the monument building.
Groups consult by reservation.

Address: At 50 Kilometers from the city of Posadas

Email: consultas@parquedelacruz.tur.ar

Web: http://www.parquedelacruz.tur.ar/

Yacyretá Hydroelectric Dam

It traverses longitudinally the Paraná River, covering Argentine and Paraguayan territory, a few kilometers from the city of Ituzaingó. It started to operate in 1994, is built in reinforced concrete and has a length of 808 meters, has 20 turbines with an energy capacity of 19,080 GW / h.

Visitor Center :
It is open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in addition, they offer free guided tours service, at established times: 9:00 - 11:00 - 12:30 and 14:30 hours. Those interested in making the visits with delegations of students, retirees and special groups must agree on the walk in advance.

The walk includes the transfer to the Hydroelectric Dam, accompanied by guides, with a projection -previous to the visit- of a video of 15 minutes duration.

Documentation required to enter the Plant:

Argentine Residents: National Identity Document,
Foreign tourists: they must present the Passport. Residents of MERCOSUR countries can enter with their National Documents, it is not necessary the Passport
Minors must have their ID and Birth Certificate or Family Book if accompanied by both parents. Otherwise, they must have the proper authorization signed before public notary or corresponding judge.

Phone: +54 3786 421543 | +54 9 376 4830529

Email: rrppitu@eby.org.ar

Web: http://www.yacyreta.org.ar/index.php/central-hydroidro

River Club

The club comprises an estate of 57 hectares in front of the Paraná River. It is located towards the Southwest of the city of San Ignacio to 3500 mts. from downtown.
It has bars, restaurants, cinema and conference room, swimming pools, access to the beach and cabana complex among other services.

Address: Colonia Teyú Cuaré - San Ignacio

Phone: +54 376 4470700 | +54 376 4470400

Email: clubderio@gmail.com | Groups | events@clubderio.com.ar

Web: http://www.clubderio.com.ar/

Iberá Nature Reserve

It is located in the northeast of the Province of Corrientes, is a wetland (estuary system and lagoons) of more than 15,000 km2 with one of the highest biodiversity levels in the world. It is named after the Iberá Lagoon, a Guarani word meaning "water which shines or shines. " From Colonia Carlos Pellegrini you can access the interpretive center where you will find rangers and baqueanos of the area, in addition, there are other points of visit (Laguna Galarza and Luna) along the Route Pcial. n � 41 that surrounds the reserve.

Camping Balneario Municipal Playa del Sol

The campsite is surrounded by the exuberant missionary jungle and the beautiful landscapes it offers.
Beaches on the banks of the Paraná River, where it has electric light, supply, sanitary. Service of descent of boats.

Address: 4 Kilometers from the center of the City of San Ignacio

Phone: +54 376 4470009 | +54 9 376 4224571

Mburucuyá National Park

The Mburucuyá National Park covers some 17,600 hectares, protects an important system of approximately 111 lagoons, plus the Estero de Santa Lucía and an outstanding biodiversity of flora and fauna.

Address: It is located northwest of the Province of Corrientes, 11 kilometers from the town of Mburucuyá.

Teyú Cuaré Provincial Park

The park is a protected area of ??78 hectares where the flora and fauna of the area is preserved, the rocky outcrop of flint and sandstone that make up the Rock of Teyú Cuaré stands out. Its natural caves serve as refuge for numerous species of bats. It is a site of historical and cultural value that has inspired the writer Horacio Quiroga.
Its name carries with it a legend Mbya-Guarani and means the Cave of the Lizard.

Address: 70 kilometers from Posadas

Ituzaingó beaches

The beaches of Ituzaingó stretch for 15 km. of Parana River coast, where you can enjoy different spas there, with canteen service, grill-dining room, restrooms, parking lot, boat launch, beach volleyball courts, lifeguards, boat rides and aquatic bananas, umbrellas, jet skis, as well as musical shows.

House Museum of Horacio Quiroga

The old house where the Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga lived, works as a museum where belong to the writer.
It has an auditorium and functions as a cultural center, being used as an artistic, cultural and social space.
It is located 500 meters from the Arc of Access to the National Gendarmerie School.

Hours:
Monday to Sunday: 08:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Address: Horacio Quiroga S / N

Phone: +54 376 4470130

Carlos Pellegrini

At 297 km from Posadas, it is a Corrientes town, with streets of sand. Walking it gives the feeling of returning time ago.This locality is home to Esteros del Iberá, the second largest wetland in the world, covering between 15,000 and 25,000 km2, which develops a subtropical and tropical ecosystem of great diversity.

Address: Department of San Martin of the Province of Corrientes

Web: http://www.ibera.gov.ar/

Jesuit Mission of San Cosme and Damián

83 km from the city of Encarnación, Route No. 1, dates from 1760. These reductions were the main observatory of astronomy of South America. With the help of the natives, Father Buenaventura Suárez, a renowned astronomer of the time, built telescopes, quadrants, and a sundial. It is observed that the present people share the old Jesuit-Guaraní constructions.

Address: Paraguay, Department of Itapúa

Asunción

Asunción, The Very Noble and Loyal City of Our Lady Santa María de la Asunción is located 342 km from the city of Posadas. It is the capital of the Republic of Paraguay, cradle of the guaraní Hispanic mestizaje. Museums, old houses and mysterious streets, reveal events of the independence period in its historic and busy avenues.
Attractions:

Loma San Jerónimo neighborhood
House of Independence
Cemetery of La Recoleta
Cultural Center of La Recoleta
Costanera de Asunción
The Palace of Los López

Hotel Guaraní Splendor
Church of the Incarnation
Church of Holy Trinity
Apple Rivera
Mirador de Itá Pyta Punta
Museum of Sacred Art
Arpa Museum
National Pantheon of Heroes
Uruguayan Square
Port of Asuncion

Jesuit Mission of the Holy Trinity of Paraná

The Jesuit mission of Holy Trinity of Paraná is the best preserved Guaraní reduction of Paraguay and the most extensive.It was founded in June 1706, and in 1728 it had a population of 3,000 Guaraní Indians. It was rediscovered about two centuries after its abandonment, declaring itself Patrimony of the Humanity by Unesco in 1993. It has a Plaza Mayor and a Jesuit Museum located in the old vestry where you can appreciate sculptures and a model of the mission. This reduction has the largest temple built among all the Jesuit reductions, where the frieze of the musician angels stands out, which until the discovery of the musical scores in Moxos (Bolivia) constituted the only antecedent of the music in the Jesuit missions .

This town is the one that conserves in greater degree the structure of conformation of the town. Trinidad is under constant restoration and maintenance work.

Address: District of Trinidad, Itapúa, 28 kilometers northeast of Encarnación

El Dorado Aquatic and Ecological Park

This resort evokes the "Lost City of Eldorado", has swimming pools, fountains and jets of water, giant slides with fun descents and pools for the little ones. About National Route 6ta to 500 mts. access to the airport of Encarnación.

Hours: Monday to Monday from 10: 00hs. at 7:00 p.m.

Phone: +595 995 369148

Email: parqueacuaticoeldorado@gmail.com

Web: https://www.facebook.com/parque.acuatico.el.dorado/

Jesuit Mission of Jesus de Tavarang�é

The Guarani Jesuit mission is one of the reductions that are still preserved among many peoples founded by Jesuit missionaries in the framework of their colonizing task in South America in the seventeenth century. It was founded in 1685 on the banks of the river Monday by the Jesuit Geronimo Delfin, although the settlement had to be changed several times by the hostility of the Brazilians who attacked them and took them as slaves.
In this mission began to build one of the largest churches of the time, which had to be left unfinished by the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1768. The ruins of these religious missions reflect a way of life and education marked by a style singular. It was rediscovered almost two centuries later, declaring itself a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993.

Address: National Route 6ta, 38 kilometers from the City of Encarnación Paraguay, Department of Itapúa

Sambadrome of Incarnation

Located on the Av. Costanera Oeste. Since 2012, it is home to the Incarnation Carnivals. It has a capacity for 25,000 people.

Web: http://www.carnavalencarnaceno.com/

Jesuit Mission of Santa Ana

The Jesuitical reduction was founded in the year 1633. It conserves one of the most voluminous architectural vestiges and it was adapted notoriously to the undulations of the land.
The ruins of the reduction were declared Patrimony of the Humanity by the Unesco in the year 1984.

Address: 40 Kilometers from Posadas

San Jose Beach

San José is the main beach of Encarnación. It has a length of 700 meters, where there are numerous inns and bars where to eat and drink, their games for children and a variety of recreational activities for visitors of all ages. Water sports such as sailing and kayaking are always present. In addition, it is the site of two of the most important historical buildings of the city: the old San José mill and its silos, built in 1960.

Enabled from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Address: Av. Costanera Oeste and Av. República del Paraguay

Web: http://playasencarnacion.com.py/

Jesuit Mission Our Lady of Loreto

The Mission was founded in 1610. It was noted for being an important pilgrimage center, it possessed the first American printing press, an important library and for its specialization in the production of yerba mate. In the Jesuit complex stands out its temple and near the altar, the remains of Father Antonio Ruiz de Montoya.

Address: 50 Kilometers from Posadas

New Commercial Circuit

Created to replace the old downtown area of ??Encarnación. The new commercial premises have been located near the head of the International Bridge San Roque González de Santa Cruz, which links the city of Encarnación (Py) and Posadas (Arg.), Facilitating access to visitors and Argentine tourists interested in obtaining products imported.

San Ignacio Miní Jesuit Mission

The Mission presents an important center of interpretation, a museum and an original image and sound show revive what happened between the 17th and 18th centuries.
San Ignacio Miní is the best preserved Jesuit missions of the centuries in Argentine territory. Around a central square are distributed the church, the House of the Fathers, the cemetery, the houses and the cabildo. In the construction of San Ignacio was used the local stone, the red asperón, in great pieces.
The San Ignacio Miní Jesuit Reduction, together with those of Our Lady of Loreto, Santa Ana and Santa María la Mayor (located in Argentina) were declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1984.

Hours: Every day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Address: 60 Kilometers from Posadas

Phone: +54 376 4470186

Apostles

Apostles, National and International capital of Yerba Mate.
It houses the main establishments as "La Cachuera SRL", the oldest of them in the province in activity, where there is the Historical Museum named after its founder, "Juan Szychowski". There, the visitor will appreciate his work in a natural state, carefully preserved in its historical and ecological aspect.