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　 　Iguazu Falls, Argentina The Iguazu Falls in Argentina have an access with a Visitor Center where tickets are sold at about USD10. The ticket includes two train and a boat ride that crosses over to the San Martin Island. To get to the main gate, there is a bus service running every 45 minutes from different points of Puerto Iguazu: downtown, Hito Tres Fronteras Iguazu Falls in Brazil The Iguazu Falls National Park - Brazilian side - starts also at the Visitor Center, located 20 km from Foz do Iguazu. Admission is USD 4 per person and includes the bus to the Falls and access to all the trails. In the main building there are toilets, gift shops, crafts, ATMs and temporary exhibits. (main area of Puerto Iguazu hotels), the Bus Station and Ruta 12. The bus is about USD1 per person each way. Upon seeing Iguazu, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Reportedly exclaimed "Poor Niagara!" Vastly larger than North America's Niagara Falls, Iguazu is rivaled only by Southern Africa's Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Garganta del Diablo or Devil‘s Throat ? ? a U-shaped 150-metre-wide and 700-metre-long (490 by 2300 feet) cliff, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Most of the falls are within Argentine territory, but from the Brazilian side a more panoramic view of the Garganta del Diablo is obtained.