Most visitors to Iguazú see the falls. Your clients will see everything else as well.

Thanks to a special permit granted to our specialist guides, the day begins well before the park opens to the general public: at 05:30 in summer and 06:30 in winter. Those early hours on the Macuco Trail are when the Atlantic jungle is at its most alive: light filtering through the canopy, the forest still cool, and bird activity at its peak. This is not a backdrop for a walk, it is the main event.

After the morning on the Macuco Trail, guests have lunch at one of several options within the Falls Area before spending the afternoon on the waterfall circuits, where the sheer scale of Iguazú delivers its full effect.

The day saves one more surprise for last. Our guides hold permission to remain on the upper circuit after it closes to other visitors. As the afternoon fades, toucans move through the trees, flocks of White-eyed Parakeets sweep toward their roosts on the islands of the upper Iguazú River, and hundreds of Great Dusky Swifts gather before plunging behind the walls of the falls themselves.

In winter months, when the swifts disappear during midday hours, this late-afternoon spectacle becomes particularly rare and worth every minute of the wait.

A full day. A completely different Iguazú.

Accomodations: Where the Day Ends as Well as It Began