Zekeseven Travel Agency

ITINERARY - IGUAZU ADVENTURE +
FOLLOWING THE TRACKS OF THE JAGUAR
The American Jaguar, also known as Yaguareté (Leo Onca) is the bigger predator of the Jungle Paranaense; his presence means that the area still possesses a high degree of conservation. It was hunted for its fur or simply out of fear for many years until the Government declared the site a “Protected Natural Monument “ banning yaguareté (jaguar) hunting. Today the Jaguar lives in the Parks and Reservations that cover 15,4 % of the provincial surface. Zekeseven proposes to visit and cross the home areas of the Jaguar, following its tracks in the jungle guided by an old hunter who is today a naturalist.

Departures	Duration	Season
Private departures all the year	11 Days 10 Nights	All the year. Best periods from September to December and from March to June.

Groups	Prices (2 p base)	Physical and technical level
Private. From 2 to 12 people.	- With Services Buenos Aires and Domestic air fares: from 1690 US$	Intermediate. No special technical level is required.

ITINERARY

Day 1: (1 N 4-star hotel)
Morning arrival at Buenos Aires. Transfer to your hotel. Option: City tour and Tango show

Day 2(1 N De La Fonte Boutique) (B)
Early morning, flight to Iguazú, in the province of Misiones. Our staff will pick you up at the airport and drive you to the De La Fonte boutique Hotel, perfectly located outside of Puerto Iguazu center. Free afternoon. The semicircular Iguazú waterfall is some 80 mts high and 2,700 mts D and is situated on a basaltic line spanning the border between Argentina and Brazil. Formed by many cascades producing vast sprays of water, it is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The surrounding subtropical rainforest has over 2,000 species of vascular plants and homes tapirs, giant anteaters, howler monkeys, ocelots, jaguars and caymans.

Day 3 (1 N De La Fonte Boutique) (B)
After breakfast, a full day enjoying the waterfalls. Experience the excursion "Great Adventure'': The great adventure is to let the Iguazú waterfalls get under your skin, bewitching your very soul. This ride is a perfect mingle of water and jungle, it starts taking you deep into the Garganta del Diablo canyon (The Devil´s Throat Canyon) in a motorboat steered by experts in the area, allowing you to experience the majestic falls. Then we sail 9 km down the Iguazú river, the way the Spanish Conquerors followed, to end up in Macuco Harbor. Now this is the very beginning of an unforgettable adventure: we will drive you 12 Km into the jungle, the “Selva Misionera” of the Iguazú National Park. 4WD vehicles are adequate for these jungle roads. After an unbelievable 1 hour tour, the great adventure ends at the Viejo Hotel (Old Hotel) parking lot, where the journey began.

Day 4 (1 N De La Fonte Boutique) (B)
Visit of the waterfalls of the Brazilean side.

Day 5 (1 N Yacutinga) (B, Lunch, Dinner)
Free morning. At approximately 2 pm, you will catch the Transfer to Puesto de Tigre, to reach Yacutinga Lodge in the midst of the jungle. That will be a 45 Km ride through the park on 4WDs. Your guide will show you the different flora and fauna species. Then we will sail for about 45´ on the calm Iguazú Superior River, up to the Yacutinga post.
The premises of the lodge, built with local materials such as stone and large logs from fallen trees, harmonize perfectly with the natural environment. Only 4 hectares out of the 570-hectare area of the natural reserve have been used to set up the complex.
You will be astonished at the amazing plant strata climbing up to the tree tops and the profuse vines of different types and sizes, creating an entwined frame for uncountable epiphytes. The free space between the different vegetation layers homes colorful birds like toucans, black fronted piping guans, trogons and woodpeckers.
With wildlife at full glow, extravagant colors, shades and dimensions, immensely rich flora and fauna of species… the jungle is utterly impossible to describe. Accommodation at the lodge, reception, Dinner.

Day 6 (1 N Yacuntinga) (Full Board)
During the morning we will go on sailing on Riacho San Francisco: animal-lovers, get your cameras ready! A great opportunity to watch and photograph fauna. Duration: 3hs. Return to the lodge. Lunch.
You will have the whole afternoon free to enjoy all the activities the lodge offers (swimming-pool, sightseeing, tours around the forest…)
Return to the lodge. Dinner.
After dinner, a wonderful night excursion: “La Selva de Noche” (The Jungle at Night)

Day 7
Transfer from Puerto Iguazú. Visit to the Refuge Timbó Gigante, an protected gigantic tree. Lunch at “Stay of the High Parana”. We visit a Colonist who has a very particular way of preserving captured Yaguareté. Lodging in a Refuge near the 92.000-hectares Provincial Park Urugua-í.

Day 8
After breakfast, we enter the Jungle with the help of Albino Mackowiak, a former Yaguareté hunter. We search for and follow the tracks of the magnificent feline. Return to the Refuge and dinner.

Day 9
Breakfast. Trekking in the Provincial Park Urugua-I accompanied by Park Guards. Lunch, check out and transfer to Posadas.
Lodging at hotel or estancia.

Day 10
Transfer to the airport and flight to Buenos Aires. Our staff will drive you to the hotel. Free evening.

Day 11
Transfer to airport. End of services.


BOOKING
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