Does anyone know the approximate distance from the town center of Foz de Iguaçu to the actual Iguaçu Falls ?

Is it within walking distance? or some sort of transportation is necessary to get there from town?

thanks.

About 20 km (if I recall right). Not a walkable distance.
The last part is a beautiful park with tropical birds. I drove to the falls with my car at the time ('80), but I read that private cars are banned from the park, so there will be bus transport for sure.

PJ

There are 2 sides to the falls. The Brazilian and the Argentinian. Both are beautiful and quite different, so you should vist both. It's not walking distance, and ypu need your pasport to cross the border.

If I'm in Brazil and crossing the Argentinian Border to see the falls only, do I still need a visa?

I don't know about visa, depends on where you are from (or actualy where was your pasport issued), but you sure have to have your pasport with you. Tfhere is no way they can confine you to the falls. Once you crossed the border, you can go anywhere in Argentina. So if you need a visa to visit argentina, it make sense you need it here as well

The Falls are not within walking distance so you need transportation. There are plenty of shuttle companies that offer this service daily. You don't need a visa to cross the border into Argentina, just your passport. If you plan to visit Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, which is just across the bridge from Foz, you don't need a visa as there is no control there even though americans need a visa to get into Paraguay.

^^^ this is good news. I'm from the Philippines (but living in the US) and don't need a visa to enter Brazil.

I plan to see Iguassu from the Argentinian for a day.

Thanks.

I've crossed into both Argentina and Paraguay without a visa:

+ I went into Argentina (for the falls and the International Hotel fr lunch by private car. At the immigration station, only my driver was asked for identification.

+ I went into Paraguay (Ciudad del Este) by bus. It didn't even stop at immigration, but continued on for half a mile. I walked back to immigration and asked if the agent wanted to see my passport. He asked if I was going further than C-de-E. When I said "No," he said he didn't need to see my passport. (The driver of my private car had refused to take me into C-de-E. "They steal cars over there," he explaind.)

Private cars are NOT banned in the Brazilian park. Many guests at the Hotel des Cataratas drive in.

There's a great stop just before the entrance to the park. It's Parque des Aves. It has one of the world's great collections of birds -- from hyacinth macaws to emus. (And an enormous, walk-in cage with tens of thousands of gorgeous butterflies.)

The town, Foz do Iguacu, is seedy. Hotel des Cataratas is splendid.

Aside from taxis and private cars, one can get between town and park (and the hotel) on a tram-type bus -- one with wooden seats -- that runs hourly.