Puerto Iguazú Travel Forum

I will be leaving for Asuncion in a couple of weeks and would really like to visit Iguazu. However I am on a tight budget and would like to avoid paying the $100 for a Brazilian visa. Is there a way to avoid it? Thanks for your help.

i was there in 1998 and I crossed the frontier in both directions. It seems that the Brasilian officers are only interested in checking the duty free goods the people are carrying along (from Ciudad del Este to Foz do Iguazu). The sidewalks on the frontier bridge are strictly one-way traffic in order to prevent that those who are transporting their purchases from Paraguay to Brazil have troubles meeting the pedestrians coming from Brazil. You will see how this works when you are there. But there are frequent buses connecting both cities ass well.

What is your nationality? I never heard that a Brazilian visa is that expensive (I do not need any because I am Austrian and the same is valid for all Europeans). What the Brazilians sometimes want to see is your International vaccination certificate to check whether you have a valid vaccination against Yellow Fever - when coming to Brazil from a less civilized neighbouring country where they suspect that Yellow Fever is endemic - or even generally when they suspect you being citgizebn of a less civilized (tropical) country.

I have friends that have crossed from Iguazu without a Visa to visit the waterfalls on the Brasilian side without a problem and other friends that were turned back because they did not have a Visa. Not certain of the problems you might or might not face coming from Paraguay. You did not mention how you would be traveling but I would imagine if you are on a bus going directly to the Argentine side then you might get by without a problem. Just need to ask yourself is the chance of being turned back worth saving the money?
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Otherwise just visit the Brasilian side of the falls.

Thanks for all of the help :)