Editing Iguazu Falls (section)

==Access==
[[File:Parque Nacional do Iguaçú - Iguaçu National Park - Bilheterias - Ticket toll (13932942577).jpg|thumb|[[Box office|Ticket office]] – [[Iguaçu National Park]], Brazil|200x200px]]
The falls may be reached from two main towns, with one on either side of the falls: Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil and Puerto Iguazú in Argentina, as well as from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, on the other side of the Paraná River from Foz do Iguaçu, each of those three cities having commercial airports. The falls are shared by the [[Iguazú National Park]] (Argentina) and [[Iguaçu National Park]] (Brazil). The two parks were designated [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]s in 1984 and 1986, respectively.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/303|title=Iguazu National Park| publisher= UNESCO World Heritage Centre |work= unesco.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/355|title=Iguaçu National Park| publisher= UNESCO World Heritage Centre|work=unesco.org}}</ref>

The first proposal for a Brazilian national park aimed at providing a pristine environment to "future generations", just as "it had been created by God" and endowed with "all possible preservation, from the beautiful to the sublime, from the picturesque to the awesome" and "an unmatched flora" located in the "magnificent Iguaçu waterfalls". These were the words used by [[André Rebouças]], an engineer, in his book ''Provinces of Paraná, Railways to Mato Grosso and Bolivia'', which started up the campaign aimed at preserving the Iguaçu Falls in 1876. At this time, [[Yellowstone National Park]] in the US, the first national park in the world, was four years old.

On the Brazilian side, a walkway along the canyon has an extension to the lower base of Devil's Throat. Helicopter rides offering aerial views of the falls have been available from Brazil, but Argentina has prohibited such helicopter tours because of the adverse environmental impact on the flora and fauna of the falls.{{cn|date=September 2024}} From Foz do Iguaçu airport, the park may be reached by taking a taxi or bus to the entrance of the park. Their park has an entrance fee on both sides. Once inside, free and frequent buses are provided to various points within the park. The town of Foz do Iguaçu is about {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} away, and the airport is between the park and the town.

The Argentine access, across the forest, is by a [[Rainforest Ecological Train]] very similar to the one in [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-15|title=Meet The Ecological Jungle Train Iguazu Falls|url=https://sayhueque.com/blog/article/ride-the-iguazu-ecological-jungle-train/|access-date=2021-12-21|website=Say Hueque|language=en-US}}</ref> The train brings visitors to the entrance of Devil's Throat, as well as the upper and lower trails. The ''Paseo Garganta del Diablo'' is a {{convert|1|km|mi|adj=mid|-long|1|abbr=on}} trail that brings visitors directly over the falls of Devil's Throat, the highest and deepest of the falls. Other walkways allow access to the elongated stretch of falls across the forest on the Argentine side and to the boats that connect to San Martin Island. Also on the Argentine side, inflatable boat services take visitors very close to the falls.

The Brazilian transportation system aims at allowing an increase in the number of visitors, while reducing the adverse environmental impact, through an increase in the average number of passengers per vehicle inside the park.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} The new transportation system has a 72-passenger capacity and panoramic-view, double-deck buses.

{{wide image|Iguazu Décembre 2007 - Panorama 7.jpg|800px|align-cap=center|A walkway allows a panoramic view of the falls from the Brazilian side.}}