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ECOTOURISM: IGUAZU
YACUTINGA ECO-LODGE

Yacutinga Lodge & Wildlife Nature Reserve is located relatively close to the waterfalls.It offers the opportunity to complete the visit to Iguazú by developing activities related to the environment which lead you to discover the mysteries of the Selva Misionera, escorted by experts. Yacutinga Lodge is the only eco-tourist project in Argentina. It is a hotel with a characteristic architecture keeping harmony with the surroundings. It is encircled by the National Parks (Argentina & Brazil) and the Uruguai Provincial Park, preserving 560 hectares of Selva Misionera with an important population of menacing species in danger of extinction. These 560 hectares of rainforest were declared Private Natural Reserve and form part of the tripartite project called “green corridor”. The hotel offers 40 highly comfortable rooms with private bathroom, a restaurant that serves typical food, bar and swimming pool, to enjoy nature in the maximum of comfort. The area of the Private Reserve preserves an important biodiversity wealth, totally far away from crowds. You can benefit from open air activities, all of them with high eco-tourist content: sailing down streams along dense forests, bird watching and fauna sightseeing in general, and organized walkings along thematic paths guided by experts. Representour offers two and three-night all-inclusive packages, as well as longer stays for groups with a particular interest. Services include round trip transfer to the meeting point (in the vicinity of the international airport), sailing the Rio Iguazú, sailinging streams, seven different thematic paths, specialized escorts, accommodation and hotel services of international category; the whole thing in a relaxed atmosphere –almost magic- immersed in a spectacular nature. The rooms are spread around the rainforest near the main building, where the restaurant, bar and reception stand. Many of the products used in the cooking, are taken from our own vegetable garden , in an attempt to reach self-sufficiency.

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EL DORADO

It is one of the most sought sports species, indigenous to South America and mainly from the Paraná basin, place where it abounds. It is famous not only for its extraordinary shape, but also for the resistance it offers to fishermen. It belongs to the “salmonidae” family and it represents the caracinidos order. Its habitat is the entire paranoplatense basin, i.e., the one formed by the Paraná River and its tributaries, and the De la Plata River up to the place where its waters continue to be fresh, before it mingles with the salt waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Catching it is possible at any place in the paranoplatense basin, prevailing in the Province of Corrientes. Aggressive fish, endowed with great energy and force, very acrobatic gold-coloured, its mouth with sharp teeth. There are two species, not too different one from the other, both with same characteristics. These fishes, of template waters, can be caught all the year round. It includes fishing in all its forms: fishing with a bait to fishing with a fly. Its shape varies according to the environment, it can reach the 25 kg. in the Alto Paraná region.

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