|  | Alluring.... One of the most important tourist sights in Brazil, the Cataracts of Iguassu are formed by 275 separate waterfalls, ranging in height from 40 metres to more than 100 metres, in the shape of a horseshoe measuring 950 metres on the frontier with Argentina.
Of the total area of Iguassu National Park, 185,000 hectares are on the Brazilian side and 55,000 hectares in Argentina.
The subtropical forests of the Park shelter around 1,100 species of birds, as well as various kinds of mammals, such as deer, capibara etc. |