Originally Posted by
discoverCSG
Thanks for mentioning Encarnacion. That's a bit out of my way for this trip, but is there anything else along those lines (in any country) closer to Ciudad del Este/Iguazu Falls? Or in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo, for that matter?
There are actually several companies running trips from Iguazu Falls to the San Ignacio ruins, on the Argentina side of the Parana river. I actually stayed a night in San Ignacio (I flew into Posadas) so was there before most of the tours show up, but it is a site worth seeing. I had looked at those trips (which also stop at a sapphire mine), but I wanted to see the ruins in Paraguay more, so I just did things on my own, via public transit (and one taxi ride in Paraguay).