The Foz do Iguaçu International Bus Terminal: buses into and out of the Iguassu Falls Foz do Iguaçu Area

Foz do Iguaçu International Bus Terminal (Rodoviária)'s photo has been taken from their site (link below)

The Foz do Iguaçu International Bus Terminal serves over 130 destinations throughout Brazil and into Argentina and Paraguay. Buses leaving Foz do Iguaçu travel to major cities like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Curitiba but also to far way capitals of Northeastern states like Maceió (Alagoas State), Aracaju (Sergipe), Salvador (Bahia) and Recife (Pernambuco) and hundreds of cities in between. Foz do Iguaçu's ties with North Brazil is also expressive. There are bus lines leaving Foz as the city is lovingly (and not so lovingly) called or reffered to, heading for Campo Grande (gateway to the South Pantanal), Cuiabá (doorway to the Northern Pantanal) as well as the Chapada Guimarães Plateau Area and locations in the Amazonian state of Pará. Lines to central Brazil are also plentiful: Brasilia and Goiania are at the top of the list.

Buses travelling South will include those going to the State of Rio Grande do Sul, mainly to Porto Alegre but serving different destinations between the two cities. If you are heading for Porto Alegre try the as-direct-as-possible UNESUL Bus (link below). Curitiba the capital of Paraná the State where Iguassu Falls are is served by a company called Catarinense - there are several buses a day, mainly, at night.

Here is list of link to bus companies presently operating in and out of FOZ:
Cattani Sul (PR)
Princesa dos Campos (PR,SP)
Catarinense Curitiba, SC
Gontijo (MG)
Expresso Maringá (PR,SP)
Reunidas (SC)
Viação Medianeira(MS,MT,PA)
São Geraldo (AL,PE,SE)
Nova Integração / Eucatur TO,RO,AC
Itapemirim PE,BA
Pluma (SP,RJ,SC,PY,ARG)
Nacional Expresso (DF,BSB)
Helios (SC,RS,)
Unesul (SC,RS - Unica ligação c/ P.Alegre)
Eucatur Amazônia
Viação Garcia (SP)
Expresso Kaiowa (SP,RJ,MG)
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (ASU)
Crucero del Norte BUE,
Rapido Yguazu S.A. (RYSA) (ASU)

Services at the Rodoviaria (Bus terminal). Here is the official site of the Rodoviária Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu International Bus Terminal

Snack bar /restaurant
bathrooms (R$ 50¢)
Shower (R$ 6.00)
Locker (R$ 2.00 per bag)
Bus into town (R$ 2.10)
Magazine Shop (Mostly Portuguese, newsweek etc, nothing Spanish)
Internet ( )
Telephone, fax booth
Bus ticket sales outlets (15 give and take)
Travel Agency (1)*
Exhibit room (1)
City Guard
Tourist Info (Official)

* The EcoFoz Turismo Travel Agency at the Bus Terminal sells tickets to those desiring to go further into Argentina mainly to Corrientes, Resistencia,Santiago del estero, Tucumán, Salta, Córdoba, Santa Fé, Rosario and Buenos Aires Terminal (Retiro) with the FlechaBus (ArrowBus) company.


Warning!

All buses leaving Foz do Iguaçu are subject to be invited to go first to the Receita Federal (Federal Revenue Services) for inspection. Don't worry if you are clean (no drugs, please). The FRS is after smugglers - mostly Brazilians buying things in Paraguay to sell back in Brazil. There have been a considerable increase in the number of people arrested with drugs of all types, weapons and ammunitions.

Bus to Paraguayan border cities from Foz do Iguaçu

BUS TO PARAGUAY

Three Paraguayan cities are served by the International Urban Transportation system: Ciudad del Este, Hernandárias and Ciudad Presidente Franco. The companies involved are Celeste and Irmãos Rafagnin from Foz do Iguaçu, Rápido Yguazu S.A. (RYSA) and Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (NSA),Chaco Boreal and Trans Paranaense (From Paraguay).

The first four travel between Foz do Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este (CDE) and basically cross the downtown area of both cities including the business/shopping area.

The Ciudad del Este – Foz do Iguaçu - Ciudad del Este line offers two different routes. The first links the CDE’s International Bus Terminal to the Foz do Iguaçu International Bus Terminal. The second links the CDE’s Bus Terminal to the Vila Iolanda area of Foz do Iguaçu near the Restaurant China, Churrascaria Rafain and the like.

Chaco Boreal only goes to Hernadarias (the seat of Itaipu Dam, Paraguayan side) and the Trans Paranaense goes to Ciudad President Manuel Franco. Franco for short, is where the Monday Falls are located. Besides it houses the Moisés Bertoni Scientific Monument (a category in the Paraguayan National Park System). The Paraguayan Three-Border Stone Mark is also located here. Few tourists or no tourists at all visit Franco. So do not expect much in the way of comfort. Also, it is good to remember not to go alone to the Monday Falls or the Paraguayan Three-Border Stone Mark.

On the Brazilian side, bus stops for these lines are found along Avenidas Cataratas, Costa e Silva, República Argentina, Jorge Schimmelpfeng (Avenues), Rua Almirante Barroso and JK near the TTU), on the sidewalk of the 34th BI MTZ and the Rodoviária.

The International Bus Terminal of Ciudad del Este offers buses to the whole of Paraguay, as well Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. More on this later.