Ciudad Del Este Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The bus terminal is about 2km south of the center on Av Bernardino Caballero. City buses (US40¢) with ‘Terminal’ signs run to and from all day, including along Av Monseñor Rodríguez to immigration and Foz de Iguazú.

Taxi fares are about US$2.70 from the bus terminal to downtown. There are frequent buses to Asunción (US$7 to US$10, five hours), Encarnación (US$6.20 to US$7.10, five hours) and Concepción (US$12.30, 9 hours); less frequently to Pedro Juan Caballero (US$12.30, 7½ to nine hours) in the north. Daily buses run to São Paulo, Brazil (US$32 to US$44, 14 hours); and Buenos Aires, Argentina (US$37, 20 hours).

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Air

The airport is 30km west of town on Ruta 2. TAM (506030; cnr Curupayty & Ayala) flies between Ciudad del Este and Asunción three times daily.

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