Road Trip Driving Route March 2024 Argentina & Paraguay

We began the month in Cafayate, Salta Province, Argentina and ended it in Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina. In total, we drove 1,719 miles (2,766 km) during March 2024. Here are highlights from our March 2024 road trip in Argentina, Brazil (unofficially to visit Iguazu Falls on that side) & Paraguay.

We started in Cafayate, a wine region in the Andes in Northern Argentina. From there we made a run from the western edge of Argentina, across to the Northeastern corner of the country because we had to get some parts delivered to Paraguay since it is impossible to import these car parts into Argentina. Along the way, we stopped at Campo del Cielo, an area where two of the three largest meteors ever encountered, along with thousands of smaller fragments were found. While waiting for the parts to arrive we had some time to fill so we visited the famous Iguazú Falls for the first time, both from the Argentina side and Brazilian side...with a brief unofficial crossing into Brazil.

We then crossed into Paraguay, our first new country in more than 7 years. Additionally, this crossing, our 96th was the first one we made via ferry. This border known as the Triple Frontier is where Argentina and Brazil (separated by the Iguazú River), meet Paraguay (separated by the Paraná River). In Paraguay we visited Ciudad del Este where we picked up our new few rails and thermostats for our truck, then the capital of Asunción, and finally Encarnacion in the south where we visited some of the ruins of the Guarani Jesuit Missions, If you would like to see Hollywood version of this story you can watch The Mission (    • The Mission   ), a 1986 film staring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, and Liam Neeson.

We ended the month of March 2024 crossing the border back into Argentina and spending Semana Santa in Posadas, the capital of Misiones Province.

March 2024 driving route in Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay
Cafayate, Salta Province, Argentina
-- Tafi de Valle, Tucuman Province
-- Campo de Cielo meteorite field , Chaco Province
-- Puerto Iguazu, Missiones Province
(Unofficial) Border crossing into Brazil to see that side of Iguazu Falls, 2 times
BORDER: Tres Fronteras Ferry, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina -- Paraguay
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
-- Ascuncion
-- Encarnacion -Jesuit Missions
BORDER: Encarnacion, Paraguay -- Posadas, Argentina
Posadas, Missiones Province, Argentina

00:00 Intro
00:12 Cafayate, Salta Prov., Argentina - Tafi del Valle, Tucuman Prov.
02:12 Tafi del Valle, Tucuman Prov. - Campo del Cielo - Sáenz Peña, Chaco Prov.
06:48 Sáenz Peña, Chaco Prov. - Corrientes, Corrientes Prov.
08:06 Corrientes, Corrientes Prov. - San Ignacio, Misiones Prov.
10:29 San Ignacio, Misiones Prov. - Puerto Iguazú, Misiones Prov.
12:36 We hit 200,000 miles on the truck!
13:42 Puerto Iguazú, Argentina -- Triple Frontier Int'l. Ferry - Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
15:18 Ciudad del Este, Paraguay - Ñacunday Nat'l Park - Ciudad del Este
16:15 Ciudad del Este - Asunción
19:07 Asunción - Yaguarón - Santa María
21:01 Santa María - San Ignacio - San Cosme y Damián - Encarnación
22:48 Encarnación - Jesuit Mission Ruins of Jesús de Tavarangüe & Trinadad - Encarnación

For more about our South American road trip, see our full post about our adventures in Argentina and Paraguay in March 2024 https://trans-americas.com/march-2024...

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