Awasi Iguazu

Tucked away on the jungle-lined Yriapu road and a few hundred metres from the Iguacu River, Awasi is surrounded by wildlife-rich rainforest and feels like it’s lost in the Amazon. Yet the restaurants and shops of ramshackle Puerto Iguazu town are less than a ten-minute drive away.

There are no Falls views, but the setting is nonetheless magnificent. Lavish villas sit in wild rainforest that abutts the national park. Rooms are jungle lodge meets boutique luxurious. You stay in high-thread-count comfort while feeling like you’re in the heart of the wild. Wall-high windows watch over a forest busy with hummingbirds and monkeys. Guests sleep to a chorus of tree frogs and cicadas and wake to the call of tropical birds.

Guides available through the hotel organise wildlife walks, all manner of excursions and trips to Iguazu itself. A true rainforest retreat, the only drawback – it’s a 20-minute drive from the Falls.