La Aldea de la Selva Lodge

Tucked away in the lush Reserva Selva Iryapu – a patch of protected rainforest on the edge of Argentina’s Puerto Iguazu town – this little lodge has a magical in-the-jungle-feel with boutique hotel comforts and an accessible price.

Rooms sit in hardwood and brick cabins linked by boardwalks over the rainforest floor. They look particularly beautiful at night – mood lit against the dark of the trees, and are offset by the nocturnal music of tree frogs and nightjars. The hotel has a large swimming pool and a  decent restaurant.

Puerto Iguazu town – with its smattering of restaurants and bars – is less than a kilometre away, yet this hotel feels like it’s in the middle of remote rainforest. Coatimundis, monkeys and myriad colourful forest birds, some of them rare or endangered flit through the trees beside the pool and the intimate villa rooms are hidden in dense forest foliage.