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How to get to the Iberá Wetlands

You do not arrive at a single place in the Iberá: you enter through one of its portals, each on a different side of the wetlands. The first step is choosing which one, and then looking at the last stretch, which is what shapes the trip.

Not sure which portal to enter by?

The app suggests two based on where you are coming from and what you want to see, and tells you why.

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Where are you coming from

From Buenos Aires

By coach, from Retiro to Mercedes, and from there to Colonia Carlos Pellegrini on IberáBus or with a transfer (120 km, about 3 hours). By plane, to Corrientes or Posadas, and from the airport a private transfer to the portal. By car, you go in through Mercedes towards Pellegrini and Uguay, or from the Ituzaingó side towards Cambyretá and Galarza.

See: Laguna Iberá · Uguay · Cambyretá · Galarza

From Corrientes city

It has an airport and is the gateway to the western and northern portals: San Nicolás, Mburucuyá, Río Corriente and Carambola are between 165 and 190 km away. Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, on the other hand, is 360 km away.

See: San Nicolás · Mburucuyá · Río Corriente · Carambola · Laguna Iberá

From Posadas or Iguazú

Posadas has an airport and is 120 km from Portal Galarza. From Iguazú you head down RN 12, which passes Ituzaingó and, just after, the turnoff to Portal Cambyretá.

See: Galarza · Cambyretá

From Mercedes

It is the base town on the southern side: 120 km to Colonia Carlos Pellegrini on RP 40 (about 50 paved and 70 of gravel), 82 km to Uguay and 67 km to Río Corriente. It has taxis, transfers and the IberáBus departure.

See: Laguna Iberá · Uguay · Río Corriente

Portal by portal

The access to each portal, as the app describes it, and who can take you.

Portal Laguna Iberá

Gravel
Town: Carlos Pellegrini

Located in the picturesque village of Carlos Pellegrini, within the General San Martín Department. 120 km from Mercedes (about 50 km paved and 70 km of gravel) and 360 km from the Corrientes capital.

Access: From Mercedes (120 km): partly paved, partly gravel to Colonia Carlos Pellegrini.
Transfers in the app: Transporte 2 De Abril · Guayrá Turismo Alternativo · Traslados Don Prion · Mbareté Viajes · Traslados Beto Sánchez · Capybara - Daniel Aguirre and 9 more See all transfers →
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Portal Uguay

Gravel
Town: Uguay

82 km from Mercedes and 32 km from Colonia Carlos Pellegrini via RP40.

Access: From Mercedes (82 km) via RP 40. From Carlos Pellegrini (32 km) via RP 40 (the nearest hub with the most lodging options).
The app has no transfers based here yet: ask your place to stay, they usually sort it out.
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Portal Río Corriente

Gravel
Town: Chavarría

180 km from Corrientes via RN12 and RN123; 67 km from Mercedes via RN123.

Access: From Corrientes capital (180 km): RN 12 + RN 123. From Mercedes (67 km): RN 123. Chavarría is 6 km from the portal.
The app has no transfers based here yet: ask your place to stay, they usually sort it out.
Printable guideRoad conditions

Portal Capivari

Gravel
Town: Capivarí
The app has no transfers based here yet: ask your place to stay, they usually sort it out.
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Portal Carambola

Dirt or sand
Town: Cnia. Yaguareté Corá

190 km from Corrientes via RN12, RN118 and RP6 to Concepción de Yaguareté Corá. From Concepción, 27 km of gravel and dirt road.

Access: From Corrientes (190 km): RN 12 + RN 118 + RP 6 to Concepción del Yaguareté Corá (paved). Then 27 km of gravel to the portal.
The app has no transfers based here yet: ask your place to stay, they usually sort it out.
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P.N. Mburucuyá

Dirt or sand
Town: Mburucuyá
Access: From Corrientes capital, about 175 km to the park: RN 12 and RN 118 to Saladas, RP 13 to Mburucuyá (all paved) and the last 25 km on RP 6 and RP 86, gravel and sand, to the Visitor Center.
Transfers in the app: Empresa Silvia - Boletería Mburucuyá · Minibus La Bomba · Cacho Benítez - Remis · Alarcón - Remis · El Profe - Remis · El Minuto - Remis and 11 more See all transfers →
Printable guideRoad conditions

Portal San Nicolás

Dirt or sand
Town: San Miguel

166 km from Corrientes via RP5 and RN118 to the town of San Miguel, then 27 km of sand and dirt road to the portal. High-clearance vehicles are recommended.

Access: High-clearance vehicle recommended. In the rain, 4×4 traction.
Transfers in the app: Carpincho Tour - Traslados
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Portal San Antonio

Easy access
Town: Loreto
Access: Any vehicle can make it. It is the most accessible portal in the Gran Parque Iberá.
The app has no transfers based here yet: ask your place to stay, they usually sort it out.
Printable guideRoad conditions

Portal Cambyretá

Dirt or sand
Town: Ituzaingó

To the north of the Esteros del Iberá: from Ituzaingó it is 15 km along RN 12 to the turn-off and then 29 km of gravel to the portal.

Access: The road to the portal leaves RN 12 at km 1242, 15 km from Ituzaingó and 8 km from Villa Olivari; then it is 29 km of gravel and packed dirt. An ideal stop on the Litoral corridor.
Transfers in the app: Rodolfo García - Remis · Julio Toledo - Remis · Rafael Flores - Remis · Hugo Sena - Remis · Ojeda Cancio - Remis y carga See all transfers →
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Portal Galarza

Gravel
Town: Galarza

318 km from Corrientes, 120 km from Posadas, 100 km from Ituzaingó via RN12, 125 km from Santo Tomé via RN14 and 80 km from Virasoro via RP37. The portal is on the gravel RP41, in the Galarza settlement.

Access: Gravel RP 41. Distances: Corrientes 318 km · Ituzaingó 100 km · Posadas 120 km · Santo Tomé 125 km · Virasoro 80 km.
The app has no transfers based here yet: ask your place to stay, they usually sort it out.
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Mercedes, the southern base town

Transfers to Colonia Carlos Pellegrini and the southern portals leave from Mercedes. IberáBus links Mercedes and Pellegrini on some days of the week: schedules change, check them on its listing.

Transfers in the app: IberáBus · Edmundo Sandoval - Remis · Daiana Cabrera - Remis · Full Trans - Transporte · Remisería El Capibara · Remisería Tuky
Mercedes guide
Before you set out. Gravel and dirt roads change with the rain. Road conditions shows how much it rained this week over each portal, and Practical info has the advance notices, park hours and services at each one.

Download your trip before you set out

In much of the Esteros there is no signal: the app saves the map, the listings and the phone numbers to use them offline.

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