If you're interested in engineering then you'll love this tour. The dam is quite a marvel, and the technical tour that goes inside and visits the turbines and control room is well worth it.
Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, Foz do Iguacu
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Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant
Avenida Tancredo Neves, 6702, Foz do Iguacu, State of Parana, Brazil
0800 645 4645
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Ranked #6 of 27 attractions in Foz do Iguacu
Type: Dams
Description: This massive hydroelectric dam, the world's largest, supplies 90% of Paraguay's energy and 25% of Brazil's.
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The lights show at 8pm on the weekends takes about one hour with the bus ride. You can't see much on the bus and the light show is only a few minutes long and very anticlimactic. It takes forever to get to the dam if you don't have a rental car and take the bus. For R14 it wasn't worth...
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After hearing that until recently (Chinese newest dam) this was the world'd biggest man made power plant, watching the introductory video and then going for a bus tour around, I left highly impressed. The area the plant is on is huge but I especially liked the fact that people responsible for it are trying to do a lot for the...
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as far as we understood this isone of the biggest hydroelectric power plant. it was quite interesting visiting it. recomended if you have some free days in iguazu area
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This very well guided tour will give you a complete vision of what is being made to reduce de impact of the dam and is an example for the other dams in the worls, specially the fish "scale" that runs over 10 km and is as far the only way to allow fish to go up the river for reproduction....
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I was interested to see the dam that promises to help industry in Paraguay and Brazil. You briefly tour in Paraguay. The construction is new and both country's are very excited about it.
I reduce the review by a star because the movie shown before the bus tour to the dam is only in Portuguese with no subtitles for speakers...
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This hydro plant is so huge and the power supply generated by the supply of water stored in the Lake is so large it is unreal and unbelievable to comprehend.
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The dam is very interesting and takes about 2 hours to see all of it with the tour and movie about how it was built. The facts and figures about the water in the reservoir behind the dam will astound you!
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I'd suggest you take at least the special tour so that you get a glimps of inside of the hydro-plant. Not cheap but worth a visit. Book you tickets in advance.
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We had a spare day before leaving Foz so decided to visit the dam. The journey to the Dam on the local bus was easy and it drops you at the visitor centre. We did the basic tour which involves a short film (not in English as advertised) followed by a bus tour. The guide on the bus asked what...
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