Banks and exchange Dollars (cash or travellers' cheques) can be easily changed in travel agents and banks along Avenida Brasil.

Car rental Avis (tel 045/523-1510), Localiza (tel 045/523-4800 and 522-1608), and Yes (tel 045/522-2956 or 523-7778) are all represented at the airport and will deliver a car to your hotel. Note that, if you are just travelling between Foz do IguaA§u and Puerto IguazA? or the two national parks, then no special car documentation is required to cross the Brazilian/Argentine border. If, however, you intend taking your rental car to the Paraguayan or Argentine Jesuit missions or anywhere else south of Puerto IguazA?, you will need to request the correct papers (an extra $5 per day is charged), or you will be turned back by customs officers.

Consulates Argentina, Rua Dom Pedro II 28 (tel 045/574-2969); Paraguay, Rua Bartolomeu de GusmA?o 777 (tel 045/523-2898).

Horse riding You can hire horses at the Recanto GaA?cho. Reservations are essential and the cost is $15 per person for a two-hour ride accompanied by a guide through forested and open country trails.

Post office PraA§a GetA?lio Vargas near Rua BarA?o do Rio Branco.

Travel and tour companies Martin Travel, Rua Jorge Sanways 835 (tel 045/523-4959), is a reliable local travel agency that specializes in ecotourism and puts together groups to go mountain-biking through forest trails, and canoeing. Many travel agents organize day-trips to the Argentine Jesuit ruins of San Ignacio MinA­ for around $55 per person.