Educational Visits

Educational visits are free, offered to primary, secondary, technical and higher education institutions, of an educational nature.

People visiting the Plant for tourism, even if they are students, teachers or professionals in the field, must purchase tickets on our home page: www.turismoitaipu.com.br

To secure a place at your institution, you must complete the scheduling in advance, according to availability for the desired date. But before checking out the step-by-step instructions to schedule your visit, Check out the types of visits offered:

Itaipu Panoramic

Public: groups of Elementary, Regular or Technical Schools and Universities.

Path: visit the external area of the Plant, with two stops, one at Mirante Central and Mirante Vertedouro, carried out on the visiting institution's own bus and without guide service.

Hours: Monday to Saturday from 9am to 16pm (departures approximately every 30 minutes and duration of approximately 1h15.

Itaipu Special

Public: groups of Elementary, Regular or Technical Schools and Universities.

Path: complete guided tour that visits the external area of the Plant, with two stops, one at the Central Viewpoint and Spillway Viewpoint, and also visits the internal area of the Plant, which includes the central control room, interior of the dam, generator gallery and shaft of one of the generating units.

Hours: Monday to Friday, except holidays and breaks, at 08:30 am or 14 pm, limited to 40 people per group and duration of approximately 3 hours.

Rules: use of shoes attached to the heel and without heels or up to 3cm in height and a minimum width of 3cm. No bags of any kind are allowed during the tour.

Virtual Tour

Public: groups of Technical Level schools and Universities.

Path: full guided tour virtual, which visits the external area of the Plant, with two stops, one at Mirante Central and Mirante Vertedouro, and also visits the internal area of the Plant, which includes the central control room, interior of the dam, generator gallery and axis of one of the units generators.

Hours: Monday to Friday, except holidays and breaks, at 08:30 am or 14 pm, limited to 40 people per group and duration of approximately 3 hours.

Itaipu Biological Refuge

Public: groups of Elementary, Regular Secondary or Technical schools and Universities.

Path: visit that begins with a ride in the institution's own vehicle until arrival at the Biological Refuge. When you disembark, you will walk along a trail of approximately 2 km through the environmental conservation area, passing through the animal trail.

Hours: from Monday to Friday, except Tuesdays, holidays and breaks, at 8:30 am and 14:00 pm, and on Saturdays at 08:30 am, with a limit of 42 people per time, lasting approximately 2:30 hours.

Rules: Eating on the trail is not permitted. It is recommended to use repellent, sunscreen, closed shoes and bring a bottle of water (there are drinking fountains on the route).

Itaipu goes to School (Itaipu Panorâmica and Itaipu Refúgio Biológico)

Public: public educational institutions – CMEIs, municipal schools and state schools in Foz do Iguaçu, exclusively.

Path: an Itaipu vehicle picks up students and teachers at the school according to the scheduled time and visits the Plant – Itaipu Panorâmica or Itaipu Refúgio Biológico. O Itaipu Panoramica visit the external area of the Plant, with two stops, one at Mirante Central and Mirante Vertedouro. O Itaipu Biological Refuge includes a journey on the Itaipu bus until arrival at the Biological Refuge and upon disembarking, a trail of approximately 2 km through the environmental conservation area, passing through the animal trail. At the end of the tour, students and teachers are taken back to the school.

Hours: Itaipu Panoramic: Monday to Friday at 08:30 am or 13:30 pm (school leaving time), except holidays and recess, lasting approximately 1h15. Itaipu Biological Refuge: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (except holidays and recess), at 08:30 am or 13:30 pm (school leaving time), lasting approximately 2:30 hours. Visits limited to a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 40 people (including students and teachers) per group.

Note: For the purpose of expected duration, the institution must consider travel time (round trip), according to its location, and add the time of the chosen visit.

Itaipu Ecomuseum

Public: general.

Path: The Itaipu Ecomuseum currently has two exhibitions on the history and construction of the Itaipu Plant. The exhibitions feature objects from the construction period, information panels, as well as interactive 3D maps. Visitation is free, requiring only visitor registration using a form at the Ecomuseum reception.

Hours: from Wednesday to Monday from 8:30 am to 16 pm lasting approximately 1 hour, self-guided.

Scheduling

Scheduling any of the tours above, except Itaipu Ecomuseu, must be requested via sending a letter e visitor list to email visitseducativas@turismoitaipu.com.br.

The letter must include:

Desired date and time;
Institution data: name and location (city and state);
Audience of the visit (series or course, in the case of institutions education);
Total number of people;
Full name and telephone number of the person responsible.

The Visitor List must include:

Name
ID
Course enrolled

We provide a model, letter and list of visitors below for reference:

List template – institutional.docx

Official letter template for educational institutions.docx

More information by calling (45) 3198-1800 or via WhatsApp: (45) 3576-7249

Certificate Request

If you participated in one of the educational visits above and need to issue a document proving your visit in your name, the data listed below will need to be sent to the email: visitseducativas@turismoitaipu.com.br

Mandatory data for requesting certificates:

Full name
RG ou ID
What tour did you take?
Visit date

We ask that you include in the title of the email: “Name of the Institution” + “Your full name”.

After sending and validating the information sent, a Visit Certificate which will be sent to the applicant's email address.