Constructed in the river Paraná, in the border between Brazil and Paraguay, the Binational Itaipu, with its huge workmanship, already is devoted as one of attractive tourist the most famous ones of the country.

The Tourist Complex of Itaipu is composed for the Plant, Canal of the Piracema, Biological Shelter Beautiful Vista and Ecomuseu. This circuit offers a gamma of attractive that they provide a inesquecível visitation, being possible to also know of close the technology to tip used in the construction of the Plant and the carried through ambient actions in the region.

The Central office Hidrelétrica de Itaipu is an accomplishment of joint work between Brazil and Paraguay, with the objective to use to advantage the hydraulical potential of waters of the river Paraná, pertaining in condominium to the two countries. Its reservoir encloses 15 cities of paranaense west and one of the Mato Grosso of the South. Itaipu received this name in homage to a small island from the river Paraná, on which today the Plant is seated. Islet was called for aboriginals "Itaipu", that in tupi-guarani it means "the rock that sings", for the racket that the waters made when beating in the rocks. Had to the dimensions, the hidrelétrica is considered "the Workmanship of the Century" and one of the seven wonders of the modern world, as research carried through for the American Society of Civil Engineering, with the whole world engineers.

The hidrelétrica started to be constructed in 1974 and the first generating unit started to produce energy in 1984. 18ª generating unit entered in operation in 1991, with power installed of 12,6 million KW. With the implantation of more two generating units in 2007, the plant has capacity of 14 million KW.