Tigre, Buenos Aires

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The train station at Tigre

One of the many passenger boats that travel the delta

View of the riverbank from a boat

Tigre is a city Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, 28 km north of Buenos Aires city. The city lies on the Paraná Delta and is an important tourist and weekend attraction, easily reached with bus and train connections, including the scenic Tren de la Costa. It is the head town of the Tigre Partido.

The city sits on an island created by several small streams and rivers. It was founded in 1820 after floods had destroyed other settlements in the area, then known as the Las Conchas Partido.

The area's name derives from tigres or jaguars hunted on occasion in the area in its early years. The area was first settled by Europeans farming the land, and the port developed to serve the Delta and to bring fruit and wood from the delta and ports upstream on the Paraná. Tigre is still an important timber processing port. The Puerto de Frutos ('fruit port') is now a crafts fair located in the old fruit market by the riverside.

Antiques shops and riverside bars and restaurants are popular in Tigre. It is a popular tourist destination throughout the year, renowned for its natural beauty and for the chance to visit the Paraná River. Near Tigre train station, visitors can take trips to some of the many islands of the delta, on bus-boats that also serve as transport for the people that live in the area. Several of the islands have restaurants and it is possible to see all sorts of dwellings from humble shacks to elegant mansions along the many waterways that run like a maze through this area. There is a Naval Museum in the town.

Tigre has in recent years seen an increase in people relocating to the city from other parts of Greater Buenos Aires.