Iguazu Falls

After the bright lights of Buenos Aires we moved on to the quiet of Puerto Iguazu to visit the Iguazu Falls.

The 16 hour bus ride was better than a long haul flight except for the food which was below average.

The bus arrived midday so we spent an afternoon walking around town in serious sweat inducing conditions with the highlight for the day being the overlooking where the Iguazú river and the Paraná river meet, forming the natural borders of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.

An early start allowed us to take in all of the trails established to view the falls from the Argentina side of the river which was truly spectacular with high and low level trails allowing viewing from various points above and below the falls, including the top of Garganta del Diablo (The Devils Throat) - the largest of all the falls.

We managed to meet two frenchies in the hostel who each spoke French, Spanish and English, which was nice as we took a taxi across the boarder into Brazil the following day with one of them to view the falls from the other side, and visit the bird park opposite the entrance to the falls. Nic (Frenchie) had spent a year living in Australia before travelling NZ for a month so was able to amuse us with the customary "Hey Bro!", then he started talking rugby...(enough said).

The view on the Brazil side was less spectacular than being up close on the Argentine side but gave a more panoramic view of the falls as a whole, given how easy it is to cross the boarder it is a most do.

On our visit to the falls in Argentina we had followed a two hour nature walk in the hope of seeing some wildlife but unfortunately we didn´t see anything - the Brazilian Bird Park was the answer to this and we were able to see the toucan we had hoped to see along with many parrots including one we we able to hold for photos and some snakes (Anacondas and Boa Constrictors).

Next we move off the tourist trail a bit to Corrientes, Argentina as we head for Bolivia.

Until next time,

Dave & Kim