Iguazu Falls

The Iguazu Falls are considered one of the natural wonders of the world. They sit on the border of three countries and they can be (should be) viewed from both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides. Based on some advice, we decided to stay on the Argentinian side of the falls. And a good decision this turned out to be. The Brazil side is a city of 300,000, where as the Argentina side has 32,000. Its cheaper and has a more local feel, not a hard one that.

In the Amazonian rainforest its always wet, but at the moment the rains are heavy and some flooding has happened. And so the falls are flowing with a LOT of water. The Falls themselves stretch over quite an area, there are 275 individual falls with heights up to 80m. There is an island that can be reached by boat which gives a unique perspective on the falls, but the huge amount of water had stopped the boat service.

Words like spectacular, magnificent and amazing come to mind, and the noise is amazing. At a couple of points you can go quite close to the fall of water, consequently we got a little wet on some of the walkways from the spray. The main part of the falls is called the Devils Throat, which is by far the most spectacular part of the Falls.