Although short lived, the journey to Iguazu Falls was one for the books. A special experience that must be planned well in advance, but well worth the journey if you have the time. Iguazu Falls, located in three South American countries – Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay is the 4th largest falls in the world. One of the seven natural wonders of the world, the falls (located within a national park) is a day well spent.
Early Friday morning, we woke from our hotel in Buenos Aires and took a quick 1h30 plane to Iguazu Airport on the Argentinian side. Upon landing in the small airport consisting of two gates, we met with our guide who briefly introduced himself and informed us that we would be heading directly to the national park before heading to the hotel later in the evening. With little time to spare, we changed into swimsuits (knowing we would get wet) and walking shoes as there was hiking to be done. With a quick 20-minute journey from the airport, we were dropped at the national park with our guide. We began our tour through the falls by visiting the Devil’s Throat where we walked 30-minutes across a bridge to the peak of the falls, looking down into what was the bottom of the waterfall, but really just a mass of mist. We continued to walk through the park, yet every angle we saw the falls from was just as good as the last. Our final “excursion” took us through the jungle of the national park where we saw few wildlife creatures, but mostly enjoyed the opportunity to sit down and enjoy the shade after hours of walking. Once we had completed the 15 minute “safari” journey, we were escorted down a set of stairs to a boat dock where we would board our boat into the falls. We were equipped with life jackets (thankfully), and boarded the boat in our – soon to be soaked – gear. Within minutes, we were a full boat and jetting off towards the falls at full speed. Against the current, we journeyed through a white water canal of sorts (not my cup of tea) and reached the beautiful sight of the falls from the bottom. We took a leisurely journey just towards the bottom of the Devils Throat where we took a moment to admire the view before us, before being carried back by the current. Then it was show time, the driver throttled us all towards the second section of the falls where we whisked underneath the wrath of the water and were soaked within seconds. And of course, once we recovered from the first one, they insisted on “uno mas”…Afterwards, he took us back to what we thought was the calmer section where we expected to get a nice drying off…NOPE! Instead, he pulled us right up next to the falls, in the middle of the mist, where we got completely soaked head to toe. We had finally completed the treacherous (yet, completely worth it) boat journey and were on to dry land – to dry off. We spent 10-minutes returning to our bus to take us to our hotel for the night Although we were already between (just about) three countries whilst in the falls, we had to exit the national park and re-enter Brazil at its designated entry border. The bus journey took about 30-minutes and we passed through both the Argentinian and Brazilian border with no issue – except for a change in currency, time, and culture. We arrived at our Brazilian hotel with the most amazing view of the falls, from the opposite side of what we had witnessed this afternoon. The next morning, we awoke before usual park hours and took it upon ourselves to walk the Brazilian side of the Iguazu falls trail. The walk was fresh and gorgeous from this side and we had the chance to take some great photographs. Each view was different; one with almost a 180-degree viewpoint and another that took you right to the middle of the falls where we got soaked – again. We completed the walk by going up the road back toward the hotel and sat down for a lovely buffet breakfast before spending the remainder of our day relaxing by the hotel pool.
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