Iguazú Falls, Argentina

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The waterfalls at Iguazú are absolutely breath-taking and well worth the trip to Puerto Iguazú, a small town with not much else going on. We arrived in the tourist town on the morning of the 25th following a 17 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires and got settled into ´Puerto Canoas´, the residencial we spent 3 nights in. It was a nice little hostel, very clean, friendly staff and a kitchen which allowed us to cook all of our own meals.

We visited the falls on our 2nd day and were fortunate to have really nice weather as it rained the entire 3rd day we were there. We paid to take the tourist boat (AR.240 each) in the morning which allowed us to get up close and, in certain areas, underneath the falls - we were absolutely soaked within minutes! Even though it was expensive for such a short ride (approx. 30 minutes), it was well worth it! We were surprised that it didn´t take us long to walk across all of the paths above and below the falls, including the one which overlooks Devil´s Throat, so we spent the rest of the afternoon walking along a nature trail which led up to a small waterfall and swimming area. It was a nice change from the falls as there were hardly any tourists in this secluded area - the amount of people at the falls was annoyingly insane (people walk SO SLOW!). Overall, it was a beautiful way to spend a day 😊

One thing that was not beautiful though was the amount of coatis (relatively small raccoon-like animals) that roamed around trying to get food from people. They did a good job on me as they got my entire sandwich, which I was happy to give up after seeing about 20 of them charging our way as soon as we sat down and opened our lunch bags. It was quite amazing how fast they seemed to come from nowhere and took over the bench we were sitting on, sniffing through my open backpack and Braeden´s hat looking for more food. I held onto my lunch for a bit but decided to ditch it in order to get our personal belongings so we could get out of there. From that point on we only ate while walking as the coatis have been known to get aggressive in order to get food.

So the rest of our short time in Puerto Iguazú was spent relaxing around the hostel. On our last day we met a couple (Janet and John) who have literally traveled all over the world. It was really interesting to talk with them and made us realize just how much more of the world we want to see. Who knows, maybe India in a year or so...

Until then, I guess we will just keep enjoying the rest of our trip. Next up, Posadas for a couple days then Paraguay.

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Photos

Iguazú Falls
Devil´s Throat.

Iguazú Falls
Devil´s Throat.

Iguazú Falls
Coatis.