Iguacu Falls - Day 6

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I was travelling all night on two separate flights to get to Foz de Iguassu and arrived in the middle of a thunderstorm, it continued to rain all morning. From the airport I had to get 2 local buses to travel initially to the Brazilian town of Foz de Iguacu from where I caught another bus to the Argentinian town of Puerto Iguazu, everything in Argentina is half the price as in Brazil, plus it is a nicer place to stay. The hostel I was staying in was the MarcoPolo Inn, right opposite the bus station for 5 pound a night - plus the beer - Quilmes was better.

Iguacu Falls are simply incredible, they consist of 275 individual falls that occupy an area 3km wide and some are 80 metres high.

You have to visit the falls from both the Brazil and the Argentina side, from Brazil you can get a Panoramic view of most of the falls and from the other side you can see them up close.

After dumping my gear I set off for the Brazil side of the falls, the weather wasn't ideal for picture taking but it was still an incredible sight. There are balconies built over the falls so you can look down at the water going over the edge.

As you approach the falls you get soaked by the constant spray and the roar of the falls gets louder and louder. At one point you can walk over a platform to look down a 30 metre drop, watching the water as it cascades into a chasm below.

The Falls were incredible but this was just a warm up for the Argentinian side tomorrow.

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Comments

[jackie beare]

Looks amazing....
But not so sure about the swimming/bathing with the pirhanas. Iguacu Falls looks Stunning. I've learnt more reading this than all those years of geography lessons at school. Take care x