Iguazu Falls – Monday, 2.6.17 – Dori’s Travel Adventures

Our flight to Iguazu, Argentina took an hour and 50 minutes. Our local guide, Nannie, met us at the airport and escorted our group to an awaiting bus. Today we were heading to the Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls. The falls is on the Iguazu River that forms part of the northern border between Argentina and Brazil. It is also very close to where it joins the Parana River at the Paraguay border.

In order to enter Brazil, all of us had to get Brazilian visas before our trip. Nannie collected our passports and at the border she provided the necessary documentation. Once we were cleared, off we went. We stopped for a quick lunch then entered the Brazilian National Park of Iguazu.

img_5750-edited — Ringed-tailed coati are everywhere in the park. They are very agressive and look for handouts from the tourists!

img_5772-edited — We walked along a paved paths to view the falls. I never saw so many at one place!

img_5787-edited — The plants and flowers that grew around the falls were amazing. It is a tropical rainforest.

img_5765-edited — Boats were taking tourists for a water level view of the falls.

Can you imagine 275 falls at one place? That’s how many are at Iguassu Falls! There was an observation tower at one of the biggest falls, the Devil’s Throat. Here is a picture of the falls from that viewpoint.

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Our guide, Gonza took a panoramic picture at one point on the walkway.

Several folks in our group took a helicopter ride over the falls before we left Brazil. The Argentinian side discontinued them because of the negative effects on the ecosystem. While we waited I bought a few souvenirs from a local who had her wares spread out on a blanket.

Our hotel was the Amerian in the town of Iguazu in Argentina.It was very close to the three borders where the Iguazu River joins the Parana River. From the observation deck of the hotel you could see the three countries separated by the rivers. In the picture below, Brazil is to the right back, Argentina is in the foreground and Paraguay is across the Parana River to the left.

Confluence of the Iguaza and Parana- Iguaza is to the right

Wow! We saw lots of awesome sights today! And for an added bonus- my fitbit read over 12,000 steps!

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