Iguazu Falls, voted a new 7 Natural Wonder of the World, did not disappoint. It's an epic waterfall at the border point between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Once we knew for sure we would be visiting Iguazu we didn't really bother going out of our way to see any other waterfalls because we new they would all fail in comparison.
Brazilian Side
Straight after our 17 hour bus ride to get to Puerto Iguazu (the town on the Argentinian side) we were convinced by one of the hostel workers to pop over to the Brazilian side of the falls for the afternoon as it was easier to get to from Argentina than Brazil. So we ended up spending our afternoon in Brazil, getting a taster of Portuguese.
It's preferable, if you can, to see the falls first from the Brazilian side as this gives you a great Panoramic view.
This time of year is the wet season so there was a lot of extra water rushing through but this also meant the water was brown and we didn't get much sun to set off all those rainbows you usually see photos of.
It was bigger than I thought it was going to be. It felt like it just kept going.
There's a walkway into the Devils Through where you can get close up to the action. This really put our raincoats to the test (they failed miserably)
Close up to the falls
Panorama of the Devil's Throat
The Argentinian Side
You can spend a whole day on the Argentinian side. We splashed out on a boat ride that took us right up close to the falls so we could really appreciate their power. The Brazilian side has coatis but they aren't as scary as the Argentinian ones. Those guys rule the food court on the Argentinian side along with some monkeys.
Hot water for your mate. It was crazy the amount of families we saw walking around the park with their mate kit (that means mate, thermos, yerba and sugar).
This is how we started our day off:
Coatis taking over. We think they have a sugar addiction. They really go for those sauce packets.
There were so many monkeys hanging about. Of course people were still trying to feed them, despite the sign it's sitting on showing a messed up hand after a monkey/coati attack.
This one creeped me out - look at it's face
On the Argentinian Side you get to walk above the falls
Panorama of the Devil's Throat
These guys roped off the best spot for photos and made you pay to get in there to have your photo taken . And people actually did it. Ridiculous.
The spray back was amazing. It rose so far above the falls. We were told that the falls are so mesmerising that there is this weird thing going on where foreign women and local women take turns to jump into the falls (ending their lives).
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