The Iguazu Falls (Iguacu in Brazil) are on the river of the same name at the point where it marks the boundary between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. 80% of the falls are on the Argentinian side, the remainder opposite in Brazil. Both are spectacular.
To get here from Rio de Janerio we had two choices; a 20 hour bus trip, or 2 hour flight. We flew, on Sunday, landing mid morning in the small southern Brazilian town of Foz do Iguacu, only 10 minutes by bus from the Falls. We spent the rest of the day exploring the Falls on that side of the border, then with dusk approaching, took a bus that within an hour had us through two border immigration posts and into the Argentinian town of Puerto Iguazu on the other side of the river, where we stayed for the next four nights.
Words or photos are near useless to describe the power, grandeur and noise of the Iguazu Falls. We think they create the most spectacular vista we’ve ever seen, topping even the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon in the USA, and the Yuanyang rice terraces in China. At the Devil’s Throat, a 270 degree circle of raging, plunging water, it seemed for a moment like the Big Bang in reverse, with water, mist, cloud and even rainbows being sucked into the roaring abyss. Almost scary.
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We thought the humidity was challenging in Rio, but that was nothing compared with Iguazu where the Falls generate their own rain, spray and wind. The humidity was intense, but the Falls so spectacular that it didn’t seem to matter while we pushed on through kilometres of tropical rainforest path, an incredible new vista around each bend.
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We made a couple of short videos (click to view); the first at Devil’s Throat:
And for more photos see our following slide show:
