After our brief sleep at the Buenos Aires airport hotel (5 hrs) we had an early start for our flight to to the city of Puerto Iguazu. Arriving mid morning at our lodging gave us the chance to spend the afternoon exploring one side of the Iguazu Falls.
A bus ride over the border to Brasil.... woop, woop a passport stamp at the most relaxed customs border we have ever seen... and dropped off at the Brasil National Park.
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| Get on the bus!, waiting at Puerto Iguazu bus station |
Returning to our Argentine hotel, after the mandatory off the bus exercise for another passport stamp, it was time to wander and find a great (mexican) restaurant. The frightening discovery however that cider is not seemingly found in this country... so it's Beer for Caro, ah well... needs must!
Puerto Iguazu is a relaxed city bounded by 2 rivers, on the other side of which lie Brazil and Paraguay respectively. We soon realised our planning to spend our first few days here was a good idea. The smaller city, friendly relaxed people and the added bonus of, unexpected to us, 3 days of mid 20's temps eased us pleasantly into our trip.
Day 2
Spending all day on the Argentine side of the falls reinforced we had only seen a smidgen of the falls effect the previous day!! These things are huge and dramatic, and yet it is obvious the river is actually quite low... what the falls must look like in full flow would be mind boggling.
We spent the day doing quite a bit of walking around both upper (top of falls) and lower (bottom obviously) trails.... at the same time keeping an eye on the scuttling Coati (possum sized) which are persistent food seeking pests. Supposedly aggressive and rabid it paid to keep clear but we witnessed one get a sandwich out of someone's backpack!
Spot the (50 seater) tour boat heading into mist. They have emergency crews watching full time.
Noise and power of falls at this view point was staggering.
Day 3
A relaxed day exploring the city area before our late afternoon flight back to Buenos Aires.
A note on our blog, we will avoid naming hotels etc as we do not want to sound like a trip advisor report... but will possibly comment if good or bad. Should anyone want reference names etc for their use just ask us sometime😊.... where we stayed in Iguazu was great. Not 5 star (but neither was the price!!!) but very clean and adequate, very close to centre of town, bus station etc and had an attached restaurant and bar...
Paraguay on left, Brasil on right, Argentina in foreground
