Iguazu Falls

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We enjoyed our bus ride out to Puerto Igauzu, it was on a company called Via Bariloche which was the same one we took to Bariloche way back in January. We took it as first-class which was really nice. Thinking about it now, it's the best bus ride in terms of comfort and service that we've ever really experienced in South America. They had personal TVs with headphones allowing you to opt out of the movies if you so chose and they had multiple channels of movies as well. Throw in the fact that they serve wine with their excellent dinner and then top it all off with champagne at the end and you just go a step above every other company we've traveled with. A lot of companies could learn a bit from these guys. :)

We arrived around 12pm still tired from the trip but found our hostel right next to the bus station and after talking with the hotel staff decided to head to see the park right away since the weather was so nice. We hopped on the bus to the falls and arrived at the park.

Iguazu falls is yet another amazing place to visit. It's absolutely huge. We've often gone places in SA where there are really pretty waterfalls but they're always pretty short (height-wise) or not too powerful, but Iguazu falls is another animal entirely. It's waterfall after waterfall, all of which are tall and powerful. It just goes on and on until you get to the crown jewel of the park, which is the garganta del diablo or “the devil's throat”. This waterfall is absolutely huge, we have a video below and some pictures as well. It's kind of like a horseshoe with waterfalls on every side with the main part of the horseshoe being just awe-inspiring. :)

Video (you might have to click the image to play the video):

From Iguazu Falls

From Starred Photos

From Starred Photos

Any waterfalls are a great place to try your neutral density camera filter to get the cool flowing soft water effect, so why not try it here!

From Iguazu Falls

Argentina actually shares Iguazu falls with Brazil but they got the better end of the deal for sure. Their side holds most of the waterfalls and their park has all sorts of trails and walkways that allow you to get up close and personal to the falls. I can't say too much about the Brazil side since we would have had to apply for an expensive visa to get over there, even for a day, but from what we hear all you get is a good panoramic view of the falls.

A Zoo?

The falls were not only amazing in their beauty, but the wildlife that surrounds them is amazing too! Suzanne said right away that the tourist facilities, which were really good, reminded her of the Omaha Zoo (she loves that zoo in case you didn't know) but I had to agree with her after spending our second day constantly running into an amazing variety of wildlife. We found coatie's (see picture), monkeys, giant lizard things, butterflies (so many they would swarm around), toucans, turtles, and alligators!

From Iguazu Falls

From Iguazu Falls

From Iguazu Falls

From Iguazu Falls

After a great two days we got on a bus and headed back to BA. As we were getting on the bus we ran into Ross. Ross was on our galapagos cruise with us way back in May! After 5 months and completely different paths, we happened to be in the same bus station and on the same bus with seats next to one another in a country thousands of miles away from where we spent a week together. Small world...

Anyway, if you want to see all the pictures, (we just couldn't delete too many of them, they were all good!) check out the below slideshow:

~Mike