Cataratas del Iguazu

Garganta del Diablo

going under...

funny cheeky animal!

not such a friendly one...

We arrived in this small town called Puerto Iguazu on the Argentinian side of the Waterfalls. From there you can visit the famous Parque Nacional de Iguazu with 270 falls in total. The highest one, Garganta del Diablo is 80m high and lies between Argentina and Brazil. They were pretty impressive to see from far, but I decided to go on a speedboat to get under them. Nothing for John, since he´s not keen on boats or getting wet(LOL).

It was a lot of fun and of course I got completely soaked, but a great experience to get so close to the falls. Then we had a wonderful lunch buffet at the Sheraton in the Parque Nacional de Iguazu with a view over the falls, Argentina on one side, Brazil on the other (sometimes you have to treat yourself!).

This area has got a subtropical climate which means very hot and humid and I also spotted my first (what I thought) huge hairy spider in our hotel kitchen. YUCK!

The park is very beautiful and very big and you can spend all day there just walking around enjoying the flora and fauna. You can see a variety of Butterflies, Birds, Lizards, Crocodiles, Snakes (although we didnt spot one) and a weird but cute animal which I don´t remember the name of.

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