Parque Das Aves Foz de Iguacu

Foz de Iguacu marks the end of our stint in Brazil and we have been to some interesting places. Our last post ended with us joining up for our Tucan tour on Tuesday 12/2.

We moved from our hostel in Copacabana to a hotel in Lapa where we met up with our friend Peter and the rest of our tour group. That afternoon was extremely relaxed by …

We decided to start the day at the Parque das Aves, a bird park opposite the Brazilian entrance to Iguazu Falls.

Parque das Aves has over 1000 birds, 130 species in large avaries and we were keen to be able to get close to the birds of South America and specifically the toucans and macaws. We were not disappointed. After taking the local …

Well I am currently in Puerto Igazu waiting for a 2.15 bus down to Rosario so figured I may as well write up my blog entry for the Iguassu Falls :) Not much to do in town. Went for a wander but it is Sunday so everything is closed! :(

So I spent two nights at the Brazilian side of the falls (Foz do Iguazu). I didn't really like the town …

We left our lovely hostel in Encarnacion in the pouring down rain around 7.45 am to catch our 8am bus at the bus station. You`ve never seen rain like it! We then had a soggy 6 hour bumpy bus ride over to Ciudad Del Este where we were planning on staying for a night or two, When we got there however we didnt much like the idea of staying. Our main …

Another lovely sunny day at Foz do Iguaçu today. We deceided not to do too much today, an outing in the morning and then a nice relaxing afternoon (maybe at the hotel swimmingpool!).

In the morning we caught the bus towards the falls again. Near the entrance to the falls there is a bird park, The Parque das Aves. We had read that they have …

We visited a really great bird park across the road from the Iguacu Falls Park entrance (Brazil side of the falls). You actually get to enter the bird enclosures/exhibits & get up close & personal. I was really surprised by how good the place was. I'm not really a bird person but I loved this park …

Nach dem Flug von Montevido sind wir spaet Abends dann doch noch gut in Iguaçu angekommen. Am naechsten Tag machten wir uns gleich auf den Weg zu den weltberuehmten Wasserfaellen (brasilianische Seite). Wir waren schlichtweg ueberwaeltigt... viele Fotos haben wir schon gesehen, in Echt ist es aber noch viel imposanter - wenn einem das Wasser ins …

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Anstelle von 22 Stunden mit dem Bus sind die luxuriösen Backbackers innert 2 Stunden in der Provinz Puerto Iguazu angekommen. Nach 6 Wochen im „Departemento de Buenos Aires" lernen wir nun also erstmals das Leben im Hostel kennen. Nicht im 8-er Schag, sondern im „habitacion privada“, jedoch in Hostelqualität …

... it was 10km long. Ricky suggested we could stay in the traffic jam for 3 hours or go to a lovely bird park Parque das Aves (hence: aviary). Something which intrigued us was the stationary motorbikes touting for business from the busses, trying to get ...

... jump off the diving board and it was freezing as! We had a nice stay at the hotel and in Iguacu Falls. Mike: On arriving at Das Cataratas Hotel in the Brazilian side of the falls, we were immediately delighted with our choice... a magnificent view ...

... short considering the price, but did give views over the complete Falls. Then it was off to the adjacent Bird Park (Parque das Aves), which I thought was brilliant because you could walk through many of the enclosures with birds I'd never been so close ...

... have been an excellent adventure but being sensible backpackers we just couldn’t do it. We did however visit the Parque das Aves, which was almost as exciting as the helicopter flight. The Tropical Bird Park is an ecological sanctuary with more ...

... after several unsuccessful trials to find the right bus stop and speaking with many local we got a better tip to visit the Parque das Aves (Birds Park) nearby. This park is very close to the entrance of the falls, so there are many buses the whole ...

... great relief as I had been panicking about being homeless for the holidays. Then it was off to the bird zoo, or Parque das Aves as it is officially known.  It was brilliant.  Most of the birds there had been confiscated from poachers and smugglers, ...

Because we saw only one toucan when we visited the Falls we had to see more birds – so of course we went to the Parque Das Aves (Bird Park). It sounds a bit cheesy – but it wasn't!  It’s hard to see all these birds in the wild so ...

... macaws, ostriches and peacocks, There are more then 800 species of birds here and they also house butterflies.. Parque das Aves is a privately owned zoo situated in Foz de iguasu. The park was opened in 1994 and it is set within 40 acres of forest. Well ...

... swimmingpool!). In the morning we caught the bus towards the falls again. Near the entrance to the falls there is a bird park, The Parque das Aves. We had read that they have averies you can walk through to get a really good close look at all the birds. ...

... this place with the humidity reaching about 80%. After a good night’s sleep, we recharged our batteries and headed off to Brazil to Foz de Iguacu where we changed buses to head to the falls. We chose to do the Brazil side first as it is meant to ...