Panorama Aquamania Resort Foz de Iguacu

... to see the falls. Basically, the most spectacular, widest stretches of waterfall are in Argentina so you want to spend longer over there exploring... but that means the best view of all the falls together is from Brazil. And when Suzie saw that view, she was speechless. Grinning, unable to speak and crying gently. She was, it's fair to say, glad to be there. And Andrew loved it too- he had the advantage of lack of expectation.<br><br>The wildlife in the park is worth ...

... the reserve there were loads of these racoon creatures, loads of them, and countless butterflies, many of which were as big as your hand. We've been told the name of the creature several times but still don't know what it is - so raccoon will have to do.<br><br>Anyway, yesterday, Sunday, we headed to the Argentinian side of the falls, leaving the hotel at 8am. The hotel is basic but nicer than hostels and one of the ...

... go in it! Went to the Brazilian side of the falls the day after we arrived which was amazing, gave the whole panoramic views. Apparently normally there's 1 million cubic litres of water going over the falls per second but at the moment there's 7. So a hell of a lot of water! Did the Argentine side today which is more close up. You get to walk over the top of the Devil's Throat whereas on the Brazilian side you ...

... to say it was a great relief and quite a sense of achievement to step off the plane in Iguazu. <br>Luckily our hostel here has beautiful outdoor garden areas with abundant hammocks - combine with a cold beer, and we find the cure for airport stress. <br><br>From the bus station here it is a short trip to the Iguazu national park, where there is some pretty impressive tourist infrastructure around the falls themselves ...

... Brazil) with Ciudad del Este (Paraguay). I passed through Brazilian customs without too much trouble (luckily they spoke a bit of spanish), but when I got to Paraguay they told me they don't issue visas, and I would have to go to the Paraguay consulate in Foz do Iguazu. Okay, so I made the trek back to Brazil, luckily found someone who spoke spanish... AND had a map to the consulate... so lucky! After a very long walk, I made it to the ...

... beautiful. The sheer noice and energy of the views was outstanding.<br><br>The falls are so impressive as they are four times wider than the Niagara Falls.<br> <br>Our rain coats also had to come out at this stage with the volumes of water/rain that covered us. However it was all so worth it, it was a very tiring day all in all and we had just finished our trek when the rain started on our way home on the bus and it was very very heavy, something we defo did not expect.

... circuit &#8211; and it was beautiful because we got the grand over-view of what we had seen close-up the previous day. It was wonderful to see La Garganta de Diablo in context, because on the Argentinian side we couldn't see the bottom or anything, so we got to see the huge falls coming down off the cliffs and the river flowing down beneath.<br> <br> In the afternoon we visited the Itaipu Dam (the most productive hydro-electric dam in the world ...

... spoiled by our usual lenguage barrier. Great place: live music, good drinks and a surprisingly higher percentage of women. No big suprise we stayed there till it closed down. With the first lights of the new day we came ...

... shorts &amp; t-shirt, the clever girl.<br><br>After the distinctly underwhelming 4x4 ride I was prepared to be a bit disappointed by the speedboat, but the boat trip ROCKED! <br><br>This thing could officially shift, give it some tut ...