Salvattin Campestre Foz de Iguacu

... br>The following day we were taken across the border once more back into Argentina to visit the Iguaįu resort, Firstly we booked a river trip to allow us to travel into the waterfalls, however as we started walking around the park the black clouds started to gather and as the got off the little train the heavens opened, we knew we were going to get wet today just not from a thunder storm. Still not wanting the hail to stop us we headed out across the river on the gangways to look at ...

... of how big and brutal they are. It was a hot and steamy day in the jungle and we walked the trail for about an hour and saw some racoons and heaps of beautiful butterflies. Not sure where the Jaguars were (supposedly there are Jaguars in the jungle). There are a few different trails that let you get really close to the falls - one lets you stand under one and the other lets you get in its way when as it cascades down - everyone comes back ...

... we were taking that crossing and had left Rio the night before, I could have spent a day there! Foz de Iguacu looked pretty big but the Argentinian side seemed smaller and more touristic... Still would have been a fun place to spend a day or two though. It was disappointing not to even get a glimpse of the falls from the bus but at least I have the consolation of having been to Victoria Falls last year. I ...

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The Brasilian side isnīt as developed as the Argentinian side of the falls. We caught a Jurassic-park style bus into the park and then walked along the side of the gorge in the rain for misty, but spectacular views of the falls. The walk finished with a bridge out into the falls, where we looked down one fall while getting soaked from one above.

We wandered back, with a stop at a flash hotel for a beer. In typical kiwi traveller ...

... i first said it was Fraser the guide tried to say it but ended up making a strange guttural-flemmy sound and then said īcanītī - at least i think he said `canīt. Only joking, that last bit didnīt happen.

Weather was superb today, beautiful clear sky and around 32 degrees. Had to watch out for the mosquito's however, though they`re not too bad. The falls are really an extraordinary sight, absolutely tremendous. The only English speaker on the tour (we ...

... The view out the window past the main desk while checking in is of the falls, which is a little distracting from the business at hand, but is a good start to what is in store. We were upgraded to a view room (the other side faces the 'jungle'), which I highly recommend. Walking into our room, the view outside was a magnificent panorama of the falls.

By this time it was early afternoon, a few thunderstorms had started up, and the hotel was experiencing frequent power outages ...

... view points of the water falls. There's actually one that you need a poncho for, because you can almost walk underneath the raging falls. This attraction can be finished in 3 hours.

Make sure that you get on the bus before 1700 since you had to get off numerous times in the border crossing. The last bus going to Argentina is at 1800 (I think).

We had a fancy dinner at La Rueda. Highly recommended by the guidebooks we had.

... contemplated walking over the bridge to hget a stamp but, being too lazy, got on the bus intstead...just as well. It appears getting in to Brasil is harder than getting in to Paraguay. The queues of people on foot werew massive, with everyone being checked. We had a couple of Policia get on the bus and check peoples bags, an old lady who had some pills on her (quite clearly pills to keep her breathing) was taken off the bus...she never came back.

On our return to the hostel I ...

... border: Puerto Iguazu. The reason is that David is on holidays and with a deadline to come back to Madrid so another 20 hours in a bus is not a great idea. Therefore, we didnt waste time and went straight to the brazilian ...

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At one point we had a fantastic view of the speedboats going underneath the same falls that we did earlier, you can really see why we got so soaked!



This was a much higher perspective of the view we had ...