Tropical Das Cataratas

... beautifully done. This Portuguese colonial classic hotel is oozing with the atmosphere of lazy days lounging on a veranda or beneath sub-tropical palms by the pool. My other entries have more details about my stay here. Was it worth it? YES. True. ...

... hour occurred also, so it was 5pm, and we drove into Brazil Iguazu National Park, arriving at our elegant hotel – Tropical Das Cataratas, the only hotel situated in the National Park on the Brazilian side.   Another wow, wow, wow, it was ...

... took time and should have been done for us by our guide who had waited at the Brazilian side airport. Sigh. The Tropical das Cataratas is the only hotel in the National Park on the Brazilian side and was very comfortable with dark colonial furniture ...

... the 15 kilometres to the Falls viewpoints.   We started the walk with a walk around the beautiful Pink Hotel Tropical das Cataratas built in Colonial style serving exactly what the ambiance required - from High Tea in the lounge to Brandy and ...

... . We´d an afternoon flight to Iguassu Falls and we´re really excited about getting to the National Park. We´d booked into the Tropical das Cataras Hotel as a treat. The hotel is a colonial style house within the grounds of the national park. As soon ...

... the National Park past closing hours, we would have had to hire a taxi, pay the driver and show our proof of staying at the Das Cataratas Hotel to the guard at the Park’s entry gate.  Only the guests of the hotel were admitted in.  ...

... to say, I preferred the Sheraton on the Argentinian side of the falls (we also had lunch there)- it had a better view. But Das Cataratas was an experience in and of itself. It's much more resort-y than the Sheraton, with a stunning pool, tennis courts, ...

... of houses increase, and tall 20 storey apartment buildings painted in pastel or bright oranges and pinks come into sight. Avenida das cataratas. People start getting off at numerous stops enroute. Pass by grey city buses, which are mercedes or volvo in ...

... two hours rushing through the Park, and could have spent twice as long there. In the afternoon, we took a long walkway (Trilha das Cataratas) along the Falls canyon which ended at an extension to the lower base of Devil's Throat. As you got closer to ...

... looking animal with long monkey tail.), lizards, large creepy crawly bugs, colourful birds including Toucans.  All around us were tropical gardens full of orchids and we had a view of the falls from our bedroom window.  You can understand why ...

... kleiner Zug wo man zu den vielen Aussichtspunkten kommt.Es war ein nasser aber erlebnisreicher , toller beeindruckender Tag.   Las Cataratas de IguazúCon el colectivo al Parque Nacional de Iguazú tardaba 1 horita aya me esperaba la "Gran ...

... el puerto de Darling  y Circular Quay y la siguiente mañana vamos a las Blue Mountains. Caminamos para ver unas cataratas y las piedras de las 3 Hermanas, famosas por aquí. Y ya nos marchamos de Australia. Hemos disfrutado cada minuto aquí . ...

... away. Iguazú Falls strangely have two names. In Brazil they call it Foz do Iguaçu (Portuguese) and in Argentina ‘Cataratas del Iguazú’ (Spanish). The falls are located directly on top of the Argentina, Brazil and also the Uruguay border ...

Sitting by the pool. Sun has fallen and even in the jungle it has gotten cool.  It's sweater weather!  Perhaps the mosquitos with all their yellow fever will stay put.  Tonight I’m having a mohito.  Yum!  All fresh ...