We left the rest of the gang to visit the Pantanal whilst we jumped ahead to get more time at Iguaçu Falls and Buenos Aires. An overnight bus took us easily and comfortably from Bonito via Dourados over the course of 17 hours, but we had time to stop for a decent meal at about 8pm.
Foz itself is a larger than expected but no-one is really here to see the town centre, so we immediately dropped off our bags and set off to the Brazilian side of the falls.
A series of buses dropped us off at the cataracts and we marvelled at the sheer size of the falls, before walking further down the trail and seeing not one but two of equal or larger scale. The entire falls is 2.7km long and due to the size and shape impossible to photograph as a whole, but hopefully the attached images give an impression of how amazing it is.
The next day we visited the Argentinean side of the falls and again were overwhelmed by the power of the water. Whereas the Brazilian side is more of an overview of the falls the Argentinean side allows you to get up close and very wet. The Devil’s Throat walkways get you above a range of waterfalls, and the Upper Circuit allows you to walk above the central cataract. Finally you get to board a speedboat and actually pass under a couple of the falls, by which time you’re fully soaked, but no-one seemed to mind with the joy of it all.
Our penultimate day in Foz was spent back in Brazil, visiting a bird park. This started badly as it seemed to be a series of birds in too small cages, but soon opened out into much larger enclosures full of amazing birds from all over the world.
