The Iguazu Falls are of course a highlight we didn’t want to miss out on, so we planned our route into Brazil to go via these waterfalls. On Argentinian side, Puerto Iguazu is the town you stay at. From here, we took and early morning bus 30 min to the national park where the falls are located. It was good we arrived early and accidentally chose our favourite trail – the lower circuit trail – as a first thing to do. Luckily we did, because most groups went elsewhere first and we had the trail pretty much to ourselves, with some really pretty first viewpoints!
The Iguazu Falls are, as the name already suggests, a series of many, many waterfalls that form one huge fall together. The trail led us to some points with a great view overall, but also closer to some of the falls.
Although I must have seen hundreds of pics of the Iguazu Falls before in my life, I was still captivated. The falls are even better and more impressive in real life than on any pictures!
Later, we continued on the upper circuit where there were of course more people now, but it was still ok and less busy than expected. On this trail, you got to see the falls more from the top, which was also nice, but not quite as spectacular as on the lower circuit.
Last but not least, we took the train to Devil’s Throat, where you get very close to the most impressive part of the falls. Here, you were getting sprayed by the water masses splashing down. It was impressive to see nature’s force from so close by.
Unfortunately, here we had to fight our way through masses of people and stand in line for photos. Oh well, at least the rest of the day had been less busy than expected and really, really cool.
We said goodbye to the falls, knowing we would see them again next day – from the Brazilian side. We packed up and took a bus directly to the falls, where we could lock up our big backpacks before taking the park’s shuttle bus the last bit. We got off a little before the last stop, to be able to follow a scenic walk along the river – getting closer and closer to the falls, with lots of amazing views. That day we had left much later, so unfortunately there were way more people, more fighting for good photo spots and even standing in line at some spots.
Oh well, it was all worth it! At the end of the walk, there’s a board walk across the water which brings you really close to the falls. Too many people and lots of spray again, but beautiful!
There’s also a watchtower which you can access by elevator and provides some more good views over the falls.
By the end, we had really seen the falls from any and every corner and viewpoint possible it seemed – so we were ok to leave, pick up our backpacks, take the bus to the city of Foz do Iguazu, then another bus to the big bus terminal… and then hop on the night bus to Florianopolis! The Brazil adventure had officially started.
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