Foz de Iguacu (Iguazu Falls) 10/19/12 - 10/20/12

Iguazu Falls (recently added to the New 7 Wonders of Nature) can be seen from both Brazil and Argentina, but each country provides different views of the falls.  Foz de Iguacu is the town to visit to see Iguazu Falls from the Brazil  side, and this side provides a breathtaking panoramic view of the falls.  The Argentina side provides a more close-up, intimate experience with the falls.  It's nice to see it first from the Brazil side so you can appreciate the magnitude of it all.  There's somewhere between 150 and 300 waterfalls, depending on the water level, ranging from roughly 200 - 270 ft high.  We had no idea what to expect, so we were amazed, surprised, and in awe when we got our first glimpse of the falls. 

The Brazil side also offers the chance to walk out on a bridge in the middle of the "Devil's Throat" (the highest and deepest of the falls).  There is no way to stay dry on this walk even if it's not raining.  The power of the falls is indescribable. 

It takes a little less than 3 hours to do the entire walking trail to see the falls from the Brazil side.  We arrived to Foz de Iguacu mid-day and we weren't sure if we would have enough time to do the falls that day, so we decided to wait until the next day to do it.  Bad decision.  It was sunny the day we arrived, but the next day it was sprinkling most of the time, raining hard for a lot of it, and overcast the entire day.  The falls were still incredible, but the pictures in this kind of weather just do not do it justice.  Blue skies would have made it more impressive.  But, as Matt says, now we don't have to wonder what Iguazu Falls would've looked like in the rain......we know!! :-)



While in Foz do Iguacu we stayed at Green House Hostel in a room shared with one other person for $17 each.