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The bus from Flori to Foz do Iguacu (the Brazilian border town) was an overnight one, so we arrived early Sunday morning, tired and disappointed that the weather was grey and cloudy! We had decided to visit the Itaipu Dam that afternoon, then visit the falls from the Brazilian side on Monday, and the Argentinian side on Tuesday.
The dam was an interesting thing to do as the weather was so miserable, and Foz do Iguacu was a very small and desolate town with not much to do, so it kept us busy on Sunday afternoon. The next day we were up early with high hopes for the weather, but again it was overcast and rainy. Nevertheless, we headed off to the Brazilian side of the falls on a local bus we caught from near our hostel. Once we had arrived and bought our tickets, we caught another bus inside the park which dropped us at a walkway from which you could see panoramic views of the falls. Despite the weather, the falls looked amazing. The water was unbelievably powerful, and there were so many waterfalls. We had expected one big waterfall, but the whole way along the walkway we were seeing more and more, until we reached the end where there was another walkway which went right out into the middle of the falls, meaning we all got completely drenched! The `Devil´s Throat` (the biggest and most powerful part of the falls) was unfortunately impossible to see clearly as the spray from the water combined with the wind meant that all we could see was a big white cloud! We all had a good day though and had fingers crossed for better weather the next day.
After catching the bus back to our hostel Monday afternoon, we grabbed our bags and went to catch another bus across the Argentinian border. This was fortunately a pretty quick and painless procedure and we arrived in Puerto Iguazu, the Argentinian border town, early that evening. Tuesday we awoke to blue skies! So after a quick breakfast we caught the bus to the Argentinian falls. Once we arrived at the park, we had to decide what to do during the day. The Argentinian side had a lot more to do and see, so we ended up booking a 4pm Jeep Safari tour into the middle of Iguacu National Park (which contains the falls), and decided to fit in as much as we could before that!
There were two walkways on the Argentinian side, a lower and an upper walkway. We started the day on the upper one. The falls looked absolutely stunning! The sky was bright blue, there were rainbows everywhere and butterflies flying around as we walked along. Perhaps the weather helped, but we all decided this side of the falls was a lot more impressive. Every time we walked a bit further the views just got more and more spectacular - they were literally breathtaking. We walked the upper and lower walkways, and again got completely drenched by the spray! Then we decided to do a boat trip into the falls, which was great fun and completely soaked us right through as the boat went right up underneath the falls several times.
Once we had done the boat trip we had to rush back for the safari. Although it was fun looking for animals in the park, after 2 hours of searching and only seeing a small rat-like animal we were pretty happy to finally finish and get dropped back at our hostel. That evening we went out for dinner and decided that we would go back to the Argentinian side of the falls the next day, as we hadn`t had time to see the main attraction at the park, the walkway which went out over the `Devil´s Throat`.
So Wednesday we went back to the park and caught the train to the main walkway. The weather was brilliant again, and the views were incredible. At the end of the walkway we were standing looking right over the `Devil´s Throat` which was amazing. The amount of water and the power of it was insane! We were all pleased we had come back to see this bit of the park, and headed back to the hostel around lunch time to grab our bags and catch a bus onto our next destination, Posadas.
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