Thursday, July 5, 2007

Cataratas del Iguazu (Iguazu Falls)

Our first fall, not really knowing what was awaiting us.


The real thing.

Salto Bossetti (Bossetti Fall) from the top and the bottom.

Salto San Martin (above and below), the most awesome part of this part of the falls.


From over 1km wide at the top, this fast flowing little river is all that flows out.


Garganta Del Diablo

(The Devil´s Throat)

What you see as you approach. The catwalks take you right out to where it happens. Below shows the mist that is created.

Hard to fit in due to how close you get, but this is the second part of the falls (above and below, with above on the right), and is by far the most fiercesome part.

The falls are split into two parts. The first part (the one with San Martin) has catwalks up the top and down below. There is also a island in the middle of the falls that you can explore (this is the bit in the San Martin pictures with the catwalk on the other side). Garganta del Diablo is the second part. You can only see this one from the top. They are a reasonable distance apart and there is a small train to carry people around the park. All in all, amazing. We saw most of it in one day but came back for a second day just because.

One happy and thoroughly impressed camper.