Iguazú Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil on the Iguazú River. Together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazú. Over 500 species of butterflies and animals including capuchin monkeys and jaguars live in the Iguazú National Park.
Iguazú Falls was incredible. This has been on our list of places to visit for quite a while. Due to time constraints, we made this a day trip which forced us to wake up at 4am to get to the airport for our 2 hour flight to Iguazú. After meeting our private guide, we spent the rest of the day traversing the maze of walkways and bridges to various viewpoints within the park.
The water is actually low at this time of year, yet the roar of the falls was palpable. You could feel the power of the water as it rushed over the cliffs and the cooling mist was refreshing on such a hot day. Our guide told us to visit in May to see the falls at their fullest. Since we were on a tight timeline to get back to the airport for our return flight, we were only able to walk a few of the trails within the park. We hope to return someday, preferably in the month of May, and explore the rest of the trails we missed in this beautiful National Park.
At the end of our tour we cooled off at the Gran Meliá Hotel which has a gorgeous view of the falls and waited for our driver to take us back to the airport. This is the only hotel within the Iguazú National Park grounds and no further construction is allowed. This is intended to keep the falls and views as pristine as they are now and prevent high rise resorts and hotels from taking over like they’ve done at Niagara Falls.
This was a beautiful stop on our journey. We hope to be back someday and may even look at staying at the Gran Meliá and possibly at the Belmont Hotel on the Brazilian side of the falls.
🎄Merry Christmas, you guys who wander!!