Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Puerto Iguazu - Brazil
Hola,
We arrived in Puerto Iguazu only to realise (after having a closer look) that our reservation was for the hostel outside of town, not the one in the middle of town, despite having asked specifically for the one inside town.
We went to the one in town anyway and talked about it, they wouldn't accept the reservation credit of 25 pesos but did have a free room. We would have to talk to the hostel back in Buenos Aires about a refund or something. We decided to stay and after a quick lunch in a local restaurant we jumped on the bus to the Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls.
We went through Argentinean customs getting an exit stamp but didn't have to go through Brazilian customs and get an entry stamp, and we were really looking forward to one of those too! The bus dropped us on the main road and we had to catch a 2nd bus to get to the falls themselves.
The park entrance included unlimited transport in the form of a bus we could catch at any point on the park road. We took this bus to the main 1.2km walking track along the falls.
At the start of the walk we saw signs warning us of these little guys, apparently they can become violent when food is involved.
At the start of the walk you can literally look across the border to the Argentine side. You can also see all the jet boats taking people as close to the falls as they dare.
There were simply millions of butterflies everywhere!
Not to mention lizards.
Plus waterfalls, waterfalls and more waterfalls.
You get pretty close to the falls on this side, and we had heard you got even closer on the Argentine so we couldn't wait. After the walk we took the bus back to the park entrance and again caught 2 busses to return to Puerto Iguazu. We again passed through only Argentinean customs, not Brazilian.
Dave: OMG the ape man had a hair cut! (04/08/07)
Regan Heath: The animals are called "Coati" or "Coatimundi". In this case we saw the ring-tailed variety. (04/15/07)
Rochelle, Rhianna and Sophia: Wow we all think the waterfalls are amazing but the girls would like to know the name of the animal that you had to be careful of please. Rhianna really liked the butterflies we are now off to look on her world map and draw a line to where you are. She is loving tracking you around South America. I love the haircuts!! (04/13/07)
Delys: sheesh Dave is rude! Looks good! My mum has been to both sides last year she thought it was just lovely. (04/10/07)