Brazil/Argentina - Cataratas do Iguaçu
View of Garganta do Diabo from the brazilian side.
The Iguaçu system (or Iguazù in Spanish) consists of 275 waterfalls, which follow one another 2.7 km long of the Iguaçu River before flowing into the Paranà River. The height of the waterfall fronts varies between 50 and 100 meters, average height 70, but what strikes most is their extent.
The Brazilian side is better to have an overview of the waterfalls, along the 1.2 km trail (trilha) that leads to the Mirante da Garganta do Diabo and passes in front of the main jumps: Salto Lanusse, Salto dos Hermanas, Salto Bossetti, Salto Escondido, all in Argentine territory, Salto San Martìn binational, up to the impressive Garganta do Diabo ( = the devil's throat). A walkway at the bottom of the trilha leads in front of the main jump, but very close, a few meters away, in a cloud of splashes of water from which you can shelter with the plastic raincoats available at the end of the path.
The view from above the walkway is scaring (look at the photo) and one wonders how they did to build it, for the water flow and the violence of the current, even if we are in a season of poor rainfall.
In other seasons, like in spring that is the rainy period, the stroller is completely submerged by muddy water. During the rainy period, part of the visit route is often closed because it is impassable, both on the Brazilian and Argentine side.
Brazil/Argentina - Cataratas do Iguaçu
View of Garganta do Diabo from the brazilian side.
The Iguaçu system (or Iguazù in Spanish) consists of 275 waterfalls, which follow one another 2.7 km long of the Iguaçu River before flowing into the Paranà River. The height of the waterfall fronts varies between 50 and 100 meters, average height 70, but what strikes most is their extent.
The Brazilian side is better to have an overview of the waterfalls, along the 1.2 km trail (trilha) that leads to the Mirante da Garganta do Diabo and passes in front of the main jumps: Salto Lanusse, Salto dos Hermanas, Salto Bossetti, Salto Escondido, all in Argentine territory, Salto San Martìn binational, up to the impressive Garganta do Diabo ( = the devil's throat). A walkway at the bottom of the trilha leads in front of the main jump, but very close, a few meters away, in a cloud of splashes of water from which you can shelter with the plastic raincoats available at the end of the path.
The view from above the walkway is scaring (look at the photo) and one wonders how they did to build it, for the water flow and the violence of the current, even if we are in a season of poor rainfall.
In other seasons, like in spring that is the rainy period, the stroller is completely submerged by muddy water. During the rainy period, part of the visit route is often closed because it is impassable, both on the Brazilian and Argentine side.