Photos cannot do justice to the falls. It has to be experienced, an incomparable experience at that. In September water is considered to be at 40-50% of top volume, forming countless individual falls, very scenic. It's a good thing we didn't visit Iguazu until now. All waterfalls we are likely to encounter will seem underwhelming.
The free bus from the entrance to the falls.
We stepped off the bus at the Cataract Hotel stop and 30 meters later ....
The walkway continues for about 1 km and the views keep getting better. And we can see the boardwalks on the Argentina side that we will be walking tomorrow.
Rainbow.
More waterfalls upstream.
There are several viewing platforms.
After an hour or so we reached the walkway out towards the so-called "Devil's Throat".
The experience on the walkway is great. Everyone is having fun. There was a bit of spray, but we stayed dry. The 360 view is amazing.
We took the elevator back up to the main path and ate our picnic lunch. More amazing views.
We rode the free bus back to the park entrance, picked up our bags from the hotel, rode bus #120 to the border, crossed into Argentina, and took another bus to the Puerto Argentina Bus Terminal. From there it was a short walk to our apartment. Whew!
Then we had to change money to get some Argentinian pesos to buy groceries.
The next morning, we took a bus from the terminal to the Argentinian Iguazu Falls.
There's a mini train to take you directly to the beginning of the boardwalk to the Devil's Throat. We did two less exciting walks before catching the train.
The boardwalks are literally right over the tops of the falls.
Can you spot Sun-Ling (with the hat)?
From one of the longer boardwalks we spotted a toucan.
On another loop we spotted nesting Great Dusky Swifts on the rocks next to a raging waterfall.
After lunch we rode the train to the Devil's Throat Station and walked out.
And finally made our way back to Puerto Iguazu bus station.
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