| If you want to get up close and personal with one | | | | plane. Plan to spend at least a day touring the falls. A |
| of the world's largest and most impressive waterfalls, | | | | visit would not be complete without admiring the falls |
| take a boat trip on Iguazu River to the Iguazu Falls | | | | from the many vantage points in the surrounding |
| on the border of Argentina and Brazil. The Iguazu | | | | national parks. The whole area has been named a |
| Falls, with water flowing at 61,600 cubic feet per | | | | UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the National Iguazu |
| second, puts Niagara Falls to shame. Plus, the | | | | Park has preserved almost 200,000 acres of jungle. |
| surrounding subtropical forests on both Argentina's | | | | In the forests you can see toucans, parrots, and |
| and Brazil's borders are beautiful and worth at least a | | | | many other beautiful jungle birds, as well as a |
| day of exploring. | | | | plethora of butterflies, and maybe even some |
| The Iguazu Falls is not the longest freefalling waterfall | | | | monkeys and anteaters. |
| - that would be Angel Falls in Venezuela - nor is it | | | | It's best to take a romp through the forest on the |
| technically the largest - that award goes to the | | | | Brazilian side of the falls first. The hike is easy and |
| Victoria Falls in Southern Africa - but it is a top | | | | takes about 45 minutes from the entrance to reach |
| contender in both categories. Tons of water per | | | | the falls. At the edge of the river, you will have an |
| second rushes over basalt rock ledges, some of | | | | excellent view of the falls, especially Floriano Falls and |
| which are over 250 foot tall. The name Iguazu itself | | | | the Devil's Throat. Visitors can also take the free |
| means Big Water in the indigenous language. A cloud | | | | Train of the Forest, or Tren de la Selva. This train |
| of mist rises 100 feet above the splash zone, a | | | | also stops part way so that visitors can get off if |
| spectacular sight since the sunlight often is reflected | | | | they wish or continue on to the falls. From the |
| off the mist in rainbows. | | | | riverbank you can take a boat cruise that takes you |
| There are several waterfalls, actually, that make up | | | | into the splash zone, where you can get as close as |
| Iguazu. About 270 smaller falls converge at the most | | | | possible to the falls. |
| impressive cataract of the falls, the Devil's Throat. So | | | | You can spend the afternoon, or another day, |
| named because the cataract is U-shaped, visitors can | | | | trekking around the Argentina side of the falls, which |
| get close enough that they are surrounded by a wall | | | | affords more great vistas, especially of the Devil's |
| of water on three sides. | | | | Throat, and numerous trails that allow you to get |
| Visitors can get to the city of Iguazu by bus or by | | | | closer to the falls than you can on the Brazilian side. |