Cataratas de Iguazú

The Iguazú Falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil are among the mightiest water falls on this planet. Río Igauazú runs over a basalt layer that ends abruptly and is followed by soft sandstone. As a consequence, the river falls 80 metres in a number of falls spread out over the wide river.

Both Argentina and Brazil have national parks in conjunction to the falls, and if you go to Iguazú, you should definitely visit both. There is a lot more to see and discover on the Argentinian site (at least without extra expenses), but it is from the Brazilian side you get the best overview of the falls. Both parks offer more than just water falls, and all the water-fall pictures are mixed with pictures on plants and animals.

As for where to stay the night, I definitely recommend Puerto Iguazú on the Argentinian side. Foz de Iguaçu in Brazil is a bigger city, but it did not give a friendly impression  Puerto Iguazú is like Argentina in general: people are mainly nice and honest, and you don't have to suspect in every second that someone is trying to trick you.

I was two days at the falls, the first on the Argentinian side, and the second on the Brazilian. However, I start off with some pictures from the Brazilian side to give you some overview.

1. Triple Border	2. Brazilian Overview I	3. Brazilian Overview II	4. Brazilian Overview III
5. Brazilian Overview IV	6. Sendero Macuco	7. The Pool	8. View over Río Iguazú
9. Salto Arrechea I	10. Salto Arrechea II	11. Butterflies	12. Stepping Stone
13. Brazilian Boat Launch	14. Entrance to the Falls	15. You don't get wet!	16. After the Bath
17. Below	18. The Big Fall by San Martín	19. Red Flowers	20. Rainbow
21. Closeup of a Fall	22. Closeup, portrait mode	23. View with San Martín	24. A View Up the Hill
25. Fat Lizard	26. Blossoming Trees	27. Jungle Picture	28. Overview
29. Half-Overview	30. More Falls	31. Even More Falls	32. Retired Stream
33. And Even More Falls	34. Just Above	35. Yet Another Fall	36. Nice Flower
37. A Small Fall	38. Small Stream	39. Stone Gate	40. Vultures I
41. Vultures II	42. Lizard II	43. Fall Seen from San Martín	44. Water and Water
45. Lizard III	46. Tree with Balls	47. Still Waters	48. Still Waters II
49. La Garganta del Diablo I	50. La Garganta del Diablo II	51. La Garganta del Diablo III	52. Into the Fog
53. Fog with Rainbow	54. La Garganta del Diablo VI	55. White Bird	56. Crocodile
57. Water Mirror	58. View from Brazil	59. Coati	60. Green Lizard
61. Small Stream Falling	62. Small White Mushroom	63. The Lower Parts of a Fall	64. Running Water
65. Steamin'	66. View of a Fall	67. The Garganta Birds	68. Gargantic Fog
69. Rainbow over Water	70. Complete Chaos	71. Fall in Close Study	72. Water is All You See
73. The Lower Part of a Fall	74. Coati II	75. La Garganta from above	76. On the Frontier
77. Río Igauzú