The Argentine side of the falls was much more impressive than the Brazilian side, which is not a disservice to Foz as there was quite a fantastic view from there too.
The park consists of catwalks in and amongst the forest and water falls, with real up close and personal views of the water cascading down the rocks, over grasses clinging on for their dear lives and swallows darting in and out of the mist catching bugs (good on 'em I say, nasty little blighters).
Fact fans the falls are:
Very wide
Quite high
and the forest in this area is said by some to rival that of the Amazonian Pantanal for richness in flora and fawna....
We saw:
Iguana type lizardy beast
Coati, hairy long nosed critters about the size of a fox
2 Toucans
Loads of fat, horrid centipedes
Many colourful butterflies
Many 'bichos' (bugs)
After lots of walking we decided it was time to cool off, and signed up for the silly boat ride that takes you almost under the falls themselves - as near as you would want to be anyway! We boarded a power dinghy (!) and took our shoes off, sensibly...... The boats tosses you from side to side, to build the suspense and then approaches the waterfall. While we didn´t go under the actual falls we got drenched in the spray. Hilarious. The best 100 pesos spent so far.
This pretty much finished up the day, except for another walk along the catwalks to the main attraction. 'La Garganta del Diablo' or 'devils throat' is an amazing view of the largest of the waterfalls from its very edge. It felt like looking into a cauldron with the mist blowing up in our faces. WOW!
Hannah
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