Iguazu Falls

At the 7. February 2006, after our spanishcourse, which we enjoyed very much, we took off to the famous Iguazu Falls. Puerto Iguazu lies on the border to Brasil and Paraguay. Without the Waterfalls, we are sure, there wouln't be a town.


We flew right over the waterfalls, which was absolutely breathtaking. A memorable experience and a spectacle of nature they are considered a wonder of the world. With Stefan, who is from Switzerland and who we met at school, we found a nice appartment in the center of the town. At two o'clock in the morning, however we found out, that the towns disco is located right next to us. Music till sunrise.

However we managed to go to the Nationalpark early enough, before all tourist buses arrived. The biggest part of the waterfalls lies on the Argentinian side. This natural sanctuary is located in the far NE of the Republic of Argentina. With large amounts of precipitation, warm temperatures (15ºC on average in winter and 30ºC in summer) and the thick vegetation acting as a windscreen, it experiences extremely high levels of humidity.


Taller than Niagara Falls, twice as wide with 275 cascades spread in a horsehoe shape over nearly two miles of the Iguazu River, Iguazú Falls are the result of a volcanic eruption which left yet another large crack in the earth. During the rainy season of November - March, the rate of flow of water going over the falls may reach 450,000 cubic feet (12,750 cubic m) per second. With a speedboat we went under a waterfalls. It was absolutely fantastic.

In the eventing we spent some time with Stefan, Nicole and Marcel, which are also from Switzerland. We had a Parillada (grillplatter) and "some" wine. On the next day we went to the Brasilien side of the waterfalls. With a public bus and the first time we were really happy that we studied spanish a bit. Simone managed it to find the right place to catch another bus. The view from the Brazilian side is the most panoramic. Roosevelt sad once "poor Niagara" and we think, he was right.

If you like to know more, following you will find two websites.:
http://www.iguazuargentina.com/
http://www.cataratasdeliguazu.net/