Fascinated by the falls

WATERRRR!

Me, and a wall of water.

The view from the Brazilian side

Ais and I standing over the Devil's Throat on the Argentine side.

On the boat before getting soaked at the base of the falls on the Argentine side.

A side view of "La garganta del diablo"

More beauty

Me, my favorite travel partner, and 512123987162398476124 waterfalls

Fascinated by the falls

“Numerous islands along the 2.7-kilometre (1.7 mi) long edge divide the falls into about 275 separate waterfalls and cataracts, varying between 60 metres (200 ft) and 82 metres (269 ft) high. About half of the river's flow falls into a long and narrow chasm called the Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese). The Devil's Throat is U-shaped, 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide, and 700-meter-long. The border between Argentina and Brazil runs through the Devil's Throat.”

-the always accurate, completely trustworthy Wikipedia

After Maureen departed me, my travel partner Aislinn and I took off from Buenos Aires for a ladies tour of Iguazu. There’s not much to say about Iguazu except that it makes complete sense that people travel from all over the world to the middle of nowhere to see them. It’s hard to describe their scope and grandeur, which is why I have included the little fact-worthy wikipedia quote above. You can literally stare at them for hours and not get bored. We spent two days at the falls: one on the Argentine side and the other on the Brazilian side. Both countries have created parks that are reminiscent of Disney World in the sense that they give you handy little picture-filled maps, they run various buses and trains to help you access different parts of the falls, and they sprinkle cafeterias throughout the site. However, the “touristy” nature of the parks is very well kept at a minimum and the natural beauty is preserved as much as it can be, in my opinion.

The Argentine side offers the up-close view. You can literally stand over torrents of water and try to gaze as far down as they drop. The coolest part of the Argentine side was hiking out over the devil’s throat, the largest fall, and not even being able to see where the water ended because there was so much water falling down. We also took a boat ride to the base of some of the falls on this side, which was freaking sweet.

The Brazilian side offers the far away view, but really helps you understand the magnitude of the falls and capture the panoramic grandeur. One of my favorite parts of the Brazilian side was getting so close to a giant fall that our clothes were soaked through and we resorted to just walking around in our bathing suites and towels.

I am going to leave my description of the falls at that and let the pictures do the rest of the talking. My words cannot begin to capture how amazing it was to tour the falls. The nature that surrounds us is truly remarkable.