Bienvenidos and welcome to Iguazu!

This weekend we went on an adventure to the Iguazu Falls. The falls are located in the Province of Misiones in Northeastern Argentina. The Iguazu river starts in Brazil and flows into the Parana River. It was discovered by the spanish and the translation of the word Iguazu means "Great Waters" (I= water and guazu=great). The Iguazu Falls are the second largest in the world after the Victoria Falls in Africa.

The legend goes that the Guarani tribe sacrificed women to the serpent. One day the chief fell in love with a woman that was supposed to be sacrificed. The serpent was furious and split the river to condemn the lovers. In reality, the Iguazu River runs over a plateau that was formed by volcanic activity during the time that the supercontinent Pangea split. As you can see in the picture above, the falls are in different layers which are layers of molten rock. 

The picture above is of the "Devil's Throat". It is the most impressive of all the falls and it marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. While standing above the falls you could almost feel the power of the water. 

Seeing the falls from below was amazing too. It was really loud and the water was very powerful especially when we got to the base of the falls and were directly under the water. To hear the person next to you, we practically had to shout, but everyone was yelling anyone because it felt like we were on an amusement park ride between the speed and quick turns the boat made and being soaked as we rafted into the falls. 

Iguazu Falls are commonly compared to Niagara Falls, but I personally don't think they can even be compared. I visited Niagara several years ago and it was not nearly as impressive as Iguazu. Iguazu is easily 3 times as big and you can see the falls from so many different angles so you can the whole picture. 

The whole crew at Iguazu