After a week in Las Lenas, Adam and I had a morning charter flight to Buenos Aires, then a domestic flight to Iguazu, where we stayed at the Sheraton on the Argentine side for 2 nights.
From the Sheraton we had an easy late afternoon walk through the grounds to the far Argentine edge of the falls.
Long view of the ~2,000 meter width of the Argentine side:
Looking down to a water level viewpoint:
San Martin Island is surrounded by waterfalls and normally accessible by boat but not with this high water flow.
Closeup view of high water flow:
Water is brown with sediment. Pics of Victoria Falls at high flow are similar.
With 80% of the sectioned falls in Argentina, the panoramic view is from the Brazilian side, where we went the next morning.
There’s a Maid-of-the-Mist type boat down there. We did that later but no pics as the view down below was likely obscured.
Moving gradually up the Brazilian side:
View up to the top Devil’s Throat, hidden by mist from this distance:
Walkway along the bench between the two waterfall levels:
View down to walkway:
I’m sure we went out there but it wasn’t good for pics.
View across the top of Iguazu:
Mist at far center is from Devil’s Throat.
In the afternoon we went to the Bird’s Park. A few highlights:
The next morning took the short train ride to Devil’s Throat viewpoint in Argentina.
Yes the water can be even higher, threatening the walkways.
Devil’s Throat contains almost half of Iguazu’s water flow, which was 140,000cfs when we were there.
The weather was thick overcast with occasional rain showers the entire time we were there. So no rainbows! Iguazu has a wet climate, averages 72 inches of rain. Driest month July still averages 3+ inches. So it's extremely rare for flow to get down under 15,000cfs, which is routine at Victoria Falls in November.
We departed for Rio in the early afternoon Sept. 12.
From the Sheraton we had an easy late afternoon walk through the grounds to the far Argentine edge of the falls.
Long view of the ~2,000 meter width of the Argentine side:
Looking down to a water level viewpoint:
San Martin Island is surrounded by waterfalls and normally accessible by boat but not with this high water flow.
Closeup view of high water flow:
Water is brown with sediment. Pics of Victoria Falls at high flow are similar.
With 80% of the sectioned falls in Argentina, the panoramic view is from the Brazilian side, where we went the next morning.
There’s a Maid-of-the-Mist type boat down there. We did that later but no pics as the view down below was likely obscured.
Moving gradually up the Brazilian side:
View up to the top Devil’s Throat, hidden by mist from this distance:
Walkway along the bench between the two waterfall levels:
View down to walkway:
I’m sure we went out there but it wasn’t good for pics.
View across the top of Iguazu:
Mist at far center is from Devil’s Throat.
In the afternoon we went to the Bird’s Park. A few highlights:
The next morning took the short train ride to Devil’s Throat viewpoint in Argentina.
Yes the water can be even higher, threatening the walkways.
Devil’s Throat contains almost half of Iguazu’s water flow, which was 140,000cfs when we were there.
The weather was thick overcast with occasional rain showers the entire time we were there. So no rainbows! Iguazu has a wet climate, averages 72 inches of rain. Driest month July still averages 3+ inches. So it's extremely rare for flow to get down under 15,000cfs, which is routine at Victoria Falls in November.
We departed for Rio in the early afternoon Sept. 12.
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