Part 1

Last week we went to see the Iguacu Falls. Since 1984, it was included as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In 2011, it was put on the Seven New Natural Wonders of the Modern World. Iguazu Falls is such an incredible place.

Last week we flew from Bariloche to Buenos Aires of the 19th of Feb, were we stayed for one night. We left our bags in Buenos Aires at our hotel because we had to go light for the airline requirements, and we were coming back to that hotel in a few days. We only took what we needed for those days and warm weather conditions.

The next morning on the 20th of Feb at 4:30 we left our hotel and flew from Buenos to Cataratas - Iguazu International Airport.

A really cool thing is that we got to stay in a resort in Brazil. First of all, we do not regularly stay in resorts, so it was very exciting, and we also got to enter Brazil which was not part of our original plan. We crossed the border four times between Argentina and Brazil because we visited both sides of Iguazu falls, and we were staying on the Brazilian side. So, lots of stamps in the passport.

We had booked a tour, so we had a private driver for four days and for two of those days we had a guide. The first day we arrived at the airport and a driver picked us up, we went straight to the resort in the morning, were we just chilled out at the resort and swam in the pool.

The first day at Iguacu falls we got to explore the Brazilian side and at our first lookout we got to see some monkeys in the trees. On this day we got our first look at the Devil’s Throat – it is the biggest waterfall at Iguacu and has an 82 metre drop as well as 40% of the water that goes through Iguacu moves through this specific waterfall. We got to stand on the platform on the Brazilian side to view the Devil's Throat, there you get the spray from the waterfall. We got a little bit soaked, but you don't get cold because it is so hot in this part of the world.

We also got to see a South American ‘coati’, they are a native animal of this region and look so cute. I’ll save you the pain of me trying to explain what a ‘coati’ is. Just look the photo below. We found out Coati’s are not scared of humans at all they get so close to you that you can basically touch them. Our guide said he pet one once even though you're not meant to.

After we saw the waterfalls, we went home and had a bit of a siesta. After a few hours, we went out again, this time to the bird sanctuary where we got to see many native birds like the toucans, macaws and flamingos. We returned to the resort and had a rest until we decided to go out to dinner in a Brazilian city - Falls the Iguazu, this was quite nice.