Iguazu Falls - Oh, Wow!

That is what we said upon seeing the falls for the very first time. Oh, Wow! Oh, Wow! Oh, Wow! There are really no words to describe seeing the initial view of the falls, about all I can say is they are simply beautiful and definitely a sight that fills one with awe. The National Park of Iguazu Falls is very well set up for the regular tourist, so it is quite easy to get to good views of the falls. We took both the upper trail to view the falls from the top, and the lower trail, which takes you down to the Iguazu River. The upper trail is fairly easy, but the lower trail has LOTS of stairs. When we got to the bottom, we took a boat over to San Martin Island, where we did more climbing of stairs, but got to good views of the falls.
After doing all those trails, we took a train to the most impressive fall, which is named Garganta del Diablo. That was the icing on the cake! We followed an elevated walk which took us over the waters that lead to this fall, and that walk was beautiful in itself. But getting to end of this walk, and seeing the falls from that vantage point was very impressive. When we got back from this walk, instead of taking the train back, we got on a big raft and drifted slowly back on the waters that lead to the falls. That was also a highlight of the day! Our guide slowly led the raft along the waters, pointing out caimanes, turtles and many water birds. In some places the waterway was very narrow and thick with vegetation. We saw plenty of Toucans on this ride also, which was exciting!!! What beautiful birds they are!!
This was a fantastic day, the weather was sunny, but surprisingly cold!! I guess that night we had those thunderstorms, a cold front came through here. A cold front from Antartica, I imagine! It was a perfect day to see the falls, and we plan on going back there tomorrow to do one other trail that we didn't have time for.
We are all doing fine and becoming quite familiar with the town of Puerto Iguazu!!