One of the Seven New Wonders of the World.....Iguazu Falls!

We left the ship this morning and took a taxi to drop our luggage at the Hilton, where we would spend one night after this little adventure.  Then on to the regional airport.  Our 2 hour flight to Iguazu Falls left at 11:15 a.m.   Once there, we grabbed a taxi and went to the Sheraton, which is the only hotel inside the park.   When we walked to the front desk to check in, we were awe struck!  We were looking right at the falls.  We made a quick stop by our room and off we went. 

A sidewalk out the back door of the hotel led us to two trails, the upper trail and the lower trail.  We first took the upper trail, which ran along the top of the falls. 

 

 

Words can't describe this!   We thought it just can't get any better than this.....but it did!  We then circled around and took the lower trail, that takes you down a series of paths and steps, all the way to the river!

 

 

 

 



We only had 24 hours here, but it was the high point of the entire 3 week trip!  

 

The first afternoon, we scheduled a boat excursion that takes you under the falls.  After seeing the volume of water falling here, and how rough the river was below....I was terrified.  But, I couldn't pass up this opportunity, which proved to be thrilling!

 

The next morning, we were up and headed into the park at 6:30 a.m.  (The park didn't officially open until 8 a.m., but we felt sure those chains across the pathway weren't meant to keep us out.)  We had the entire park to ourselves.  It was spectacular!