Iguaçu

Advantages: Less touristy and tacky than Niagara
Disadvantages: Give it time and it will become touristy and tacky

...Iguaçu (or Iguazú) waterfalls are some of the most impressive in the world, not the biggest, widest nor tallest waterfall, but 275 separate waterfalls spread over a three-kilometre crescent between Argentina and Brazil. Most of the falls are in Argentina, but the best views are from the Brazilian side. While on holiday in Brazil, after a wonderful few days in Rio de Janeiro and before heading into the Amazon Jungle I spent a few days at Iguaçu, staying at the wonderful Tropical Das Cataratas Hotel. Getting There We intended to fly from Rio to Curitiba, but the weather was too bad for a small plane, so we flew to São Paulo and caught a bigger plane from there to Curitiba, to catch the connecting flight to Iguaçu. Hotel Tropical Das Cataratas We stayed at the four-star Tropical Das Cataratas which is about ten miles from...

AndrewPo 18.08.2008 · Read review
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Iguacu, Where are You?

Advantages: Beautiful scenery, shared by two countries, stunning falls
Disadvantages: long way to go but worth it

...The Iguacu Falls are part of the Iguacu National Parks which exists on both the Argentinean and Brazilian sides and are designated UNESCO World heritage sites since 1984 and 1986 respectively. We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel on the Argentinean side of the falls. It wasn't the best looking hotel in the world from the outside but it had a wonderful view of the Iguaçu Falls. Unfortunately our room had a jungle view rather than a when of the falls but in are the public areas the view of the falls could be enjoyed by everyone. On our first day we enjoyed the Upper (or Superior) walk and we were treated to our first sight of these amazing waterfalls. During the walks we were also lucky enough to see a badger-like creative called a Cotymundy foraying in one d the title bins. It was a sort of cross between an anteater ad a badger but about...

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Iguacu - better by the bucketload than Niagra/Victoria Falls

Advantages: Unbelievable scenery, fantastic wildlife
Disadvantages: Not much choice of accomodation

...The stunning array of cascades is what makes Iguacu, in my opinion, the most the spectacular of the world?s waterfalls. Unlike other, taller waterfalls, the falls is made up o a semi-circle of hundreds of individual water falls, all pouring into a tempestuous river. Take a boat trip up this river to next to the falls and you are in one of the best places to appreciate them ? look right, look left, look straight ahead and all you can see is walls of tumbling water crashing down over rocks with sub-tropical vegetation close by to add to the spectacle. The falls lie literally on the border between Argentina and Brazil (the border is in fact the river on which the falls are) but I would recommend staying on the Brazillian side. The views are better from here, and the most secondary activities are on this side. For British tourists, no visa...

LewisAtkinson 25.08.2000 · Read review
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Poor Niagara!

Advantages: Stunning, dramatic - possibly the most impressive waterfalls in the world.
Disadvantages: Expensive to reach.

...?Poor Niagara!? So remarked Eleanor Roosevelt upon seeing the Iguazú Falls for the first time; it is this sense of immediate and lasting awe that best defines 250+ waterfalls that together form the blanket of crashing water separating Brazil and Argentina. Second though it may be to Victoria Falls in statistics of size and volume, in more subjective terms of comparison, there can be few other natural sites with such impact and inherent raw beauty. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Reaching the Falls ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Around two hours? flight north of Buenos Aires and west of Rio, the Falls lie just to the south-east of the Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay border. Although technically three towns, Foz do Iguaçu, Puerto Iguazú and Ciudad del Este form one large urban sprawl around the confluence of the Parana and Iguazú...

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Puerto Heaven

Advantages: Paradise
Disadvantages: You have to leave sometime....

...This is the closest thing to paradise I have ever seen. Eden may have looked like this, if God was in a particularly good mood on the sixth day, or whenever it was he created it. The Falls mark the point where Brazil and Argentina border one another. The river Iguazu (Portuguese spelling – or Iguacu in Spanish) cascades down through a large valley at this point – see other reviews in the section for an explanation of how the valley was formed. The river itself is spectacular enough – At least to an East Londoner whose only knowledge of rivers up ‘til this point was the grotty Thames, festooned with shopping trolleys and plastic bags. The river Iguacu is HUGE – its name literally meant “Big Water” in the language of the local people – until the Spanish arrived. Thankfully they kept...

bergmcberg 19.12.2004 (04.01.2005) · Read review
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A Drop In Time

Advantages: As Breathtaking As An Anaconda.
Disadvantages: Only Expensive Rolls Of Film Do It Justice.

...', Iguacu) leave from platform 1 at the bus station. There is a departure every 40 minutes beginning at 7am right through to 5 in the evening. There is no need to buy tickets in advance as the $2 fare is collected on board. The Iguazu bus is distinctive, it is white and could easily pass for an airport transfer bus. The destination sign on the front of the bus says Cataratas (Spanish for 'Falls'). The 15 km journey to the entrance of the National Park only takes about 20 minutes. Once you arrive, admission to the National Park is $9 which includes a return trip by tram to the most impressive Falls, Garganta Del Diablo ('The Devil's Throat'). There are many extra options available if you wish to enhance your experience of the Falls. As you would expect these options cost a little extra. The most common excursion is to take a dingy to...

indiecater 12.06.2004 · Read review
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Basalt On The Senses

Advantages: One of the most beautiful places in the world.
Disadvantages: Slow reactions leads to wet camcorders.

...with a 'c', Iguacu) leave from platform 1 at the bus station. There is a departure every 40 minutes beginning at 7am right through to 5 in the evening. There is no need to buy tickets in advance as the $2 fare is collected on board. The Iguazu bus is distinctive, it is white and could easily pass for an airport transfer bus. The destination sign on the front of the bus says Cataratas (Spanish for 'Falls'). The 15 km journey to the entrance of the National Park only takes about 20 minutes. Once you arrive, admission to the National Park is $9 which includes a return trip by tram to the most impressive Falls, Garganta Del Diablo ('The Devil's Throat'). There are many extra options available if you wish to enhance your experience of the Falls. As you would expect these options cost a little extra. The most common excursion is to take a dingy...

indiecater 21.12.2002 · Read review
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Nice city hotel next to the Iguassu Falls

Advantages: Great breakfast
Disadvantages: The room is a little dated

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roseycheeks 11.03.2009 · Read review
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Cataratas del Iguazu

Advantages: Once in a lifetime experience!
Disadvantages: Lots of mosquitos.

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mreservado 20.07.2004 · Read review
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Brasil - a conflicting recommendation

Advantages: Breathtaking nature, cheap, multi-cultural
Disadvantages: high criminality, bad health institutions (hospital etc.),

...Now I live since nearly two years in Brasil and my opinion about this country is still conflicting: on one side its for sure one of the most impressing countries concerning the nature, on the other side also one of the countries with enormous social differences, and this always means: criminality and violence. I don?t want to talk here about attractions like Ouro Preto, an Unesco-city, the spectaculous waterfalls of iguacu, the cities Salvador de Bahia and Manaus, about these attractions you find informations in every travel guide, and this is good so, they are worth the visit. And yes, the people in Brasil are really amazingly friendly, the country itself,a quasi-continente, shows so many different sides from the black-african north to the european south like only few others. As a conclusion I would say: YES, you should visit...

AlexanderS2 31.03.2005 · Read review
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