Iguacu waterfalls

If the waterfalls of the Iguaçu River were to be located along a large tourist site, in an accessible access area and not in a difficult transitional South American rainforest, they would not be able to defend themselves in front of a mass of visitors and would sooner exceed them. all records of Niagara Falls.

In fact, there are two towns on both banks of the river – Foz do Iguaçu in the Brazilian state of Paraná and Porto Iguaçu in the Argentine province of Misiones - which for its survival need only be thanked to the famous waterfalls, however the Iguaçu waterfalls preserved the primate as tourist attraction . Since no decision has been made so far to use the water mass for electricity production, it is a tropical miracle that lies on a triangle - between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

The rich and fast Iguaçu is a tributary of the 4,700km-long Paraná, which joins Rio Uruguay and another river beside Buenos Aires, now named Rio de la Plata, flows into the Atlantic. The source of the Iguaçu River lies near Curitiba, in the woods along the Serra del Mar coast.

Despite numerous rapids, the 750km-long river is largely navigable for boats. There are many waterfalls in the upper reaches of the Parana River, the most interesting of which is the Guyir Falls, and after this waterfall, the river flows into the deep canyon along the border between Paraguay and Brazil. All tributaries flowing into Paraná must be "lowered" through this canyon. That is why the whole area is rich in rapids and waterfalls. The most beautiful of these is the Iguaçu Falls, 23km before crossing the Paraná River

It is very important to point out that this is not just about one and only waterfall, but about 21 waterfalls that fall into a strait in a 70 to 80m deep ravine. The noise of the waterfalls can be heard up to 25km. About half of the river flow falls into a long, narrow abyss called the Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish or Garganta do Diabo in Portuguese). Waterfalls are the strongest when it rains, with 140 million tons of water passing by in one hour.