Day 43

Our original plan today was to cross into Argentina for the day to visit Iguacu falls from the other side. However we actually decided against this in the end! Brazil is known as the more immersive side and the favourite and we absolutely LOVED it. We almost felt that we could be disappointed with the Argentinian side. It is also quite a mission. Stories of huge border crossing queues and unreliable buses not always stopping in the right customs made us a bit nervous. This with the added factor that our cards are often rejected as they are international and we had no Argentinian cash it felt like it was going to be a saga.

Instead we had a very leisurely start to the morning making the most of the free hotel breakfast before heading to a bird sanctuary. Located very close to the national park entrance it’s a sanctuary who has rescued birds from exotic bird trafficking circles. It was absolutely MASSIVE! You could walk through several aviary which were huge. They had several staff making sure no one was getting too close or going off the path, it was nice to see that the birds welfare came first. We saw Parrots, Flamingos, Toucans, Macaws, all with dazzling bright colours and long tails. It was really incredible and we really enjoyed taking photos of all of them on our cameras too! We were there about 3/4 hours it was massive!! Very sad that so many birds are being trafficked but good to see that organisations are working on stopping it and looking after the injured birds!Read more