Boats awaiting riders for the Gran Aventura — Iguazú Falls National Park.

The route the Gran Aventura boats take — Iguazú Falls National Park.

We'll return to this side of the falls later — Iguazú Falls National Park.

And we are off to the Devil's Throat Canyon ... won't be going in too far — Iguazú Falls Natl Park.

Gran Aventura — Iguazú Falls National Park.

What we looked like to our new friends Van & Patrick from the Lower Circuit — Iguazú Falls

Iguazú: Gran Aventura

February 6 in Brazil ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F

We knew about the boat adventure that sails up Rio Iguazú Inferior … the section of the river below the falls.

We really had no plans for doing it. Instead, we were going to walk the Lower Circuit trail while we waited for those doing the boat ride. But then, it was so darned hot that we sweated buckets. Suddenly, a cool ‘shower’ or two under the falls sounded like a great idea.

Our Iguazú Jungle Gran Aventura started with a 25-minute truck ride over bumpy, dirt roads to the boat embarkation point … which was 200+ steps down from where we were dropped off. Collecting heavy-duty waterproof bags for our valuables, socks, and shoes, we donned life vests. And off we went on a wild and woolly ride that left us soaked to the skin! I’m telling you, there wasn’t an inch of skin left dry! It felt good, though … and the 94F heat dried us out (mostly) by the time we were finished with the return truck ride and rejoined our group.

(I included a couple of videos with this footprint. But for the real McCoy, I have to wait until Mui can process his GoPro video … my phone was safely secured in the dry bag before things got too wet!)Read more