Departamento de Veinticinco de Mayo

Last thing we wanted to do today was drive - especially back out on that dirt road. Thankfully our tour to the main attraction here - the Moconá waterfalls - included our guide also being the driver. He came in a new Ford Focus so it was very tricky driving on the track.

It's quite low season here now so we were the only visitors to the park and had a tour and boat ride to ourselves. There were thousands of butterflies everywhere, like in Iguazú. We were lucky as there is only water flowing 70/365 days a year due to a dam upstream which controls the flow. These falls are different than most others because they are a continuous 3 km long and run parallel to the river not across it. The Uruguay river is also the natural border between Argentina and Brazil here.

After our trip we returned to Yucuma but to save the car we did the canoe crossing rather than drive the track. The canoe had a massive spider in it but we survived. Our tour guy was from the agency which rented our car so he had a look too but couldn't fix it. Instead we have the joy of a trip to a mechanic in the next town tomorrow to check it and see if its safe to drive back to Iguazú.

It was so hot this afternoon we could barely move. At one point we sat with sweat dripping from our chins. No AC and the fans just move warm air. We went to the pool but being under the jungle canopy it filled up with bugs, leaves and twigs faster than we could scoop them out. Plus the mosquitos were having a party there. We went and laid down til our very lovely dinner.Read more