Iguazu falls

We arrived last night in Puerto Iguazú, set in the steamy subtropical Atlantic rainforest (although we are 700KM from the ocean) in Argentina's second smallest province, Misisones. It may have only 1% of the land but is the most bio diverse. It is home to 30% of the nation's species of flora and fauna.

Today we did a full day tour of the Argentine side of the falls. It was spectacular and truly merits its status as one of the seven natural wonders of the world - wow. Clare's mouth was agape quite often and we have a million photos of waterfalls, butterflies and rainbows.

In brief the highlights were:
-Getting to the Devil's Throat on the first train and being fairly uncrowded on the viewing platform
-Watching the dusky grey swifts murmurate from the vertical cliffs and the spray high into the sky
-Fabulous weather
-Butterflies everywhere, of all colours and sizes in their thousands, some choosing to land on our hands, legs, clothing
-More and more waterfalls
-Crazy mad cap boat ride including full on 'showers' as it went beneath two waterfalls
-Sensory overload - sound, sights, smells, colours and raw power of nature

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