Iguazu Falls!

Our hotel is inside the Iguazu Falls National Park, so we were able to easily walk over and check out the different viewpoints for the falls. It is very hot here (high 90s), so the section where the spray covers everything around like rain was particularly refreshing.

Iguazu Falls is said to be the largest waterfall system in the world. Stretching approximately 1-1/2 miles along the border of Argentina and Brazil, the falls are made up of roughly 275 different vertical drops, with heights varying from 200-250 feet. This makes the Iguazu Falls taller than Niagara Falls and twice as wide. Niagara Falls emerges as the winner in flow rate, though. According to one source, about 2,400 cubic meters of water flows every second at Niagara Falls as compared to around 1,700 cubic meters of water every second at Iguazu Falls.

It is pretty crowded here, but the many different pathways and modes of viewing (walking, boating and by helicopter) kept it manageable.Read more