Iguazú Falls - Argentina
January 23rd, 2026
Today our guide took us to Argentina’s Iguazu National Park to see one the world’s largest waterfalls. Iguazu falls is the world’s largest waterfall system for a length of about 2.7 miles. The system consists of 275 individual waterfalls. The other waterfalls it compares to are Niagara Falls which has less length, but more volume of water per second and Victoria Falls which has the largest vertical drop of a water fall.
Entrance to Iguazú National Park
There was signage along the road pointing our local wildlife. Not your typical Deer crossing signs!
Once we got into the park, we had to buy tickets and get on a train that would take us to the trailhead for one of the hikes.
Amy on the train going to the trail head.
There are three circuit hikes to view the falls. We did all three. The first circuit took us to the Devil’s Throat. This is a horseshoe shaped water fall with thunderous amounts of water going over the edge. It is very impressive. There is an overlook built that will take you right out to the edge. The mist from the falls will definitely get you wet. This is considered good luck as the falls is “kissing” you.
Orange trail goes to Devil’s Throat, Yellow Trail is Lower, Blue trail is upper.
Mission
The iconic opening scene of the movie Mission was filmed here. In the scene, a Jesuit priest is tied to a cross and sent over the falls at Devil’s Throat.
Devil’s Throat
We hiked the lower circuit next. This was a longer trail that took us down to the lower levels to view the falls. There were often rainbows visible in the mist of the falls. We saw many falls like Adam and Eve and the Sisters falls. This hike was mostly shaded and made the hike easier even if it was longer.
Rainbows could be seen at many waterfalls.
Tour boat going up to view the falls. We will be doing this tomorrow.
Photo dump of views from Lower Circuit Trail.
We hiked back up to the top for lunch. The lunch spot at the top had a large caged area for people to eat. The monkeys and the birds in this area are aggressive and will try to steal your food. Sandy actually witnessed a bird fly down and take a sandwich out of someone’s hands as they were eating it (they were not in the caged area).
Designated eating area.
There was a lot of wildlife to be found in the park. There were also signs warning people to not feed the wild life. The signage seems pretty effective as it showed what could happen. Our driver in Buenos Aries also warned us to keep your phone put away. The local moneys think phones are food and will snatch it our of your had and run into the forest with it.
After lunch we did the Upper Circuit Trail. This trail was much shorter and more flat. We basically hiked along the ridge at the top of the falls. The views here were just as stunning.
As we left the park, there was a stop where we had to pay a fee for the local government. It seemed odd to pay on the way out. Felt like a total shakedown!
Back at the hotel we took a short nap. We had walked over 20,000 steps and our feet were not happy! The weather was warm (91 degrees) so we took advantage of the pool at the hotel. It felt great!
Tried a local drink called a Fernet and Coke at the pool.
We ate dinner at a local restaurant called Aqva. This restaurant specializes in regional river fish, meats and homemade pasta. The food was good, but we had issues with the service. They brought the wrong food out and the steak was overcooked.
We have another early day tomorrow, so we headed back to the hotel for an early night.
