Taller than Niagara Falls, and twice as wide, with 275 cascades spread in a horsehoe shape over nearly two miles of the Iguazu River, Iguazú Falls are the result of a volcanic eruption which left yet another large crack in the earth. During the rainy season of November - March, the rate of flow of water going over the falls may reach 450,000 cubic feet (12,750 cubic m) per second. It is a mystical land of endlessly flowing water, believed by some of the conquistadors to be the lost Garden of Eden.
Of course, Igauzú is more than just water. The verdant, lush greenery billowing up in every corner is amazing. Hot pink flowers peek out from under the mesh bridges that carry you over and between the falls, strange fungi glows orange or snakes like florscent green lace across moist logs. Colorful birds in bright yellow or toucans with their colorful orange beaks fly around and nibble on fruit, while strange creatures called Coatis, like a cross between a monkey and a wolverine, will bumble over to you looking for food. And speaking of monkeys...they are there too, swinging around the tress. Throughout the park, greyish-brown guinea-pigs freely graze on the grass, and in the big rivers, their gigantic relatives, capibaras, splash in the water to keep cool.
Welcome to the tropics.