Iguaçu Falls -
from the Brazilian Side

We left Argentina after a full day's touring in Parque Nacional Iguazú. Driving across a bridge, I entered another new country that I visited for the first time - Brazil.

Because Brazil is a Portugese speaking country, suddenly all the familar Spanish signs were replaced in Portugese. "de" becomes "do", "le" becomes "O", and "la" becomes "A" etc.

And now the Iguazú Falls become Iguaçu Falls.

Camping again(I could not even "upgrade" to a hostel bed as in Puerto Iguazú because all beds were occupied), our campsite/youth hostel in Foz do Iguaçu (the city next to the Falls with more than 300,000 people) is quite far out of the way from the main road. But since I was usually very good in taking local public transportation, I made it back from Parque Nacional do Iguaçu after a whole day's touring.

Parque Nacional do Iguaçu in Bazilian side is much bigger than Argentine Parque Nacional Iguazú. However, bigger is not necessary better, there is only one trail really gives you a very close-up of the falls in the Brazilian Park. They do have a well-designed exhibition center and beautiful park shuttle buses. The food in Brazilian Park is also better than the ones in Argentine side. I especially like their cafeteria, which lies just behind Devil's Throat...

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Cartoon map of Parque Nacional do Iguaçu. I think it looks quite cute. From the map, you should have better idea of relative locations of the observation platforms in both Argentine (on the right/south) and Brazilian side (on the left/north). Nearby the number 13 is the Cafeteria where I had lunch.

View of Devil's Throat from the trail on the Brazilian side.

View of Argentina's groups of smaller waterfall from Bazilian side. You can even see people on the Circuito Superior (Upper Trail) there.

A Panoramic view of the Argentine waterfalls and me.

Coatie, the raccon-like animals are ubitiqous in the Park. Please do not feed them, they scratch!

The trail leads to the bottom of Bazilian Falls, which are just northwest of the Devil's Throat.

Brazilian Falls are nice but they just don't feel as powerful and overwhelming as either Devil's Throat or San Martin Fall.

Taking a break at the Cafeteria after two days' sightseeing all over the Iguaçu Falls. Half way through writing my journal entry, this butterfly caught my attention...