To save time, we opted to fly from Salta to Iguazu rather than take the bus which would've taken 24 hours. DISASTER! The airline lost our bags so for two days at Iguazu Falls we had only our backpacks. Our travel clothes were filthy and far too warm for the swelteringly hot subtropical climate. While waiting for our bags to arrive, we took a stroll up an attracitve
costanera (coastal path) along the Rio Iguazu, past a small port where boats were leaving for cruises to Paraguay and on up to a spectacular viewpoint high above the meeting of the two rivers, Parana and Iguazu, known as the Hito Tres Fronteras (3 borders landmark). The tropical flowers are lovely - they really are almost as good as the silk ones in John Lewis!
You can see 3 countries and the Iguazu River from this point. Young kids were hawking orchid plants and little rolls of the local chipita bread made from mandioc root (very tasty).
To save time, we opted to fly from Salta to Iguazu rather than take the bus which would've taken 24 hours. DISASTER! The airline lost our bags so for two days at Iguazu Falls we had only our backpacks. Our travel clothes were filthy and far too warm for the swelteringly hot subtropical climate. While waiting for our bags to arrive, we took a stroll up an attracitve costanera (coastal path) along the Rio Iguazu, past a small port where boats were leaving for cruises to Paraguay and on up to a spectacular viewpoint high above the meeting of the two rivers, Parana and Iguazu, known as the Hito Tres Fronteras (3 borders landmark). The tropical flowers are lovely - they really are almost as good as the silk ones in John Lewis!
