Iguazu Falls

Today, we had an early morning and took a flight from Buenos Aires up to the state of Misiones. The landscape has changed quite a bit from Buenos Aires to Misiones. We are now in the Mesopotamia region of Argentina. In this region, there are three states in the northern part of the country that are in between the Uruguay River and the Paraná River.This area is home to Iguazú falls. The word Iguazú is an Indian word for Big Water. The Falls border the countries of Argentina and Brasil and is made up of 270 seperate waterfalls.







After meeting our tour guide Juan at the airport this mroning, we went right to Iguazú national park. Today we walked the upper trail and the lower trail of the the falls. Unfortunatly, due to 15 straight days of rain, the main attraction which looks right over the falls, la garganta del diablo is closed due to it being damaged during the incredble amounts of rain. However, because of the heavy rains, the water hasn´t been this heavy in over a decade! Tonight, we are staying in the hotel Esturion where the students had time to relax in the pool or in the tennis courts this evening after having a long day.