Iguazu Falls

Labeled a "don't miss" in nearly every guidebook seemingly ever written on Argentina, we decided to finally see what all the buzz was about and headed to the far northeast corner of Argentina to the Cataratas del Iguazu otherwise known as Iguazu Falls.
Located on the River Iguazu which runs between Argentina's boarder with Brazil, the falls sit in the Parque Nacional de Iguazu, which is also split between Brazil and Argentina. Argentina's 550 square km size piece of the rain forest is inhabited by hundreds of species of exotic birds, animals, bugs, and lots and lots of butterflies.

This one liked Trevor's hand.
The rain forest creatures are nice, but the real attraction is definitely the waterfalls and depending on the time of year and the water level, it's possible to see up to 260 different waterfalls.

Some of the falls have drops of up to 270 feet.

The unending roar and sheer power of the cascading water was pretty spectacular, I have to admit. Spot the people in these photos to get a true sense for the scale of this waterfall named San Martin.

Perhaps the most impressive of all the falls is the one named Garganta del Diablo or the Devil's Throat. A peaceful kilometer-long walk along a metal catwalk elevated above the river leads visitors to what seems like the edge of the earth where suddenly and very dramatically...

... the river forms a U-shape and drops more than 240 feet producing a deafening roar and mist that can often be seen from miles away.

The view of the Devil's Throat at dusk from our hotel balcony.
Listen to the roar of Devil's Throat here:

Iguazu Falls definitely lived up to all the hype. Just don't accept any offers from the locals to get a close-up view of the falls from a row boat!