Iguazu Falls

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As we flew to Iguazu from Buenos Aires, we stayed on the Argentinian side in Puerto Iguazu. This town is quirky and tropical, we enjoyed the few days we spent here.

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Visiting Iguazu Falls is very simple, there is a public bus which goes all day and you just buy your ticket whenever you want to go. The Argentinian side of the falls are bigger than the Brazilian side so we spent a full day exploring it.

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We visited the Brazilian side of the falls on a day trip from Puerto Iguazu. We had previously read posts stating that you did not need to go through border control whilst visiting this side of the falls from Argentina. However, we learnt that these rumours weren’t true and although you were exiting the country and entering it again within 1 day, you were still exiting and entering therefore needed the passport stamp. The public bus stops at the border control though and it is a very quick process to get through..

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We spent half a day exploring this side of Iguazu Falls and it was beautiful. I would recommend going to both sides of the falls as they both provide different views and you really do not get sick of looking at this natural wonder.

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We seemed to time our trips very well because in the afternoon when we came back from visiting the Brazilian side of the falls, a torrential rainstorm came. We nervously asked the hostel manager if the storm would quickly pass but he said that it could last a day or a week, there was never a way to tell. Thankfully, things went in our favour because we woke up the next morning and the sun was splitting the stones. We went to the Argentinian side and happily layered ourselves in suncream.

I can easily say this was the most relaxed and quick border crossing we had in all our travels. We crossed this border twice; once to go to the Brazilian side of the falls and then again to go to the airport as we were flying from the Brazilian airport at Iguazu to Sao Paulo. Both border crossings were straight forward and we were back on the road in under 10 minutes.