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We said goodbye to our San Telmo House to go to Ministerio Pistarini International Airport for our onward flight, where we were sitting at the gate having an early lunch, and there were some covert texting under the table as \u201cThe Triplets\u201d got their OP\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buenos Aires look even bigger from the air, it was like flying over the map of our travels in the big city and surrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pampas gave way to the jungle as we flew into Iguaz\u00fa and in the distance we could see the spray from the falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Cantera Jungle lodge, our accomodation for the next 3 nights. Nestled in the jungle, and slightly reclaimed by the jungle – the beds are comfortable but water pressure lacking to non existent. Thank goodness for the pool and fruit loops for breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a small siesta, Simon and WIll went for a bike ride then it was off to Aqva for dinner in Puerto Iguaz\u00fa to sample the local river fish. Catfish and Pacu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iguazu Falls (\u201cBig Water\u201d) is the widest waterfall in the world at 2.7km. In full flood in 2016 45,000 cubic metres of water per second went over the falls, more than 3 times the amount that Victoria Falls had in its biggest flood. When we visited the Falls were at their average of 1600 cubic metres dropping to 1100 cubic metres tomorrow as they shut the gates at the 6 hydroelectric power stations upstream over the weekend. There are between 150 and 300 separate waterfalls that make up the Falls depending on the water level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a personal tour guide, Andres, who escorted us onto a train reminiscent of the Big Pineapple. This took us to the first of 3 stops as we explore the Argentinian side of the Falls. The first one was \u201cDevils Throat\u201d Garganta del Diablo, where 40% of the water descends. The walkway passed over the very wide and today quite shallow Iguazu River where we saw big catfish. We could hear the Falls and see the spray, but still weren\u2019t quite prepared for how spectacular they were. We were completely soaked in seconds but took our time taking it all in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n