Lying on the triple frontier of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, the Iguazú Falls, or Great Waters in the local Guaraní dialect, are a powerful magnet for visitors from around the world and a sure fire candidate for the eighth wonder of the world. The thundering roar of water pouring over the 90 metre Garganta del Diablo, the Devil's Gorge, and the sight of vast plumes of white spray hanging in mid-air before vanishing into the depths below, instil a thrilling sense of vertigo that draws you ever closer to the rails overhanging the main falls. Visitors can take in the spectacle from countless walkways on both the Argentine and Brazilian sides, offering views above and below the cascades that make you feel as though you're floating just inches from the tumbling water, or, for the more adventurous, venture into the mouth of the gorge itself aboard rubber dinghies that dart beneath the falls, leaving you drenched and exhilarated.
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls Argentina
Iguazu Falls Argentina
The Devil's Gorge is the most spectacular of the 275 waterfalls that make up this astonishing complex, arrayed in a four kilometre wide horseshoe across the Iguazú River. Formed by a geological fault some 200,000 years ago, the falls have since retreated 23 kilometres through natural erosion, a process still underway today. First encountered by conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541, and famously nearly four times the size of Niagara, the falls prompted Eleanor Roosevelt's simple verdict centuries later: "Poor Niagara".
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