Argentina is a very big and very long country so our northern journey from Tierra del Fuego to Iguazu Falls was a rather long not to mention odoriferous experience during the two!! twenty plus hour bus rides with the final leg being one blissful 2 hour flight.
¿Why didn’t we fly the whole distance, good question?! The simple answer was...to see more penguins.
We wanted to see the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in South America at Punta Tombo and the bus was the most direct albeit v e r y long route.
They were quite entertaining waddling to and fro the sea and their nests and really fascinating to watch but the question remains...was the ratio of arduous bus travel time to the penguin viewing time worth the effort? In the short run (like after the second twenty hour bus trip)~ No!
But in the bigger picture (aka-a few weeks after the fact)....Yes, seeing all these penguins was incredible and we'd do it again but hire a private plane to get us there.
Next stop, Iguazú Falls where we were blissfully back in the tropics again loving the moist warm air, and lush green environment!
Living in Maui we are admittedly waterfall snobs but Iguazú Falls are beyondananda over the top even to our snooty expectations. These majestic waterfalls (all 275 of them) that divide Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay are a totally mesmerizing sensory overload.
Winding catwalks traverse over, under and around the falls providing excellent viewing from both Argentina and Brazil. We did it all, and got drenched in the process.
Yes, we too agree with all the guidebooks that Iguazú Falls are a must see in South America.
Hey, it's only fair that if penguins can't fly, then to see them you shouldn't either. Makes sense, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteYou said you couldn't swim at the falls, but did not explain why. So, why?
Love the photos, thanks for posting.