Hola amigos, esta es la continuación de mi viaje por Argentina. En esta ocasión les voy a hablar de las cataratas de Iguazú.
With the great emotion of the unknown, my daughter and I took a flight in Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazú, in the north of Argentina. We left at 6:00 in the morning, it was a short and pleasant flight. When we arrived we went in the taxi of a young man who was doing transfers and he took us to the hotel that we had reserved. We thought the room was fine for the three days we were going to stay, they gave us breakfast because it was early, we left our luggage and from there we went to the bus terminal to see the Brazilian side first, because the falls are between Argentina and Brazil.
Con la gran emoción a lo desconocido mi hija y yo tomamos un vuelo en Buenos Aires con destino a Puerto Iguazú, al norte de Argentina. Salimos a las 6:00 de la mañana, fue un vuelo corto y placentero. Cuando llegamos nos fuimos en el taxi de un joven que hacía traslados y nos llevó al hotel que teníamos reservado. Nos pareció bien la habitación para los tres días que nos íbamos a quedar, nos dieron el desayuno porque era temprano, dejamos nuestro equipaje y de ahí fuimos al terminal de autobuses para conocer primero el lado brasileño, porque las cataratas quedan entre Argentina y Brasil.
We took the bus to the triple border: Argentina - Brazil - Paraguay, we got off to stamp the passport upon arrival in Brazil and then we continued the trip with the bus to the entrance of the Iguaçu National Park. There we paid the entrance fee and that included a tour in a double-decker bus with a guide who walks you through different stops in the park.
Tomamos el autobús hasta la triple frontera: Argentina – Brasil – Paraguay, nos bajamos para sellar el pasaporte al llegar a Brasil y luego seguimos el viaje con el autobús hasta la entrada del Parque Nacional do Iguaçu. Allí pagamos la entrada y eso incluía recorrido en un autobús de dos pisos con un guía que te pasea por diferentes paradas que tiene el parque.
We get off at a place where the path begins that takes you to see the different waterfalls until we reach the main one and the most impressive one, the Devil's Throat.
Nos bajamos en un lugar donde comienza el sendero que te lleva a ver las diferentes cascadas hasta llegar a la principal y las más impresionante que es la Garganta del Diablo.
We saw a lot of vegetation, one looked and was left open-mouthed by the magic of that place without equal. We entered the Devil's Throat walk and took the elevator up to the viewpoint to see all these beauties of this place that it is impossible to forget.
Vimos mucha vegetación, uno miraba y se quedaba con la boca abierta por la magia de ese lugar sin igual. Entramos al paseo de la Garganta del Diablo y subimos con el ascensor al mirador para ver todas estas bellezas de este lugar que es imposible olvidar.
We went down from there to continue watching and I had in a bag some snacks to eat on the way, cookies and Mantecol (a kind of Argentine nougat) and a funny little animal called Coati came to me to take the bag from me, he realized that I had something to eat and I picked up the bag but nothing, and a man told me: "Madam, that condemned is not going to leave you alone if you don't give him and he is going to bite you", is that people uses to give them food for that reason they chase you. Anyway, he snatched the bag from me and ran to the grass, grabbed only the cookies, the Mantecol seems he didn't like it and the people laughing at the mischief of this little animal, we didn't have time to photograph him because he ran into the forest.
Bajamos de ahí para seguir viendo y yo tenía en una bolsa algunas chucherías para picar en el camino, galletas y Mantecol (una especie de turrón argentino) y un gracioso animalito llamado Coatí vino a mí para quitarme la bolsa, se dio cuenta de que tenía algo de comer y yo levantaba la bolsa pero nada, y un señor me dice: “señora ese condenado no te va a dejar en paz si no le das y te va a morder”, es que la gente los acostumbró a darles comida por eso lo persiguen a uno. En fin, me arrebató la bolsa y corrió así a la grama, agarró sólo las galletas, el Mantecol como que no le gustó y la gente riéndose de la travesura de este animalito, no dio tiempo de fotografiarlo porque corrió al bosque.
Afterwards we continued touring the place, we took a break to eat something and walked along a path where there is a long walkway from where you can see the Devil's Throat more closely. What a beauty friends! What an eye-catching place, you have to see it live to feel and record that wonder in your mind! Those huge waterfalls with their foamy fury like snow bringing divine dew towards us. I never got tired of looking and looking and seeing under the viewpoint small lagoons and some baby crocodiles swimming.
Después seguimos recorriendo el lugar, hicimos una pausa para comer algo y caminamos por un sendero donde hay una larga pasarela desde donde se puede ver más de cerca la Garganta del Diablo. ¡Qué belleza amigos! Qué lugar atrapa miradas, ¡hay que verlo en vivo para sentir y grabar en la mente esa maravilla! Esas enormes cascadas con su furia espumosa como nieve trayendo hacia nosotros un divino rocío. Yo no me cansaba de mirar y mirar y viendo debajo del mirador pequeñas lagunitas y unos cocodrilos bebés nadando.
If you want to meditate you have to do it in this blessed place. You will see the photos and will agree with me. There is also the incessant melody of different birds and pumas, but they only come out at night.
Si uno quiere meditar tiene que hacerlo en este bendito lugar. Ustedes verás las fotos y me darán la razón. Está también la incesante melodía de distintos pájaros y pumas, pero sólo salen de noche.
We returned to Puerto de Iguazú in Argentina, to the hotel where we were staying, we took a bath and went to dinner in a restaurant.
Regresamos a Puerto de Iguazú en Argentina, al hotel donde estábamos hospedadas, nos dimos un baño y fuimos a cenar en un restaurante.
The next day we got up early to go to see the view of the falls on the Argentine side. We took a bus and went to the park, we paid the entrance fee and went to a little train, you can also walk, we got on the little train that stopped in various places and thus we saw spectacular landscapes.
Al día siguiente nos paramos temprano para ir a conocer la vista de las cataratas del lado argentino. Tomamos un autobús y nos fuimos hasta el parque, pagamos la entrada y nos dirigimos hasta un trensito, también se puede ir caminando, nos montamos en el trensito que se paraba en varios sitios y así vimos paisajes espectaculares.
The train was made of wood, very beautiful and with that breeze from the forest, pure oxygen. At the end we went down and continued on foot along a path that would take us in front of the falls on the Argentine side. While there, what we saw was something chilling, gigantic waterfalls and although we were not that close, a cold spray came on our faces due to the furious fall of foamy water, there some birds played with that foam.
El tren era de madera, bien bonito y con esa brisa del bosque, puro oxígeno. Al final bajamos y seguimos a pie por un sendero que nos llevaría frente a las cataratas del lado argentino. Estando ya ahí lo que vimos fue algo escalofriante, unas cataratas gigantescas y aunque no estábamos tan cerca, nos venía un rocío frío en la cara por la furiosa caída de agua espumosa y donde se metían unos pájaros a jugar con esa espuma.
I was holding myself well in a protective fence they had there, which seemed insufficient and dangerous to me. We also took photos and a boy asked me to take one of him because he was alone.
Yo estaba bien agarrada en una protección de reja que tenían ahí, que a mí me pareció insuficiente y peligrosa. Sacamos fotos también y un muchacho me pidió que le tomara una porque andaba solo.
We spent a long time watching the show and how those violent waterfalls hit the rocks leaving a shower of white clouds.
Duramos bastante viendo el espectáculo y cómo esas violentas cataratas golpeaban las rocas dejando una lluvia de nubes blancas.
Then we took a boat ride that took us close to the Devil's Throat but the boat got very close to a waterfall and the driver told us: "get ready to experience the fury of the waterfall." Friends, a strong river fell on us, I almost ran out of air, I even screamed and we got wet to the bone. The bad thing is that my daughter was given a protective bag for her video camera before, but she hadn't closed it properly and it got wet, the camera was damaged but we were able to save the tape with what she had recorded of the trip. What a fright that adventure with the boat gave me ...
Después hicimos un paseo en lancha que nos llevó cerca de la Garganta del Diablo pero la lancha se acercó mucho a una catarata y el conductor nos dijo: “prepárense para experimentar la furia de la catarata”. Amigos, nos cayó un río fuerte encima, yo casi me quedé sin aire, hasta grité y nos mojamos hasta el hueso. Lo malo es que a mi hija le dieron antes una bolsa protectora para su cámara de video pero ella no la había cerrado bien y se le mojó, la cámara se dañó pero pudimos salvar la cinta con lo que había grabado del viaje. Qué susto me dio esa aventura con la lancha…
All wet, we got out of the boat and walked along a path that was quite uphill and with our shoes full of water, the climb was more difficult. We stopped in a meadow with grass and sat there so that the sun could dry our clothes, thank goodness we were wearing light clothes that dried quickly.
Todas mojadas salimos de la lancha y caminamos por un sendero con bastante subida y con los zapatos llenos de agua, más difícil la subida. Paramos en una pradera con grama y nos sentamos ahí para que el sol nos secara la ropa, menos mal que llevábamos ropa liviana que se secó rápido.
Then we walked towards the exit, around there we took photos of some Guaraní indigenous people who were playing music, by the way the girls were ashamed and turned their faces away.
Después nos fuimos caminando hacia la salida, por ahí le tomamos fotos a unos indígenas guaraní que estaban tocando música, por cierto a las niñas como que les dio pena y voltearon la cara.
Leaving the park we returned with the bus to the town of Puerto de Iguazú and arriving at the hotel we took a bath and went for a walk around the town to get to know. We bought some souvenirs, we saw some stores and we stopped for something to eat. Later we went to the hotel because the next day we were leaving early to another longer destination, but I will continue to tell you about that in a future opportunity. I tell you that it was worth it to be in this beautiful place where nature is so perfect that it catches you at first sight, I definitely want to return to this marvel one day.
Saliendo del parque regresamos con el autobús al pueblo de Puerto de Iguazú y llegando al hotel nos dimos un baño y salimos a caminar un poco por el pueblo para conocer. Compramos algunos recuerditos, vimos unas y otras tiendas y nos paramos a cenar algo. Ya más tarde nos fuimos al hotel porque al día siguiente nos íbamos temprano a otro destino más largo, pero de eso seguiré contándoles en una próxima oportunidad. Les digo que valió la pena estar en este hermoso lugar donde la naturaleza es tan perfecta que te atrapa a primera vista, a esta maravilla quiero sin duda alguna volver algún día.
¡Gracias por leer amigos, saludos!
All photos are from my daughter @sofathana / Todas las fotos son de mi hija @sofathana
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STOPThat was a fun one. Any of those images could've been a cover. Congrats on the pineapple feature.
Thank you very much @dandays! As I mention in my post, the photos are of my daughter, I will congratulate her for that hehehe