iguazu falls

The area is heritage listed and the water fall is the largest in world. The national park is 2300 square km. Wild animals in the park include the jaguar, monkeys, puma, anteater, deer, native racoon, parrots, toucan, vultures, and swifts. The volume of water in the falls is 1700 cubic metres per second. It is 80 metres high and 2.7 km long. The Iguazu river is a border river between Brazil and Argentina. Iguazu Is a native word for "big water". Paraguay also meets the other two countries at Iguazu and is a tax free shopping centre. Our bus trip to the falls takes us from the Argentina side through to the Brazilian side where we will view the falls. The yearly temp range is 0 to 44 with 80 per cent humidity, brazil is the largest country in South America both in size and population. It borders all but two of the other countries. All rivers flow out into the Atlantic.

One cannot but marvel at the beauty and sheer magnitude of the falls. The wonder of God's creation for all to see. I can well imagine God saying with a smile when He created it a million years ago "my kids are going to love this!"