Friday, February 08, 2008
Puerto Iguazú
This is the main base for visiting the Iguazú falls in Argentina and also handy for visiting them from the Brazilian side as well.
Argentina:
Talking with the guy at our hostel it looked like we had the option of a tour for $50 or a bus for $4. No brainer is what I believe the term is. You need to save cash as the enterance fee is $40 for Johnny foreigner. But having said that you do get a full day to keep you busy. There is a boat trip for $60 a tenner, which we did. Shower included. Good for cooling off on a hot day.
Brazil:
I think we have gone through so many borders now that we were not really thinking about where we were going. We got on the bus to Brazil and did the exit from Argentina, there was a guy who said we needed to get of and get another bus to the falls. There were some more people going so we followed. Only on getting of the bus and seeing the advertisments did we realise that we were in Brazil and we had no reales. Lucky the bus to the falls you can use pesos.
The prices in this part of Brazil were a shock. They were about the same as pesos but there is 3 reales to the pound not 6 like pasos. So the entrance was about the same price. From the brazilian side you can see a full panaramic view of the falls but it is a smaller area and there is less to do. Unless you want to pay more.
Argentina:
Talking with the guy at our hostel it looked like we had the option of a tour for $50 or a bus for $4. No brainer is what I believe the term is. You need to save cash as the enterance fee is $40 for Johnny foreigner. But having said that you do get a full day to keep you busy. There is a boat trip for $60 a tenner, which we did. Shower included. Good for cooling off on a hot day.
Brazil:
I think we have gone through so many borders now that we were not really thinking about where we were going. We got on the bus to Brazil and did the exit from Argentina, there was a guy who said we needed to get of and get another bus to the falls. There were some more people going so we followed. Only on getting of the bus and seeing the advertisments did we realise that we were in Brazil and we had no reales. Lucky the bus to the falls you can use pesos.
The prices in this part of Brazil were a shock. They were about the same as pesos but there is 3 reales to the pound not 6 like pasos. So the entrance was about the same price. From the brazilian side you can see a full panaramic view of the falls but it is a smaller area and there is less to do. Unless you want to pay more.
