Iguazu Falls

Iguazu Falls are located between three countries Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Their name means ˝big water˝. When travelling to falls from the Brazilian side one first has to go to the city of Foz do Iguaçu.

According to the legend a god wanted to marry Naipi who escaped with her lover Tarobá in a canoe so the god created the waterfalls to send the lovers to the death. In 1541, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who was a Spanish conquistador, was also the first European on the grounds of the ˝big water˝.

The waterfalls are 2.7 km or 1.7 miles long and in a shape of a horseshoe. 275 cascades separated by islets and rocks fall over. The largest cascade is the Union Falls, 4 km wide which fall into the Devil´s Throat precipice. The entire Iguazu Falls are the result of a volcanic eruption. 

The noise created by these waterfalls can be heard at a distance of 24 km. During the rainy season which lasts from November to March almost 13,000 cubic meters of water runs through Iguazu waterfalls. The water drops rise at a height of 90 meters. That enormous is the strength of the magnificent Iguazu Falls.