Iguazu National Park, a World Heritage Site
Located on the border of Brazil and Argentina, Iguazu falls (or Iguacu Falls) is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. UNESCO has designated Iguazu National Park where the falls are located as a World Heritage Site.
About Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu, ; Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú, ) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu.
Their name comes from the Guarani or Tupi words y (IPA:?) (water) and ûasú (IPA:[wa'su]) (big).About.com: South America travel Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful aborigine named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river creating the waterfalls, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. The first European to find the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541, after whom one of the falls in the Argentine side is named. The falls were rediscovered by BoselliThe Kerala Articles at the end of the nineteenth century, and one of the Argentinian falls is named after him.
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The tour includes activities such as:
- Upper circuit views of the waterfalls
- Lower circuit of catwalks
- Visit to Devil's Throat
- Train of the forest skirting the river
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