Bus Ride to Puerto Iquazu

We did manage to get to the bus on time and departed Buenos Aires at 7:40 PM. The bus was a very nice double-decker with seats that fully reclined and a steward. They fed us both dinner and breakfast on the trip. Each seat had it’s own audio-visual and we could have our pick of several movies. It didn't do us much good because we don’t speak  Spanish very well. It was a long ride as we arrived in Puerto Iguazu shortly after noon on Thursday the 8th. We ate some lunch and took a taxi to the hotel.

We are staying at the Sheraton which is located in the Iguazu National Park . This is an excellent hotel with all the amenities and within walking distance of the different trails to the Falls. You can see a portion of the Falls from our balcony.

We got cleaned up and headed out to the upper trail to take our first real look at the Falls. The Paseo Superior (upper trail) is about 650 meters of metal catwalk along the upper edge of part of the Falls. The catwalk is elevated a couple of feet above the ground which keeps the trail nice and level and your shoes out of the mud. It was good to start with this trail. The part of the Falls that can be seen on the upper trail is impressive, but was only an introduction on what was to come.

Thursday evening we had dinner in the restaurant at the Sheraton. Argentine beef has a well deserved reputation and we were not disappointed. We went to bed early as we knew there was going to be a lot of walking the next day.