Located between Brazil (to the north) and Argentina (to the south), in the middle of the rainforest, the site of Iguazu has more than 250 waterfalls over nearly 3 kilometers. The Iguazu Falls have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.
In Guarani, a language spoken in the region before the arrival of the Spanish, "Iguazu" means "the great waters".
Reputed to be the most beautiful in the world, the Iguazu Falls are formed by the Parana River and the Iguazu River. The two meet about twenty kilometers upstream.
Straddling two countries, the falls are part of a nature reserve with humid tropical vegetation and made up of two national parks: Iguazu National Park in Argentina and Iguazu Park on the Brazilian side. Created in 1934, the first of them holds almost 80% of the waterfalls and covers more than 67,000 hectares. In total, an estimated 6,000,000 liters of water is discharged every second from the waterfalls. The Iguazu Falls were discovered by the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca in the mid-16th century.
The Argentinian National Park offers five different ways to visit the falls. The most fabulous of these is "Garganta del Diablo" (which literally means Devil's Throat in Spanish). It gives access to the tallest waterfall on the site, which bears the same name and is 82 meters high.
The Iguazu Falls have hosted many film shoots. Examples include Roland Joffe’s Mission (Palme d'or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival), the last Indiana Jones and the James Bond Moonraker (1986).
The nearest town, Puerto Iguazu, is located 18 kilometers downstream from the falls. It has an airport.
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