04/09/2026
𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻. 𝗦𝗼 𝗜’𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.
When I started planning this trip to South America, there was one place I knew had to be in there.
Iguazú Falls.
I've been six or seven times now – I've genuinely lost count – but it's still my favourite place in the world.
And this time I decided it deserved a bit more welly.
Normally when I go, I stay at Hotel das Cataratas on the Brazilian side.
It's inside the national park, which means that once the park has closed and the day visitors have gone, you can walk down from the hotel to the falls and almost have them to yourself.
And however many times I've been, that's something I don't think I'll ever tire of.
But this time I'm doing things a little differently.
I'm spending two nights on the Argentine side first, before crossing the border and spending another two nights at Cataratas.
The two sides give you very different experiences. Argentina is where you get right amongst the falls, with miles of walkways taking you over and alongside the water. Brazil gives you those extraordinary panoramic views across the whole system.
I've visited both sides before, of course. But I've never actually stayed on both sides during the same trip.
Four nights at Iguazú might sound like quite a commitment for somewhere I've already visited six – or possibly seven – times.
But perhaps the fact that I'm going back yet again – and this time I've decided to spend longer there – tells you rather more about what I think of Iguazú than any amount of gushing travel copy ever could.
Some places really are worth going back to.
