Translated from the local dialect, the name of the Iguas waterfall is translated as “big water”. One glance at the waterfall, located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paran and the Argentine province of Msiones, is enough to understand that this is not an exaggeration.
There is a local legend by which God alone without memory fell in love with a young and beautiful girl named Naipi, but she did not answer his feelings.
She fled from him with her mortal lover named Tarob on Canoe, floating down the river.
In rage, God shut on the river and created waterfalls. Nazi and Tarob were forced to fall from the waterfall forever.
The edge of the waterfall is almost 3 km in length and is strewn with numerous islands.
These islands create a great many separate waterfalls, and all of them fall from a height of more than 60 meters.
Many of them have their own names. For example, a narrow abyss, where half of the water disappears, is called the throat of the devil.
Iguas waterfalls are one of the most visited by tourists in South America. Every year there are 1.5-2 million visitors.
Especially for tourists, viewing platforms are equipped. A local attraction is a hanging bridge that connects the boundaries of Brazil and Argentina.
On both sides of the waterfall are national parks. On the territory of Argentina is the Iguas National Park, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984, and in Brazil the National Park is also called Iguas, established in 1987.
Waterfalls form a hollow in the form of an amphitheater with an area of 2.7 thousand km. Most of the waterfalls are located within the territory of Argentina (a length of 2100 m.), However, from the side of Brazil (a length of 800 m), a good view of the “Devil's Throat” opens.
The waterfalls can be observed from a height of 160–260 meters, so this waterfall is above Niagarsky, but Victoria is inferior in width.
It is difficult to cover the entire scale of this place, although the air view helps a little to assess its size.
The most famous names of the waterfalls: “Adam and Eve”, “Three Musketeers”, “Two Sisters”, “Salto-Escondido (Hidden Jump)”, “Salt-Floriano (Flower Jump)”, “San Martin”, “Ramirez” and a number of others.
The first European who stepped on this land and considered the discoverer of waterfalls was called Cabess de Vak. He opened them in 1541, when he advanced upstream of the Parana River through the jungle in search of the legendary treasures of the country Eldorado.
It is not surprising that the waterfalls of Iguas were declared one of the seven winners in the competition for seven new miracles of nature.
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Gardens of the Nidzo castle,
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