One night at Iguassu Falls
 

Hello,
We are a couple and traveling to Rio - Iguassu - Buenos Aires for a week in early July. We have booked international flights and now trying to figure out how long we should stay at Iguassu. Current plan is to take an 11 a.m. flight from Rio, arrive at 1 p.m. at Iguassu, drop our luggage at the hotel, take a look at the Brazilian side, and on the next morning, look at the Argentine side and go to the Argentine airport for our flight to Buenos Aires. Is this one night stay enough time to see the Iguassu? And, is there any place on the Argentine side where we can store our luggage while we see the falls?
Thank you!

At the hotel you are staying at , ask if they have a tour guide that can drive you to some of the sites and then take you to the airport.

I am assuming that yourt hotel is on the Brazilian side(?!)

If your hotel is on the Argentina side , then leave your luggage at the hotel while to visit the Falls.

Percy

Thank you, Percy.
We will be staying at a hotel on Brazil side. Wondering how long it takes to view the Argentine side - half a day maybe?

The Argentine side of the falls can easily been "seen" in a few hours, but to enjoy the falls from the various catwalks and levels and take a river tour by the falls would take a day. The various lookouts offer different views of falls, but it just depends on how much you enjoy nature and how much time you have. The falls are in a national park which also offers an interesting variety of plants and birds if you enjoy that and want to take the time to enjoy them. There are no lights on the falls or in the park at night so the hours of viewing are limited to daylight hours. In Aug. the park closed at 5 with park rangers there by 4:45 suggesting people start leaving the lookout areas. The walking paths are long and often wet so proper shoes are important. The falls are awesome!

dckim93

I agree with what CollegeMom has said.

On the day of your airflight to Buenos Aires...determine how much time you have to see the Falls on the Argentina side before you have to leave for the airport.
then,

The first thing you want to se is the Devil's Throat Falls.
This is a series of 14 Falls fused into one and drops about 370 feet.

You will be walking along many catwalks to reach certains parts of the falls.

My impression of the Devil's Throat when I reached it was "WOW" !!!!

The roar of the falls and the mist on your face from the falls is really something.
It is difficult to put into words, you just have to be there to see it !!!!!

After seeing the Devils Throat ( which by the way is about a four block walk on the catwalk)...then

walk the catwalks in other places, in some of these places you will be standing 2 feet away from where the falls goes over and down....don't worry you are behind the railing of the catwalk.!

if you want and if you have time you can take the boat ride right up to the Falls.... the boat driver will really swerve the boat around and near the falls ..... so be prepared to get wet.!!!

Good Luck.... and don't fall over !!!!!!!!!!!
Percy

One full day should be the bare minimum to see the falls, but two is far better.

I agree that the Devil's Throat should be your priority on the Argentina side, but then there is also the upper circuit, the lower circuit and much more.

You won't regret staying two nights. This will be an experience you will remember the rest of your life. Don't shortchange yourself.