The most awe-inspiring, the most beautiful, the most magnificent; it’s tricky to describe Iguazu Falls with anything but a thunderous cascade of superlatives. Straddling the borders of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, its chain of 275 separate falls cascading over a 3km wide precipice is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. It is reported that on seeing Iguazu Falls for the first time, Eleanor Roosevelt exclaimed, ‘Poor Niagara!’ Indeed, previous visitors to the other great waterfalls of the world regularly attest to the power, sound, and sights of this most visceral experience.

The river, named after the indigenous term for “great water” forms a semi-circle in the heart of two national parks teeming with over 2,000 plant species, toucans, parrots, monkeys and big cats; its geomorphological features the result of volcanic processes dating back 500 million years.