Our remaining day here in Iguazu, we decided to spend checking out the other less well-known local sights, as well as spend some time chilling by the pool in the sunshine before our flight back to Buenos Aires.
Our first stop was a 15 minute walk away from our hotel – La Aripuca. This is an ecological park named after the small traps built with branches by the Guarani people. These traps allow the catching of animals without harm, and enable the locals to release them if they are too young or not suitable for consumption.
The site itself is small, but made completely with trunks, trees and bamboo that is found in the rainforests in this area. These trees are all protected or endangered species, and none of the trunks here are cut down – they are repurposed to help spread the message of conservation.
We had a lovely morning here – enjoying the sunshine, eating ice cream made with local flowers and leaves, being impressed by the size of the trunks and watching a woman perform some traditional drumming and dance. Elijah bought a handmade blow dart set from one of the local traders here, and has already vowed to use it on intruders into his bedroom!
Our next stop was to visit the Triple Frontier: this is a tri-border area along the junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Each of these three countries has an obelisk, painted in the national colours of that country and from each obelisk you can see across the river to the others.
Sylvie’s video below explains it and zooms in on the obelisks – there are actually only two rivers converging here, the Iguazu and Parana rivers.
After this, we made a quick stop at a supermarket to stock up on some lunch/snacks and headed to our hotel for some chill time.
Thank you Iguazu, for a brilliant couple of days.
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