From The Devil’s Throat (Garganta do diablo) by Mike & Madeline

Today’s travel photo of the day comes from Iguazu National Park, where the impressive Iguazu Falls are a photographer’s dream. Devil’s Throat, a horseshoe-shaped, 700 meter long cliff, is one of the most breathtaking sights of all. It marks the border between Argentina and Brazil.

British Realtravelers Mike & Madeline visited this spectacular place recently, and along with snapping this great photo, wrote about it in their blog:

“The following day we caught the incredibly cheap bus to Iguassu Falls, on the Brazilian side. Caught the bus from the visitors centre to the start of the falls trail. We walked following the river where we got our first look at the falls on the Argentinean side of the river. Beautiful, tonnes of water dropping down a hundred plus feet but not the epic sight that we had expected. We continued the trail thinking that we had been ripped off, then walked up some steps then ‘Holy crap!’ we saw the Devil’s Throat falls, millions of tonnes of water hurling itself off the top of the falls with so much force mist was travelling hundreds of feet into the air! Amazing!

We continued the trail with led us to various view points, then finally a long gantry almost dropping you into the falls, we were nicely cooled off in the spray. We went for food after going up the less than exciting panoramic lift and saw a Quati, racoon type of chap, heading straight for our food. Luckily a ranger saw it heading our way and chased it off! We headed back along the trail and were followed by numerous butterflies and a gang of Quati’s. The sights seemed even better second time round!” (more…)

To learn more about this destination, or to plan a trip of your own, visit:

Iguazu Falls Travel Guide
Brazil Travel Guide
Argentina Travel Guide
Foz do Iguacu Pictures