Date: Sunday, 02 October 2022

Trajectory:  Puerto Iguazú and environs

Distance covered: 50 km

First stop of the day was the Güira Oga rescue Centre, fortunately just around the corner from my cabin.

I had been there before a few years ago, but it has been ‘improved’ in the sense of the whole experience, with much more information provided by the guide, the whole trip being more of an educational experience.

As before we set off in a train to see some of the animals that cannot be returned to the wild: those intended for rerelease are kept on an island 40 km away.

Different animals from my last visit, with more birds than I remember. From these I chose my bird of the day, a bird I had not seen before: the macuco, English name solitary tinamou.

There were other animals too – I liked the jaguarundi …

… and the southern tamandua – the last one I saw was a road casualty.

On to the Iguazu Falls which were as splendid as ever, from a distance …

And close up.

I was hoping to get a picture of the great dusky swift – but dipped this time. It would have looked like this (Park publicity photo).

Some of the walkways have been improved at the falls since my last visit. It was very hot, and I was glad to get back into the car and drive on to the point where RN 101 enters the National Park. This is a famous birding strip and I was interested to see the someone had built a hide a couple of kilometres in (forgot to take a photo).

Then back to the cabin for a second night. Tomorrow I start the long journey home.