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Iguassu
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Iguassu

National park in the Misiones province in northern Argentina; area 294 sq km/114 sq mi. It was established as a national park in 1934. Despite pressures for development, the 55,000-hectare park is a natural wonderland of sub-tropical rainforest, with over 2,000 identified plant species, countless insects, 400 bird species, and many rare mammals and reptiles.



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Ideas from "Off the Tourist Trail" are thought-provoking: Isla del Sol on the border of Bolivia and Peru rather than Machu Picchu; Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil instead of Niagara; Tikal, the ancient Mayan step pyramids of Guatemala, instead of Mexico's Chichen Itza; and Bryce Canyon, Utah, instead of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
South America tours in this region will very likely include a trip to the Iguazu Falls, where 275 waterfalls thunder over the rocks.
This enchanting volume presents a sequence of photographs taken by Italian filmmaker and photographer Barbieri that depict views of renowned cross-border waterfalls--Victoria Falls, Niagara Falls, Khone Papeng, and Iguazu.
 
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