After we had explored the Iguazu waterfalls on the Brazilian side on foot this morning, we wanted to see this natural wonder again with a helicopter tour from a bird’s eye view 🙂
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South America has a population of 418 million people and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. On the west coast, the Andes are the longest mountain range in the world with a length of 7,500 kilometres from Venezuela to Patagonia. The highest mountain in South America is the Aconcagua at 6,961 metres. The longest river in South America is the Amazon, at about 6,448 kilometers, which is also the most water-rich river on earth. Hardly any other continent offers such diverse landscapes: from lush rainforests, to high volcanoes, cloud-covered cloud forests, red-hot canyons, ice-blue glaciers and white dream beaches. The largest cities in South America are São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Brasília, Medellín and Caracas.
Iguazu Falls – The waterfalls on the Brazilian side (Brazil)
We were particularly looking forward to today. Today we wanted to visit the Iguazu waterfalls, which are located directly on the border between Brazil and Argentina and have been included in the list of the Seven Wonders of Nature since 2011.
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The flight from Sao Paulo to Foz do Iguacu with TAM Airlines passed quickly and after 1.5 hours we have already landed. Day 28 of our trip around the world Arrival in Foz do Iguazu Our hotel in Foz do Iguazu At the airport we were picked up by an employee of our booked Hotel Colonial Iguau. In addition to the perfect location to the waterfalls, the free transfer from the airport was also a reason why we chose this …
» Read the full blog postSao Paulo – Tourist Attractions, Things to Do & Photo Spots (Brazil)
During our travel planning we were told by many people that Sao Paulo is big, dirty and criminal and that there is nothing special to see there. In our opinion, the opposite is true: we are very positively surprised by Sao Paulo. Yes, the city is big, damn big even. But we found the city very modern, clean and with many beautiful places. Perception can sometimes be so different.
» Read the full blog postAmazon River – Piranha Fishing & an Indigenous Village (Brazil)
Today at Anavilhanas Village Guesthouse, we visited a village of the indigenous people of the Amazon and took a boat trip to the Rio Negro to try piranha fishing 🙂
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From our Anavilhanas Village Guesthouse we took today with our small group a trip to the pink river dolphins “Botos” in the Amazon.
» Read the full blog postAmazon River – Jungle Walk & Boat tour on the Rio Negro (Brazil)
To get in and get to know the Amazon, we took a boat trip on the Rio Negro with our guide Roy from the Anavilhanas Village Lodge and then a short hike through the jungle.
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To experience the Amazon up close, a local accommodation is best located right on the Rio Negro. On our tour we spent 3 days in the small Anavilhanas Village Guesthouse, which is lovingly run by Roy and his family.
» Read the full blog postManaus – Meeting of the Waters in the Amazon River (Brazil)
Our flight with TAM Airlines took off on time in Rio de Janeiro and landed at Eduardo Gomes Airport in Manausat around 9.30am. From here started our already booked Amazon tour, about which we will tell you in the next posts.
» Read the full blog postRio de Janeiro – Free Walking Tour through the City (Brazil)
For the next 2 days we had to relax at the Copacabana, some shopping and the Free Walking Tour to see a little more from downtown Rio de Janeiro 🙂
» Read the full blog postRio de Janeiro – A helicopter tour over the city (Brazil)
January 1, 2015 – on to a new year! 🙂 After a late New Year’s breakfast at the hotel, we were greeted at noon with bombastic summer weather – sun, blue sky and 33 degrees. Rio de Janeiro is one of the few cities on our world tourthat we really wanted to see from above. That’s why we wanted to do a helicopter tour of the city today.
» Read the full blog postRio de Janeiro – Celebrating New Year’s Eve at Copacabana (Brazil)
In the run-up to the world tour, we had thought about where we would like to spend our New Year’s Eve. And on New Year’s TV you can see the pictures of the New Year’s Eve fireworks from Rio every time – and we wanted to see that live 🙂
» Read the full blog postRio de Janeiro – Copacabana, Ipanema & Cristo Redentor (Brazil)
Day 16 of our world tour took us to South America for the first time. Just in time at 7.27 in the morning, Rio de Janeiro has filled us today with bright blue skies, sun and… only ONE suitcase awaits 🙁
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