Iguazu Falls a great trip to take!
The vote was initiated four years ago by the Internet and will conclude on November 11.
In little over a month, the world will decide whether the Iguazu Falls are one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. The election, which began in 2007 and included 440 attractions in 220 countries, reaches its final stage with 28 finalists. Voting is done by the Internet and end on November 11.
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Foundation, Swiss entity committed to conservation documentation and great monuments and natural heritage around the world, the contest remains the same forms of dispute dedicated to Christ the Redeemer as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Iguazu Falls have great chance to beat the dispute, and even captured the journalist and the British publication The Independent, Eamonn Fitzgerald, who wrote a subject entitled “Iguazu get my vote.”
The falls are part of a unique natural set, located in the Iguazú National Park in the Brazilian city of Foz de Iguaçu, west end of the state of Paraná. If they are elected one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the title of the Falls will join the National Park, considered in 1986 by UNESCO as Natural Patrimony of Humanity.
The area is one of the largest forest reserves in South America and preserves the rich flora and tropical fauna. Ounce-painted alligators-de-papo-yellow and coatis live in the reserve released.Cataracts are the main attraction of the park and form a semicircle of 2.700 meters wide. Falls fill the visitors’ eyes water by foam falling from a height of 72 meters. Tourists can view the scene of a bridge a few meters from the largest of all falls, dubbed the “Garganta del Diablo”, a panoramic lift or even through a helicopter overflight. The National Park offers interpretive hikes and eco-adventure activities like rafting, rappelling, rock climbing, trees and boat rides in the middle of the falls.
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East National Park Itaipu is located the largest bird park in Latin America. The giant nursery can start seeing more than 900 birds of 150 species, many endangered. Amid a show of chirping and colors, visitors are surprised by hubiste plow-blue, parrots and toucans that play freely in the park.
The force of the water ensures the tourists another attraction.Considered the largest hydroelectric plant in operation in the world, Itaipu is open to tourism since 1977 and has received more than 10 million visitors from 162 countries. The visits are free, except at night, when presented a light show at the factory.The tourist also has a whole range of attractions in the Itaipu Tourist Complex, for example, the Eco-museum and the Bela Vista Biological Refuge.
