Fabrice Schmitt and Steve Howell with a brief note on their pre-cruise tour to Iguazú Falls.

The first day was spent in the bird-rich Ceibas area, home to the impressive Scimitar-biled Woodcreeper, before a short flight north to Iguazú, on the border with Brazil.

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Our visit to the falls was marked by rainy weather, which kept the weather pleasantly cool, the numbers of other tourists pleasantly low, and the volume of water spectacularly high.

Here we are in the mist.

A group of Great Dusky Swifts, keeping out of the rain.

Toco Toucans fell at the other end of the spectrum from the swarms of swirling swifts.

Our first afternoon in Iguazú, this spectacular Swallow-tailed Hummingbird posed in sunlight...

As did this roosting Common Potoo near our hotel, on the morning we flew back to board the ship for our cruise and our two week dventure around the tip of South America.