I was up at 5:30 to catch the sunrise, I think you'll agree it was more than worth it, especially as I didn't go to bed for ages as I stayed up for hours with the English boys. It was then back in another taxi to another airport for another flight. We touched down in Iguazu late morning and headed straight to the bird park on the Brazilian side of the falls. The park rescue animals from wildlife trafficking and rescue poorly birds who might not be able to survive in the wild. They are constantly improving the facilities for the animals and when we went were building a huge enclosure to move some of the birds in to. Most of the enclosures are walk throughs, apart from during feeding time, which allows you to get really up close and personal. The park also support conservation and education projects teaching local school children not only about birds but also about the importance of the Atlantic rainforest, which they are helping to re plant. They also release the birds which breed in the park back in to the wild.
I was over the moon with the amount of flamingo's and their chicks, they're hands down my favourite birds, as a kid I couldn't quite say flamingo so I called them '' mims '' and it's stuck. I was also head over heels for the large butterfly and hummingbird enclosure, where I sat for hours watching them all flutter around.
It was then back to the beautiful hotel for evening poolside floating and cocktail drinking.
xo