Largest group of Canyons in South America

Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra.

The drive up to these canyons was a slow steep gravel road. And it was wet, so it wasn't much fun.  I imagine the views might be spectacular on better days.

We arrived late in the day,  too late to pay entry get any real value, so we parked the night at the gate. We also hoped for better weather the next morning.

But,  the weather wasn't any better the next day.  We went in anyway and enjoyed the hikes and got enough view through the mist to be impressed by the canyon. It certainly is an impressive cut.

We were also impressed by the numbers of people visiting early in the morning.  Although we had camped at the gate and were first in,  there were others right behind us and they must have driven about an hour to get there (entry was 8am). They were all brazilians, which shows a grand difference between them and the Argentines.... who we rarely saw out early unless working,  and rarely saw at National parks or hiking.