GÜIRA OGA

From the bus station, we made our way to the hostel that Lonely Planet “recommended.” Man, did they lose credibility on this one! The Peter Pan Hostel was a dump. En-suite double bunk rooms turned out to be 2 rooms with 2 bunk beds each, plus an additional single bed (9 in total!) all sharing one bathroom, in which there was no shower stall (or curtain for that matter) so no one could even use the toilet while one of the 9 people in the room were in the shower. Later, when we were planning our trip to the airport we asked the woman at reception if they would schedule a shuttle for us (we had the local number) and she charged us a peso to make the call. In addition, some of the girls we met asked the hostel if they could keep their things there for the day and use the pool before their evening bus out of town, and they charged them 10 pesos each. I have never heard of such a thing! We stayed at a place in Ushuaia who actually let us get some sleep in a closed-off common area for free before catching our bus. However, I will admit that the pool was spotless.
So after checking in (regardless of downsides, due to terrible reviews online of all other hostels on the list) we decided to check out Guira-Oga, a local animal rescue center outside of town. It was pretty cool. It is one of the few rescue centers that actually nurses and breeds both endangered and thriving species, with the purpose of releasing them back into the wild, if and when they are ready. The overwhelming and devastating destruction of the jungle has had a terrible effect on the animals, who have virtually lost all of their habitat to money-hungry developers.
All of the animals were very cool, but some of the major highlights were the friendly monkeys, the massive wild spiders and the eagles, falcons and owls!
After the tour, we headed back into town, grabbed a coffee, found a great Asian-inspired (very unusual and very welcome!!) dinner spot and then headed back to the Peter Pan to hit the sack. The plan was to head to Iguazu Falls bright and early in the morning!!