Description
In the Pantanal, the world's biggest wetland area with a size of 230.000km2 (139.000km2 in Brazil), seasons are divided in dry-season and rainy-season, 6 months of each period per year: drought June through November, flood December through May. High season for ecotourism is during the drought, when small lagoons and marshes keep large amounts of fish, crabs and snails, which then easily can be caught by birds, caimans and some mammals that are then seasonally abundant.

Program
1 day
Arrival at the airport of Cuiabá. 78km ride until we arrive in the Chapada. Arrival at the camping or hotel (your choice). Lunch at noon. In the afternoon, we will visit a stream in the Vereda (water spring area) in order to swim, surrounded by 400m high sandstone walls. Continuing by jeep on a dust road up to the Stone City, interesting sandstone formations near a point where you can have an amazing overlook onto the Claro River Valley and the Veredas below. Enjoying the sunset. Back to the Chapada and dinner. Night free.

2 day

Dawn in the Chapada and breakfast at 7:00am. 40km jeep ride on a dirt road and 8km of trekking through Cerrado (savannah-like landscape), jungle, and the Veredas (watersprings), in order to visit the Aroe-Jari sandstone cave and the Blue Lake located inside it. Stop for a snack-lunch and back to the car and to the Chapada. Dinner and night free.

3 day

Dawn in the Chapada. Breakfast at 7:00am. 50km jeep ride on a dirt road visiting a small village and the Pingador waterfall. Lunch in the village, typical dish. (Some villages and nature spots are still going to be added to this tour). Back to the Chapada and dinner. Night free.

4 day

Dawn in the Chapada. Breakfast at 7:00am. 20km jeep ride on a dirt road inside the park, visiting the Stone Alligator and various other amazing rock formations. Walk through the woods to start the climbing of the St. Jeronimo Hill, the highest spot of the region (836m up from the sea level) with a 360º vision of the landscape. After descending from the hill, we will visit the Stone House and have lunch in a restaurant inside the Park. If the group desires and the trek is open, we could walk down the walls to the bottom of an 80m waterfall. Then back to the Chapada and dinner. Night free.

5 day

Dawn in the Chapada. Breakfast at 7:00am. 15 km jeep ride and 6km walk in the National Park to visit 7 different waterfalls. Stops for swimming. We will have lunch at a restaurant inside the Park. Driving to the Pantanal. Late afternoon a boats ride in Siá Mariana and the Chacorore Bay. Dinner at 7:00pm. Wild life spotting at night.

6 day
Breakfast at 7:00am. Driving 230km to Poconé till the end of the asphalt-road, where the Transpantaneira Road begins. Stop at Piuval and a 2 hours boat ride in Piuval Bay, observing wild life. Lunch at 1:00pm. In the afternoon an easy trek to see animals. Leaving at 4:00pm. Passing the Guard Post we will continue for 55 km on a dirt road, excellent for a photo safari, before we arrive at the hotel. Dinner at 7:00pm. Caiman spotting along the river by night.

7 day
Early dawn in the Pantanal. Breakfast at 7:00am.
Paddle boat-tour for quiet animal spotting and piranha fishing.
Lunch at 1:00pm. Resting in the hammocks and swimming in the pool during the hot afternoon. At 4:00pmanother 2h motorboat ride along the Pixaim River to spot animals. Dinner at 7:00pm. Alligator spotting along the river by night.

8 day
Early dawn in the Pantanal. Breakfast at 7:00am. Jeep ride for a photo safari, until we reach the "Campo do Jofre", a spot with a rich fauna. Lunch at the Jaguar Ecologic Resort. Back to the hotel and resting in the hammocks.
Trekking along the woods at the river margins. Dinner at 7:00pm and night free.

9 day
Dawn in the Pantanal. Breakfast at 7:00am. Horseback riding in the farm fields among the cattle. Lunch at 1:00pm. Check out and back to Cuiabá.

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Please note that the tour schedule can change a bit, depending on your flights.

What to take with you:
Cap /hat, water, sunblocker, insect repellent, personal stuff, back-pack.

Package includes:
All meals, tours, accomodation, English/Portugues speaking guide.

Not included:
Drinks


More information about the tours and Pantanal:
www.transpantaneira.com

When:
Year round

Group size:
02 - 12 Personen

Rate:
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