Pantanal Wetlands

... rang waking us all up, this was well before sunrise, but gave me the opportunity to watch the sun come up across the Pantanal and hear the Howler monkeys in the distance. The morning saw our first trek through grass and woodlands on the way we were ...

Left Cuiaba just after 8am to visit the Pantanal, Brazil's famous wetland area situated at the geographically centre of the continent. The landscape of the Pantanal only slopes one centimetre over a single kilometre, so the frequent rainfall ...

... we have been done like a kipper! Our Footprint South American handbook tells us how wonderful is the wildlife in the wetlands of the Pantanal that covers an area the size of Belgium, Holland, Portugal and Switzerland combined.  In the same section ...

... long bus journeys (14 hours), we arrived in Campo Grande and booked ourselves onto a 4 day tour of the Pantanal wetlands. When we arrived at our lodge, we were immediately greeted by a large group of current guests that were counting ...

... 4 day Pantanal Tour with Ecological Expeditions, 250RS (100 euro) - camping either sleeping in a hammock or tent. The Pantanal is the worlds largest wetlands about half the size of France. We had heard alot of bad stories about Pantanal tours ...

... activity other than endless driving. After five hours early morning driving we get off the road and into The Pantanal. The Pantanal is the worldīs largest wetlands and is roughly the same size as France. The guide informs us that here we are likely to ...

... 4 hour bus ride from Bonito to the pantanal was a bit horrific, mostly dirt roads in a cramped little people mover! The Pantanal is a massive wetlands region that is full of wildlife. Our hotel was in the middle of nowhere & right on the ...

... fewer mosquitoes (still heaps! Simon got nailed, apparently when they are ībadī people ask to go home on the first day!) The wetlands seem to go on forever, they are divine and unending, so many birds I could not belive, more than Manu National ...

The pantanal is a massive wetlands just below the amazon. It`s absolutely massive, chocked full of wildlife and is where we decided to spend a couple of days. We made our way out to a local farm (run by a lovely Australian girl and her brazillian ...

... took just 27hrs stopping at Sao Paulo (24/7, smog-ridden metropilis of 18 million people) and Campo Grande (main entry point into the Pantanal wetlands, half the size of France), where a tour touts flocked around us. With a farm in mind we caught a final ...