Pantanal, Brazil Travel Blogs

Capybara stampede my arse.
Mar 22, 2005 (14 photos)

... , pumas or tapirs?" "Maybe at dusk or dawn, but it's much more difficult." "Giant river otters?" "Sure." I'm in the Pantanal, another of my "must visit one day" places (I first heard about the place when reading John Grisham's "The Testament" ...

The Pantanal
Feb 19, 2005 (13 photos)

... mixed the insides together to make a clear paste which when used to tattoo your skin goes black over the next hour. The Pantanal lacks the excitement of Africa´s big game and food chain, but is very similar to Australia´s Kakadu National Park ( but much ...

Howlin´ good time in the Pantanal
Feb 14, 2006 (11 photos)

... we´d set off from Corumba, located by Brazil´s south-western border with Bolivia, on a four-day excursion to the Pantanal, a vast area of wetland savannah covering approx 140,000km2 and renowned for the abundance of wildlife it harbours. We´d arrived in ...

Life on the Farm
Sep 24, 2006 (25 photos)

... . As we were debating what to do next, a truck roared down the dirt road to drop off a few backpackers returning from their Pantanal experience. Megan walked up to the driver and said "Are you from Green Track?" Initially he said "No", but for some reason ...

Stalked...By An Alligator!
Mar 5, 2006 (14 photos)

... a little longer in Santa Cruz. To be honest I just didn`t know where to go next. Eventually I plumped to head to Brazil! To The Pantanal, I had to go and see what those Evil Clowns were on about! I had to catch the overnight train to the Brazilian ...

29 today and bitten on the arse by red fire ants
Nov 5, 2006 (37 photos)

... 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 ...

The Pantanal - Day 70
Mar 17, 2009 (22 photos)

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 ...

Birds, Bugs and Bogs
Mar 23, 2006 (28 photos)

... combination of sweat, sunscreen, bug juice and mud with a high content of malodorous methane. The resulting scent, Eau de Pantanal, tends to be a significant impediment to conjugal relations. Despite this, I want to go back to visit one of the ecolodges ...

Toucans and McKaws for breakfast! (Not literally!)
Oct 6, 2005

... wildlife tends to be concentrated along with the lakes for bird life, etc! One of the most amusing things we experienced in the Pantanal though were the 'nosy cows'...literally...cows who all turned to look at you at the same time in big groups as we ...

Pirahna Hunting in the Pantanals
Jun 28, 2007

... and I have caught the nature watching bug, we wanted to take it to another level with an organised safari into the Pantanal. It's an enormous wetland where annual rains can cause the water level to rise and fall by as much as 3 metres. Considering it ...

Animalia
Dec 28, 2007

... the famous Capoeira. After a final evening of surprisingly delicious feijoada (the Brazilan national dish of meats and rice and beans), the stage was set for a new adventure: December 29, 5am - Depart Pantanal for Rio de Janeiro for New Year's Eve.

The World´s Driest Swamp - The Pantanal
Jul 3, 2009

... . After fishing, we went to the farm where we were spending the night. We were sleeping in hammocks, which was awesome. The Pantanal is a giant swamp, apparently the size of France. It was dry season though so besides a few lakes, it was mostly grassland ...

Pantanal
Oct 18, 2006 (16 photos)

... I got well and truly eaten alive during the first few days, as the mosquitos and ticks had a feast. Most of the Pantanal is privately owned so we popped into ranches as we went along. Saw lots of wildlife including a few Tapir, Ocelot (small cat), Giant ...

Just make the biting stop....please
Jan 14, 2007

... 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 ...

Brazil, The Pantanal
Sep 28, 2008 (52 photos)

Sun 28.9.08: Brazil, The Pantanal PERSONAL: A 12hr travel overnight by train, then in the morning a 6hr bus to the Pantanal (finally arriving in tropical weather Brazil!). The best way to explore The Pantanal is staying in lodges on "fazendas" ( ...

The Pantanal, the other wildlife of Brazil!
Jan 20, 2006 (11 photos)

... it was time to see the other Brazilian "wildlife" in an area called the Pantanal. For those of you who have never heard of the Pantanal (believe me I had not really heard of it) it is known as the best place in South America to view wildlife. It is a ...

Bird watchers paradise
Jul 2, 2007 (27 photos)

Booked a 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 ...

Kolikoo zivalc!!
Apr 29, 2006

... hoce - neverjetno mocna je), aligatorja, netopirje, vrsto ptic. Noro! Naslednji dan je bil na vrsti boat trip. Pantanal ravno prehaja iz dezevnega v susno obdobje,zato je pokrajina precej poplavljena, tako da ribe plavajo cisto pri vrhuin lovijo kisik, ...

Capybaras Rule!
Nov 6, 2007

... ignorant I´d not actually heard of this place before so a brief summary for those of you as well brung up as me. The Pantanal is the world´s largest wetland area, split between Bolivia and mainly Brazil. Not being dense forest it makes it a better place ...

The Pantanal
Apr 4, 2007

Hello! Well we just arrived in Bonito this afternoon and have a few days here. But we spent the last 3 days in the Pantanal which was amazing. The first day we got there in the late afternoon so we just got to hang out in camp(literally hang, we slept in ...

The Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world!
Jun 10, 2007 (11 photos)

... you, they are really good. We also got a horseride, which is always pleasurable, although these were mules really, and pretty relaxed, Brazil style you know. They got us to the pub though, and we nailed a cold carton in a few mintues. On the balmy& ...

Camping in the Pantanal
Apr 30, 2005 (1 photos)

... i arrive around 9 am. so i am swarmed by travel agents when i get in who want to take me on a tour of the pantanal, but luckily i had gotten some advice on which one to pick. so i book the tour, buy an airline ticket, have some breakfast, and then ...

Pantanal: prima gids, vreselijke tour operator
Apr 17, 2009 (13 photos)

... Hij was ook onze grote held, want toen we howler monkeys hadden gespot en er heen wilde lopen, lagen twee sissende kaaimannen (de Pantanal versie wordt max twee meter lang, maar goed, een beet van hun zal aanzienlijk meer indruk maken dan een van mij) in ...

Animals, Scenery and more water!
May 30, 2008 (72 photos)

... name for a hostel) in the middle of the Pantanal.  There is a link at the bottom with all the details on the Pantanal because I'm not able to remember them all.  While we were there we did a two hour hike looking for animals, where I lost my ...

The Pantanal
May 19, 2007

The Pantanal

Week 2 - From Upscale to Rustic
Aug 12, 2004 (17 photos)

... , bref de faire une réflexion sur le monde et sur la vie quoi! Lors de ma dernière entrée nous partions pour le Pantanal. Quelle expérience, quel endroit merveilleux ET perdue au milieu de nulle part. L´autobus de Bonito à Bucanos dos Piranhas a pris environ ...

Piranhas attack in the Pantanal
Nov 26, 2006

... falls to Campo Grande and caught the bus to the middle of nowhere the same day to meet up with our tour company in the pantanal. After getting dropped off in 40 degree heat on the side of the road we were greeted with our luxury beat up Toyota, converted ...

Muito Mosquito
Dec 19, 2005 (12 photos)

The Panatanal was very kewl! Filly and stayed in riverside chalets on stilts and were surrounded by beautiful birds, Alligators, Monkeys, Piranhas, Capivara(Water Pigs)thousands of frogs and allsorts of other wildlife - at night the noise was deafening..! ...

The Pantanal
Sep 18, 2007 (13 photos)

... 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 ...

Wildlife extravaganza
Sep 29, 2005 (11 photos)

... shrinking in the hot sun and the competiton for food was high amongst the fish-eaters (birds and reptiles). The Pantanal is the best place in Brazil to watch wildlife - it has many of the same species as the Amazon but you can spot things much easier ...