Bonito, Brazil Travel Blogs

Recovering
Nov 21, 2008 (9 photos)

... to a local lake reserve and spent the day snorkelling in the lake with the many different kinds of fish. It has been a good day. Bonito is a really nice little village. We like it here a lot. We cycled to the lake today and saw a dead rattlesnake on the ...

'Bonito' Bonito
Jun 19, 2005 (16 photos)

I was ripe for Bonito after all the towns and cities. It's a small town in south-central Brazil with some wonderful natural sights nearby: with mask & snorkel, I floated down the Rio Plata, a crystal clear, spring-fed river full of amazing fish...as well ...

Wimbledon Final 2009
Jul 5, 2009

We arrived in Bonito just in time. We found the only place in the town with Sky TV, turned on the TV and saw Roger Federer against Andy... Roddick. Damn. Great final though. At least Federer was in it. It would have sucked to have got up at 4am and taken a ...

the journey
Jul 8, 2006

... we had to sit in a bus station from 5 in the morning untill half seven( and we switched time zones so it was actually half six much to our suprise) on our next bus we were pretty much off road heading forthe town of bonito in the middle of nowhere.

Day 209 - Dourados to Bonito
Mar 29, 2008 (2 photos)

... we started our trip, but the 3 or 4 people we've met en route going the opposite direction to us have all recommended stopping here. Bonito is a good size for a town (neither too big or too small), with plenty of places to eat & drink, so if we can do ...

Wildlife extravaganza
Sep 29, 2005 (11 photos)

We arrived early morning in Bonito, after the worst overnight journey yet: in a minibus (no swanky sleeper coaches now), for 11 hours, along small roads that seemed to have speed bumps every 50m! Why speed bumps are necessary considering you can`t pick up ...

Day 210 - Bonito
Mar 30, 2008 (48 photos)

... a quick wander around to take a few photos of waterfalls and then got back in the van. We made good time back to Bonito and were back at the hostel in no time, had showers and then came to check our email & football results. ...

Bonito
Dec 17, 2005 (2 photos)

Checking out some freshwater snorkelling and maybe diving in Southern Pantanal.

Bonito
Jun 20, 2009 (31 photos)

... 10 mins at the bottom, we clambered back up and out of the mouth of the cave. In the afternoon we went shopping around the Bonito town and then relaxed in the pool for the rest of the afternoon.   On Tuesday we got the bus (really early) to Corumba ...

huhu
Mar 27, 2008

so, schon wieder ich...mir is gerade mal so...hab wunderschoene bilder unter pantanal im arcor album hochgeladen...kann aber noch ein zwei tage dauern bis die freigeschalten werden... Ausserdem...wer kauft Fusion tickets? Will auch eins haben...die ...

Bonito
Aug 8, 2006 (12 photos)

... cover to and the bus darted across the road to avoid the sparking cables. Our trip thereafter was uneventful and we arriived in Bonito late at night. Our Pousada was simple and the owner very helpful. We hired bicycles with a Dutch couple and cycled to the ...

Snorkelling in crystal clear rivers
Feb 11, 2007 (4 photos)

... next day I took it easy, relaxing at the campsite before taking a motortaxi (motorbike) into town which was quite fun.  Bonito itself is fairly small and uninteresting but it did have a phone box in the shape of a toucan! We went snorkelling in ...

Back packing
Jun 8, 2007 (19 photos)

... an American power socket and therefore is useless out here (Oh dear!). The next place on the list is my current destination, Bonito, a small tourist town which is a lot further north and you really do feel the heat difference, literally 25 degrees by ...

Swimming with fish
Nov 1, 2005 (3 photos)

... . They're really obliging, and don't seem to mind posing for photographs. You actually feel like one of them after a while. Bonito is the first proper Brazilian town that I've stayed in. It's got a totally different feel to the other south american ...

bonito
Aug 12, 2006

NBo tengo mucho tiempo pero os recomiendo que lo veais en internet, buscar este pueblito y vereis

Riacho do Navio
Jan 10, 2008

Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben, der täglich sie erobern muß. É difícil acreditar que já quase se passaram dois meses desde que comecei a viajar. Perguntaram-me sobre a percepção do tempo quando se está viajando (ou pelo menso foi assim que ...

Abismo Anhumas
Sep 8, 2008 (6 photos)

... the top as you literally have to pull yourself up. Check out some pics (not ours) at http://www.marcelokrause.com.br/abismo/ Bonito is a funky town. The call boxes are in the shapes of birds and animals of the pantanal. We hit the bars in the ...

Pantanal & Bonito
Dec 26, 2007 (12 photos)

... there isn't much meat on a piranhas, and they don't taste particularly amazing either. After the Pantanal we headed to Bonito for Christmas. The area is famous for crystal clear river waters. I spent Christmas day snorkeling down Rio da Prata, which ...

Snorkeling in Bonito
Nov 14, 2008 (1 photos)

... agents that line it.  We were meant to stay at Muito Bonito but they had a problem with their plumbing. We really liked Bonito, it has a certain charm set in the middle of nowhere, dirt track lead to it from all directions and the only tarmac is in ...

Found the anteater!
Sep 12, 2008 (1 photos)

... - and then we were looking on the ground for termite mounds and all the while he´s pointing at the tree with the anteater on it. Heading back to Bonito today and it was a good thing to as the weather turned again leaving the Pantanal cold and wet...

Snorkelling River Sucuri
Sep 9, 2008 (4 photos)

... he "wants to keep the caju taste as long as possible!" Had some brazilian "bobo" for dinner - it´s like kachri bateta with muhogo instead. Gooood! Anyone going to Bonito should check out this restaurant OCA - although no guarantees that it will be open.

Hell travel day number 1
Mar 21, 2007

... start at $4.50! Ouch!) with a couple nice people from my plane to the bus station, and am now killing some time before I head to Bonito on the 4pm bus, arriving around 9 or 10pm. What a day! This town (esp. this bus station) is majorly sketchy and I can't ...

The Magic of Water
Oct 10, 2007

Rio da Prata Float Trip Burraco das Araras

Bonny Bonito
Feb 15, 2005 (3 photos)

... it. Although most if not all are below the poverty line they've still got cable TV, internet and night clubs. Spent 1/2 day in Bonito going to the Blue Lake Cave, a farmer "discovered" it on his land. There are 293 steps down into the cave and at ...

Bonito: Burning Calories & Gaining them Back Again
May 25, 2009 (7 photos)

... of course, by thinking about the all-you-can-eat lunch that was awaiting me.   Things I did/ate/saw: Bonito Youth Hostel (clean rooms, helpful staff, interesting people and hammocks) Vício da Gula (reasonably priced sandwiches, fancy coffees and ...

Safe again
Jun 14, 2007 (17 photos)

... me happy again. No more cities for ages. But ... tonight we are accompaning our new Aussie friends to the east coast of Brazil, 6 hours on a bus tonight, then straight on another bus 43 hours(!) to Savador, then on a boat to an island. This ...

bonito(beautiful in english)
Jul 10, 2006 (5 photos)

... pleasure in toppling the tyres we were in, which resulted in us going head first in nto the water. afterwards we went to bonito aventura and had a swim in the river before we set off for yet another snorkeling trip this time down the Rio formoso, which ...

Hell travel day number 2
Mar 25, 2007 (22 photos)

After three long bus rides yesterday and this morning (from Bonito, Dourados, and Cascavel), I finally arrived in Foz de Iguazu (Brazilian side) around 9am. I had asked my hostel (Hostel Inn, the huge HI place in Argentina) to order a transfer for me so ...

Snorkeling the Rio Prata
Feb 20, 2006

From the Pantanal we travelled down to the town of Bonito. This is a sleepy town that has little but some beautifully clear rivers nearby which are great for snorkeling. Andy, Veronica, Jen, Georia, Becky, Emma and I were picked up from the hostel at 7: ...

Snorkelling & Cycling
May 31, 2008 (48 photos)

... so badly!! - Not a tough Irish girl like us even though one would think she would be used to the cold from living in Switzerland!! Thats pretty much all we did in Bonito, the following morning we were up bright and early to begin our trip into Bolivia.