Pousada Caramanchao Bonito

... species of fish ranging from 2cm long bright red with black spotted fish to 1m long yellow back silver stomach fish (dont ask their names I didnt think to ask them). It jsut felt weird to be swimming in the middle of the rainforest hearing the Macaques (parrots) that we saw earlier scream (their cakll in earpiercing and could be ehard even with your head underwater), yet in cristal clear waters. Some saw ...

9am departure on our trip to the Rio de Prata. This is a beautiful crystal clear river 50km out of town. The only way you can get in is to go by tour. We were on a tour with 4 others, 3 of them Australians from Yass and Canberra. After being surrounded by the portuguese language, it was nice to have people to talk to.<br><br>The tours are running late so we laze around in the hammocks for a while. We then get into our wetsuits and ride on the back of truck into the bush and then walk ...

... you have to pay separately for the others. <br><br>Link to CVC Packages to Bonito: http://www.cvc.com.br/site/_destinos/co nteudo.jsf?codigoIdioma=1&amp;codigoDes tinoTuristico=12&amp;cdProduto=1&amp;id Nacional=S<br><br>Ambiental (http://www.ambiental.tur.br/)<br><br>T ravel agency focused on ecotourism. It is more expensive than CVC and offers more options. They offer tours for Bonito only or joining the Pantanal and Bonito. In all packages you ...

... He says "no, it's impossible". After a few argumentative exchanges I prove to him it's actually not "impossible" as I ignore his wishes and run back to the other side. I'm rewarded by the best shots of the trip of birds in-the-wild as opposed to those in captivity or being domesticated by constant feeding by man. The rest of the group regretted not following in my footsteps once they see my pics. Anyway shortly after we reach the ...

... of stalagtites above us on the ceiling of the cave which looked yellow in the dim light. We finally reached the bottom of the cave at the edge of the lake where we got amazing pictures of the glowing lake. After about 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.<br ...

... show in the campsite when three of them swooped down and sat in a low tree for about half an hour to do some posing and I think we used up about 3 memory cards practicing our wildlife photography skills on these willing models. <br><br>On our second day in Bonito we went to visit 'The Blue Cave&#8217; which in itself was beautiful, a natural phenomena that caused the water to appear a very unnatural colour! The only problem was the ...

... that I was a tourist at the Estância Mimosa, I was walking on sunshine. Little cobbled trails lead you through lush gardens up to the reception, a transformed ranch house whose walls are now covered in ecological information, is now used as a craft shop, reception, and kitchen. Leather hammocks are strewn beneath passion fruit vines and fruit trees and sun chairs surround a little lake full of cranes and alligators. Shortly after arriving the tour begins with a slow ...

... Nou kom maar op dan! De Rio (rivier) do Plata is een super heldere rivier die aardig snel stroomt en stampesvol zit met tropische vissen. Na een half uurtje door het bos wandelen word je aan de bron van de rivier (je ziet het water letterlijk door het zand omhoog borrelen) met een snorkel het water ingeflikkerd, terwijl tien meter verder een kaaiman (zonder snorkel) het water in stapt. Een paar kilometer later en twee uur verder, stap je super ...

... minutes later. <br><br><br><br>It seems that most of the highlights of this Pantanal area are on PRIVATE land, so it looks like everything will be much more expensive that it would be in public parks etc. Profiteering Central...<br><br>The most expensive part of ...