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... here we were, looking a male howler monkey in the eye. Earlier that morning (Friday 10 February) 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 ...
... embassy though to inform them of this supposedly illegal practice. We are now spending the day in a suprisingly cold and rainy Corumba before going on a three-day, two-night excursion tomorrow to the Patanal, the world´s biggest wetlands. We will let ...
... , maned wolf, deer, anteaters, armadillos, monkeys and tapirs. It is also home to world´s biggest rodent, the capybara. We left Corumba sitting in the back of a sort of army truck shared with eight more people. The trip there took four hours and was ...
Aih Corumba! Gateway to the Pantanal. The best place in the whole of South America for wildlife. (The Amazon itself is actually not great, overpoached and generally very thick forest so viewing anything is actually very rare) Just one ginormous swamp ...
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Bolivia-Pantanal-Manus-Rio
Posted on Jun 20, 2008, 22:13:41
... . Starlagurl gave you some good blogs. Now you have a problem. Keep in mind that before Alaska became a state, Brazil was bigger than the USA. Corumba to Manaus is almost 1,500 miles as the crow flies, equivalent to New York to Denver, Colorado. So ...
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Route Advice please!!!
Posted on Feb 4, 2008, 15:38:06
... is included and what not. In the end, you will have to do lots of research if its better from Campo Grande or Corumba. I entered the Pantanal from Cuiaba and stayed in Porto Jofre, which is well off your route. Here's the Bolivian railway site in ...
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Pantanal Photo Expedition 2008
Posted on May 5, 2008, 21:54:49
A small group of four nature photography specialists plan to make the trip through the Pantanal: Cuiaba-Porto Joffre by car, Joffre-Corumba boat, Corumba-Bonito car and horseback, June 24- July 10, 2008. We will hire a good guide, but take care of our food ...
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Route Advice please!!!
Posted on Feb 11, 2008, 12:09:55
Wow thanks for all that info!! will really have to see if Corumba is better, I presume (in my innocence) that the same types of trips will be offered from there.... Thanks for all the links and stuff I will have to get onto babelfish and translate ...
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