Pantanal

The Pantanal biome, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the largest wetland on Earth, covering an area of around 140.00 km2 in central western Brazil.

DISCOVER THE PANTANAL

It is home to dozens of species of mammals including the jaguar, South America’s elusive “King”, and the giant otter, a highly social creature often observed in noisy family groups. Howler monkeys and coatis share the forests with birds of all colours and shapes. In places where water accumulates, countless numbers of caimans bathe side by side, feeding on piranhas and pacus. Here, the abundance of life is so rich that it can only be compared to the endless starry sky.

There's no right or wrong time, but here's our tip...

Most people will recommend travelling during the dry season (June - October) when the vegetation is drier and wildlife is easier to spot.

This is the time to see giant anteaters, the cooler temperatures lure them out of the forest and you can find them feeding on ants in the open savannah-like grassland. It’s the time when giant otter groups are more visible by the river and even the elusive jaguar can, with luck, be seen resting on the sandy beaches of the rio Negro.

But it's in the wet season that the magic of the Pantanal emerges. From October, the short rains usually begin, transforming the barren landscape from dry and dusty into lush, verdant terrain. Skies are loaden with spectacular storm clouds and nature reawakens to life. All creatures seem to prepare for the arrival of the wet season, making sure their offspring is old enough to survive and thrive.

The peak of the floods is between April and June, but it can change a lot from year to year.

The Pantanal is unpredictable in all his aspects, it takes a big capacity of adaptation from animals to plants to humans to survive!

WILDLIFE

The variety of species and the tranquility of the encounters with wildlife, will leave you in awe!