South Pantanal Budget Tours – 03 nights / 04 days

Day 01: Transportation from Campo Grande to Pantanal
Pick up at the airport or bus station or hotel in Campo Grande. Regular shared transfer (minivan) from Campo Grande to Buraco das Piranhas (police station where the minivan stops in the Pantanal) or by private transfer (car) directly to the Lodge in the Pantanal. If you choose the regular transfer, the Pousada´s open jeep will be waiting for you at Buraco das Piranhas and will bring you to the Lodge. The local transfer is done in open jeep and you already have the opportunity to spot some wildlife on the Pantanal Park Road.

Arrival at the lodge, check-in and schedule the activities for the next days (this activity itinerary is only an example how can be the activities distribution during your stay in the Pantanal). Rest of the day free, you can walk around to see some birds, relax in a hammock or visit the Abobral River.

After dinner, departure for night tour to search for nocturnal wildlife. The trip takes around 1h30m up to 2h and it can happen by motor boat on the Abobral River or by open jeep along the Pantanal Park Road, depending on the environmental conditions the Pantanal is. On both tours, a powerful flashlight connected to a battery is use, allowing the easy location of nocturnal animals, such as alligators, owls, fox, spiders, etc.

In this tour package, you can chose where to sleep, shared dorm with AC, WC or Private room with AC, WC. (D)

Day 02: Pantanal Day Tour with English speaking guide
Usually the activities start early in the morning, around 7:00am and finish around 10:30am because this period is not too hot and your chances to spot wild life are bigger.

After breakfast, departure for a motor Boat Trip. The tour begins with a 600-meter walk to the banks of the Abobral River, from where the motor boat with capacity for 10 people will depart. The Abobral River is a small river, with dark and very calm waters that flows into the Paraguai River, the largest river in the Pantanal. In the section of the Abobral River where the tour takes place, there is almost no traffic from other boats there is greater chance of seeing animals and approaching them. The tour lasts 2 to 3 hours. Depending on the season and the water level of the Abobral River, it is possible to make stops to swim in the river and cool off from the heat. During the trip, you have chance to see some wildlife, like: alligator, capybara, giant otter, egret, herons, king fisher, monkeys and with luck, a jaguar. It tour is recommended for people of all ages and life jacket is provided for your safety.
Lunch and time to rest in your accommodation or in some of the hammocks around.

In the afternoon, around 2:30pm, you will go for a Piranha Fishing. This activity happen in the banks of the Abobral River and takes about 2 hours. From the Pousada to the river, you will walk for about 15 minutes (600 meters). You will use simple fishing rods to try to catch the feared piranhas of the Pantanal. Sometimes, the alligators stay around trying to steal your piranha, but most of the times the local guide give someone for them. Depending how many Piranhas you catch, the guide can bring it to the cooker prepare it for you test.
Overnight in shared dorm with AC, WC or Private room with AC, WC. (B, L, D)

Day 03: Pantanal Day Tour with English speaking guide
After Breakfast, you go for a horseback riding through the fields of the farm and higher areas with dense wood vegetation that serve as refuge to animals and birds during the wet season. Pantanal horses are adapted to the climatic variations of the Pantanal, allowing you to reach the most difficult to reach places, no matter if the place is flooded or dry. The horses are very calm and well trained for the ride, regardless of whether you have experience in horseback riding or not. The Pantanal is one of the best places for horseback riding, especially for those who have never been on a horse. The tour lasts approximately 2 hours and you will have the opportunity to explore the fauna, flora and livestock developed in the region.

Lunch and time to rest in your accommodation or in some of the hammocks around. After lunch, you will go to a Jeep truck Safari – The tour happens on the Pantanal Park Road where you ride for about 1h30min looking for the animals in jeep truck adapted for tours (covered and seats in the body). During the trip happen a stop and you go for a Nature Walking for about about 1h30min, where you walk through diverse habitats such as grasslands and higher areas with dense wood vegetation that serve as refuge to animals and birds during the wet season. The walk finishes at the jeep truck. Sometimes, on the way back from the safari, an animal focus cam happen. During all the tour you have chance to spot marsh deer, toucans, capybaras, armadillo and other animal species.

Overnight in shared dorm with AC, WC or Private room with AC, WC. (B, L, D)

Day 04: Half day tour and transfer back to Campo Grande
After Breakfast, Nature walking on the farm trails. On this tour, you have great chances of getting very close to the animals, as there is no noise from engines, cars, etc. If the Pantanal is flooded, you will take a walk through walk in wet places and enter the capões (higher lands with dense forest) that serve as a refuge for various species of animals and the famous howler monkeys. The duration of the walk varies according to the conditions of the Pantanal and the group, and it can be from 2 up to 3 hours.

After lunch, transfer by open jeep from Santa Clara Lodge to Buraco das Piranhas where you will take the regular shared transfer to Campo Grande. If you use a private transfer, the car will pick you up directly in the Farm and bring you to Campo Grande. (B, L)

OBS: We also can drop you off in Corumbá (border with Bolivia) or in Bonito, request for extra costs.

Included

• Pick up at the airport or bus station or Hotels in Campo Grande;
• Private transfer (car) OR Regular shared transfer (minivan) from Campo Grande to Pantanal and back to Campo Grande. Local transfer from Buraco das Piranhas to the lodge and back to Buraco das Piranhas in the regular shared transfer option;
• 03 overnights in the Pantanal at the Santa Clara Lodge in Shared Dorm with AC, WC or Private room with AC, WC;
• Meals at the Lodge 03 Breakfasts, 03 Lunchs & 03 Dinners in the lodge;
• Nature activities: night jeep tour, motor boat tour, nature walking, piranha fishing, horseback ride, jeep safari on the Pantanal Park Road with nature walk;
• Local English speaking guide during Pantanal excursion.

Not Included

• Drinks (mineral water, soft drinks, beer, caipirinha…), phone calls, laundry service, travel insurance, flight tickets and other personal extras are not included on the tour package price.

Notes about the REGULAR TRANSFER BY BUS/VAN

• Campo Grande to Pantanal leaving between 10:00am and 10:30am. The trip takes about 04 hours and 30 minutes until Buraco das Piranhas + 1 hour from Buraco da Piranhas to the lodge.
• Pantanal to Campo Grande leaving at: 1:30pm. The trip takes about 1 hour from the Farm to Buraco da Piranhas + 04 hours and 30 minutes until Campo Grande.

Notes about the PRIVATE TRANSFER BY CAR

• As is a private transfer the car can leave at any time you want from Campo Grande or Pantanal. The trip takes about four and half hours.

Important Notes

• Is not possible a couple stay in the same shared dormitory, Man and Woman DO NOT share the same dormitory (one dorm for man and another dorm for woman).
• The tours will be scheduled day by day at the Pousada depending of the weather conditions and can be changed. Our program day by day is only an example of how the excursion can be distributed.
• Nothing confirmed, just budgeted. Availability will be confirmed at booking time.