Custom Pantanal Tours – 5 days
PRESENTATION

Day 1

This is a program that happens between the time of receding water and dry season in the Pantanal, because it is a period with higher chances of wildlife watching. Normally this period runs from late June to early December, but there can be changes depending on the water level and the rainy season in the Pantanal.

This tour package is aimed at people who seek to have a differentiated and personalized experience in the Pantanal. Groups are a maximum of 06 people, but ideally are group between 02-04 people. On this tour, you will stay in a typical farm in Pantanal Park road, in wild camping in Miranda River and in Pantanal lodge, (you will visit 03 different location in Southern Pantanal). It must be clear that during the Miranda River wild camping may be lots of mosquito (especially at sunrise / sunset), it may rain, be very hot or even cold at dawn and there is no bathroom and shower, that baths will be made in River. Anyway, this is a program for those who really love nature; want to have a unique experience in the Pantanal!

Transfer from Campo Grande to Pantanal Park Road
Assistance at the airport / bus station in Campo Grande and transfer to the Pantanal. In this program there are 02 transfer’s options: regular transfer in local bus or touristic van until the Buraco das Piranhas, where begins the Pantanal Park Road or private car directly to the Pantanal Farm. In the case of regular transfer our opened Jeep will be waiting for you in the Buraco das Piranhas and it will bring you to the Farm where you will spend 2 nights.

At the end of the afternoon, you leave for an ecological walk through the open fields, capons and forest mountain ranges in search of birds and animals. The trip takes about 1-2 hours and is your first contact with the Pantanal nature. At the farm you can choose between 02 types of accommodation: camping (where you can sleep in hammocks in place protected from mosquitoes or in tents) or in the Pousada in room with air conditioning and private bathroom.
Dinner and overnight in the chosen accommodation (camping or private room). (D)

Day 2

Pantanal Day Tour in a local farm
After breakfast you go for a Horseback Ride on typical pantaneiro (from Pantanal) horses. It is a 2 hours tour 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. You may see marsh deer, feral pigs, blue macaws, toucans and many other bird species. The horses are very well trained and there is helmet for safe. This is an activity more focused to experience a little of the life of the Pantanal people.

After lunch you will relax a little bit and wait the temperature gets lower to go for a Nature Trekking – on this activity you will spend about 2 – 3 hours walking 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. On the walking tour, the guide will show and explain you about the plants and trees (medical use, use in construction and serving as food for humans and animals) and as well look for animals that often inhabit the region, such as the black howler monkey, deer, capybara, armadillo, raccoon and many birds. The farm where you will walk have 2.000 hectares and you go for a different direction than you had been yesterday. When the Pantanal is flooded, you walk in wet places and if you want, you can across bays what makes your tour unforgettable.
Dinner and overnight in the chosen accommodation (camping or private room). (B,L,D)

Day 3

Pantanal day tour – Pantanal Park road / Miranda River Expedition
After breakfast, you go by opened jeep to Passo do Lontra Parque Hotel to do a canoe tour through the Mirada River. First, you take an engine boat and up the river stream for about 1hour. After, you get the canoe and dawn the river stream for about 1hour and half until the Lodge. This tour is nice because you can see and you can hear the nature’s song. Swing in the river is a good idea too. The boat gets around just for security.

After lunch, you will separate a small backpack with clothes for only 2 days and your main luggage will stay in a safe place in the lodge until you come back from the Adventures in the Miranda River Wild Camp. The rest of the day and the next day will be to exploration of the Miranda River (one of the most important South Pantanal Rivers) and its surroundings. The adventure is make in boat of aluminum equipped with engine and chairs for more comfort, since most of the tour will be in the seated in a boat. You will go up the Miranda river stream for around one hour and a half to the vicinity of the Red River where the camp will be organize. Each person will be responsible for helping with the organization of the camp, whether it is time to set up the tents, whether it is collecting firewood. After organize the camping you go up the Red river looking for wildlife and will enjoy the beautiful colors of Pantanal sunset. During the way back to the camping, the guide will use a big light to spot alligators and nocturnal birds.
Dinner, prose around the campfire and overnight in tent. (B,L,D)

Day 4

Pantanal day tour – Miranda River Expedition
Normally in this program, the day begin early at dawn, taking birds as an alarm clock. Shortly after the breakfast, the camp will be dismantle and the journey continues with destination to Negrinho River, a tributary of the Miranda River. On the way, it will be a stop to climb the Morro do Azeite (Olive Hill), one of the only hills in the area, from where you can have a more comprehensive view of the Pantanal and sinuous Miranda river. The climb walk takes around 30-40 minutes and the panoramic view is worth the small sacrifice of the climb. Stop on the way to a quickly lunch. After lunch, you go to explore the Negrinho River. Depending on how will be the environmental conditions of the Pantanal (if it has enough water in the rivers or not) you can leave the main river and enter the “corixos” that are small watercourses ranging from main river for the open field. Often there is little water in this corixos and there are many birds around.

The arrival in Passo do Lontra Lodge it is schedule for dinnertime. On the lodge you may chose stay in simple room (air-conditioning and private toilet) or in Chalet (air-conditioning, TV, fridge and private toilet). (B,L,D)

Day 5

Expedition Pantanal Park Road – Campo Grande or Bonito or Corumbá
You go for a walk on the elevated boardwalk around of the lodge. During this walk, you have great chances of spot black howler monkey, capybaras, black caimans and several bird´s species. Before you back to Campo Grande, you also will enjoy a Piranha fishing on the floating platform in front of the lodge.

After lunch transfer by jeep from the Farm to Buraco das Piranhas where you will take the Regular Transfer bus/mini-van 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.

During the 05 days of tours around the Pantanal, there are great chances of observing various species of animals and birds, highlighting the: capybaras, caimans, howler monkeys, marsh deer, cub, raccoon, armadillo, giant otter, Jabiru stork, toucan, macaws, hawks, egrets, parrots, parakeets, ibis and several other species of birds. When the Pantanal is drier there is also a chance of spot the jaguar, but of course nothing is guaranteed, it depends a lot on luck and weather conditions in the visiting period.