Rio Claro Lodge 3 Days Tour – North Pantanal

Day 1 – Private Transfer from Cuiabá to Pantanal

Assistance at the airport of Cuiabá and private transfer to the Rio Claro Lodge located in Pantanal Transpantaneira Road. The trip from Cuiabá to the lodge are almost 150km, it takes 02 up to 03 hours (depend of the conditions of the dirt road) been 100km in paved road until the Poconé City + 50km of dirt road (Transpantaneira road) from Poconé to the Lodge.

Check-in and schedule of the activities for the next few days (this itinerary is only and example can the be activities distribution). Depending what time you arrive in the lodge it is possible walk around to have your first contact with the Pantanal Ecossistem.

After dinner, you go to a night Car Safari around the ranch area. In this tour a “silibim” (powerful lantern) is used, which reflects to the eyes of the animals, this allowing the best location of animals of nocturnal habits such as alligators, owls, fox, spider, etc. The focus lasts approximately 1 hour. At night, the starry sky of the Pantanal is also a beautiful attraction.
Overnight in private room (Standard or Premium). (D)

Day 2 – Pantanal day tour with English speaking guide

Right after the breakfast, you go for an activity, for example horseback ride. It is a typical tour of Pantanal and it shows you the area as “Pantaneiro” (Pantanal cowboy) sees: from above a horse! The horses are quiet and trained to ride with people who don´t have experience on ridden, which means that even those who have never ridden on horseback before can do this tour. Several trails (shorter and longer trails) can be use during dry and wet season and always accompanied by experienced local guides. It is a contemplation ride, where during the ride; typical Brazilian savannah animals like armadillos, anteaters, deer, rhea and infinite variety of birds can be spot. The tour duration goes from 1 hour up to 3 hours depending on the experience of the person and climatic season.

In the middle of the day (when it is warmer), you have a free time to rest.
After lunch, you go out for Boat Trip – on the activity you will spend about 2 hours riding on motor boats equipped with life jacket and comfortable swivel seats. The boat trip happens in the Rio Claro River and you have chance to see and learn about the local flora and fauna. In this tour you will see all the beauty and exuberance of the Riparian forest with its centuries-old trees, natural habitat of birds, mammals and reptiles that shelter in the banks of the rivers. The boat trip allows a greater approximation with the fauna and aquatic flora, depending on the time of year you have greater chances of seeing animals / birds or simply enjoy the nature sounds and songs of birds.
Dinner and overnight in private room. (B, L, D)

Day 3 – Pantanal day tour with English speaking guide and return to Cuiabá

Before breakfast, meeting with Local Guide in front of the restaurant on time for the paddling canoe ride. Output by the river walkway, until the arrival at the port for vessels where the local guide will give some instructions to the tour and exit in paddling boat. This tour happens in Rio Claro River, where there will be the chance to see monkeys, howler monkeys, giant otters, great variety of birds. The great magic of this tour is the possibility of see the sunrise in the river, the total tranquility and sounds of the Pantanal, since you will have 100% contact with the silence and the sounds of animals and birds. The tour takes around 1 hour.

After breakfast, you go for Ecological walk or ecological hike. This activity usually carried out on natural trails that run through various environments in Pantanal, such as: ciliary forest (riverside forest), capons / mountain ranges (forests in higher areas), creeks and open field. It is one of the Pantanal activities where you have more contact with the flora of the region knowing its functions and importance for the balance of the Pantanal ecosystem, besides being a good opportunity to see the wildlife more closely since there is no noise coming from Engines, cars, horses, etc. The duration of the ecological walk in the Pantanal ranges from 1h30min to 3h depending on group arrangement and climatic conditions.
After lunch private transfer back to Cuiabá. We can drop you off at the airport or in some hotel in down town. (B)