Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimarães Tours
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Chapada dos Guimarães, which has dazzling views over the Pantanal. interesting rock formations and nice waterfalls, makes a great complement to the wildlife-rich Pantanal. It also has different species of birds, if you are a birder, and, because of it's altitude, is cooler than the Pantanal. So a lot of people in Cuiaba go there during the weekend and holidays
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Sample 5 day ItineraryDay 1 - CUIABÁ/ PANTANAL - Pick-up at the airport and immediate transfer to the traditional town of Poconé with introduction to the geological formation and flora characteristics, then to the lodge, arriving there after a brief safari along the Transpantaneira park-road with many stops to observe its rich fauna. Dinner and night safari – a night-time drive using a vehicle equipped with a flashlight for highlighting nocturnal fauna, with the chance to observe crab-eating foxes, ocelots, and many caiman’s eyes!
Day 2 - PANTANAL - In the morning is a hike through one of the many mound-hills, which attracts a lot of mammals among many birds nests. In the afternoon is a horse ride through the flooding fields. The horse is the most versatile means of transportation, allowing both the crossing of the flood plain and access to the distant forests. The ‘Pantaneiro’ horse is extremely docile. Other animals are so used to it that they don’t perceive the rider on the horse.
Day 3 - PANTANAL/ PANTANAL - In the morning is a departure through the fields and forests until the beautiful lake Baía do Piuval, where we do a motorized boat trip, with the possibility of seeing many birds, reptiles and mammals. Return for lunch and departure for a terrestrial safari along the Transpantaneira until another lodge. Arrival for dinner and overnight.
Day 4 - PANTANAL - CHAPADA GUIMARÃES - In the morning is a rowing boat trip through a river, with variation of environments and the possibility of seeing many flocks of birds, reptiles and mammals during the sunset. Lunch and continuation of the tour to the Chapada Tableland. Having left the Pantanal wetland, where the altitude is about 120m of sea level, is climbed 700m in only 200km for observing a gorgeous sunset into a large panorama that includes the water spring of three very important rivers that form the Pantanal. Then, on to the pleasant town of Chapada de Guimarães for dinner and overnight.
Day 5 - CHAPADA GUIMARÃES/ CUIABÁ - Visits to the National Park, with bath in waterfalls including the largest one - Véu de Noiva with it 86 meter fall entering a majestic canyon. Immediate transfer for another extension or to the Cuiabá airport for embarking at convenient time.
Prices include: transportation, accommodations, guided touring, meals from dinner on day one through lunch on last day or from lunch on day one through breakfast on last day, but not drinks, except for coffee and fruit juices with breakfasts and water on tours
"We had a fantastic time in South America and I can’t believe all our internal flights worked out, although not overly impressed with Latam. All the lodges in the Pantanal are fine and exactly what we were expecting. Loved the Pantanal experience, for us, better than the Amazon!" Yvonne |
2017 Prices per person in US$ for 5 days:
Prices for 4 days (1 less day in Pantanal
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