JAGUAR TOURS

Explore the Transpanteneira Highway, the Pantanal’s most popular destination, the Transpantaneira road is one of the best wildlife viewing areas in the world, here you can admire the flora and fauna of the Brazilian Pantanal, search for jaguars, caimans, capybaras, giant anteaters, anaconda, jabiru storks, macaws, and much, much more. The itinerary include bird watching, photo safaris, horseback riding, night wildlife safaris, boat trips, jaguar Tracking tours, game drives, fishing, walking tours and more. This package includes stays at two different locales : the Hotel Porto Jofre Pantanal Norte, located 250 kn from Cuiaba city on the shores of the Cuiaba river at Porto Jofre, a pantanal hot spot for Jaguar viewing and the Pouso Alegre lodge, located 47 km from Pocone, 7 km off the main Road.This expansive cattle ranch is FIRST CLASS for wildlife viewing. The variety of wildlife seen on this tour, plus the potential of seeing South America’s most elusive big mammal, the Jaguar, makes this tour ideal for wildlife enthusiasts. This trip was designed especially for the active and inquisitive traveler seeking for a respectful adventure in the Pantanal wilderness. Daily departures all year round from Cuiaba, the minimum number of passengers to begin a tour is 2, and the maximum group size is 08. This itinerary should be used as a guide only and may vary from day to day depending on river and road conditions, weather, group decisions & desires, and circumstances beyond our control. CUIABA / TRASNPANTANEIRA ROAD / PANTANAL LODGE ( HOTEL PANTANAL NORTE) In Cuiabá a guide will pick you up at the airport and transport you to the Pantanal. First travel 100 km along a paved road, pass through the town of Poconé, and then enter the Transpantaneira Highway, one of the best wildlife viewing areas in the entire world. Continue our drive further 150 km into Porto Jofre área, passing through several different ecosystems. Keep your eyes peeled for endangered marsh deer, South American coati, anaconda, giant anteater, toco toucans, tapirs, armadillos, hyacinth macaws, and a host of other animals and birds. Arrive to the lodge later in the afternoon. After dinner take a night safari with spotlights watch for pumas, tapirs, anteaters, foxes, raccoons, owls, spiders, snakes, nocturnal birds and other animals common to this region. Overnight at Hotel pantanal Norte, former called Hotel Porto Jofre. To improve the Jaguar viewing experience, we have selected the Hotel Pantanal Norte, located at the end of the Transpantaneira road on the banks of the Cuiaba River at Porto Jofre. Here we’ll begin our full day searches for jaguars along the riverbanks in our radio-equipped boats. The lodge is located 30 minutes by boat from the Three brothers river, the best area to view jaguars in the entire pantanal. After an early breakfast, we leave the hotel in our small motorboats to search for Jaguars along the three rivers that form the the Meeting-of-the-Waters State Park, this park is one of the three largest protected areas in the entire Pantanal. With its high density of jaguar prey, including caiman and capybara, the Encontro das Aguas (Meeting of the Waters) State Park contains one of the Pantanal’s highest concentrations of these big cats. Close to the tiny settlement of Porto Jofre, at the confluence of three river systems – the Piquiri, Cuiaba and Tres Irmaos – this site gives access to more than 100km of pristine waterway. The animals here are accustomed to humans so boats can often approach to within four or five metres.