PAC - Tour 10: 8 days / 7 nights from / to Cuiabá - Juni to November
Nobres – Reino Encantado and Pantanal Hotel Porto Jofre and Pousada Rio Claro
Snorkeling – Lagoa das Araras – Chachoeira da Serra Azul – Transpantaneira
You will get to know different landscapes of the Pantanal on this trip. You will have to change accommodation twice: the Pousada Rio Claro and Porto Jofre. Here, the environment of the lodges was natural and no changes in nature made, so that the landscape (gallery forests, Cerrado) was preserved in its original condition. For people seeking peace, seclusion, a family friendly atmosphere, this tour is just right.
Pousada Reino Encantado, Bom Jardim (2 nights)
You will be picked up at the airport by your guide and drive to Bom Jardim, near Nobres (driving time about 2.5 hours, 150 km). Arrival at the lodge in the late afternoon at the Pousada Reino Encantado (or for lunch, depending on arrival time at the airport). At 5 pm you will drive to the Lagoa das Araras where hundreds of different species of birds (yellow-breasted macaw, parakeets, hyacinth macaw and other parrot species) return to the lodge and have dinner.
Cachoeira da Serra Azul – Lagoa das Araras
Breakfast at the lodge at 07:00. After breakfast, visit the unique beauty of this colorful landscape. They are equipped with snorkeling utensils (life jacket, mask, snorkel and diving shoes – they are professionally disinfected and cleaned after each use). In the crystal-clear spring basin you can enjoy the underwater world. Fish like the Pintado, Dorado and various aquarium fish live in this pool. Then you can snorkel in the river with crystal clear water. Lunch in the Pousada Reino Encantado.
After lunch drive 32 km (of which about 29 km unpaved road) to a fazenda. On the grounds of this fazenda is one of the most beautiful waterfalls with a blue-lapping lagoon in the state of Mato Grosso, the so-called “Cachoeira da Serra Azul” (waterfall of the blue plateau). A unique natural spectacle, something you should not miss. Beforehand, you will be provided with a life jacket and snorkeling equipment. Here you can visit a sanctuary of Aras, which is located on the grounds of the lodge. Here live Capuchin monkeys, Gelbbrustaras, with a little luck you also see a red Ara.Im connection about 2 km drive to the entrance of the nature reserve, rest footpath to the waterfall. However, it should be noted here that the way to the destination is not exactly unimportant and depends on your physical condition. You walk a small path through a gallery forest, then climb about 480 stone steps steeply uphill to get to the lagoon. In completely secluded untouched nature you will be enchanted by the sight, a large waterfall falls blue-shimmering, crystal-clear water, where you can dive if desired and swim with the fish together. Return to the lodge in the late afternoon, dinner. Rest of the evening at leisure. Upon request, your tour guide will take you on a small night walk in the nearby gallery forest to detect nocturnal animals.
Breakfast at the Pousada Reino Encantado. After breakfast at Pousada Reino Encantado, drive to Pantanal. After lunch drive to Poconé. Drive to the first accommodation (145 km – Porto Jofre) along the Transpantaneira with several stops to observe the flora and fauna along the road. Arrival at the lodge, dinner and overnight
Get up at about 05:30, then we will serve you. Breakfast After that, a 4-hour boat tour (simple boats) begins deep into the Pantanal, in the middle of unspoilt nature, in the Rio Cuiabá, Rio Tres Irmãos, Rio São Lourenço and Rio Piquiri to spot jaguars. Lunch at the Pousada After that, a 4-hour boat tour starts in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in the Pousada,
Pousada Rio Claro Jaguar safari by boat (half day excursion)
Get up at about 05:30, then we will serve you. Breakfast After that, a 4-hour boat tour (simple boats) begins deep into the Pantanal, in the middle of unspoilt nature, in the Rio Cuiabá, Rio Tres Irmãos, Rio São Lourenço and Rio Piquiri to spot jaguars. Lunch at the Pousada, then transfer to the Pousada Rio Claro for dinner and overnight
Sunrise tour at 7 o’clock. Breakfast in the lodge. In the morning, if you wish, you can go on a horseback ride, a canoe trip or a short walk / hike in the nearby Galeriewald. Lunch in the pousada .. In the afternoon (depending on the arrival time) you can do a small canoe tour (paddling) on the nearby or a short walk in the nearby gallery forest, where you have a lot, birds and, with a bit of luck, mammals can encounter. After dinner on request night safari to detect nocturnal animals.
The next morning, around 5 o’clock getting up for the sunrise tour. Experience the awakening of birdlife and wildlife in the Pantanal.A unique experience that you should not miss.After breakfast, take an extensive horseback ride on the grounds of the lodge.
(at dinner with local musical and barbecue for 10 or more people)
Before breakfast (get up at 5 o’clock) Sunrise tour to watch the awakening of the flora and fauna. After breakfast, transfer to the airport in Cuiabá or, depending on the time of departure, another excursion in the vicinity of the lodge or a canoe trip.
The following services are included in the prices:
- 2 nights in the Pousada Reino Encantado in Bom Jardim incl. Full pension.
- 2 nights in Porto Jofrel incl. Full board.
- 3 nights in Pousada Rio Claro incl. Full board.
- Transfer airport – Pantanal – Airport.
- All described tours / excursions by horse, canoe / boat and on foot.
- Care by trained English speaking tour guide.
Not included in the price:
- Personal expenses, gratuities, one-hour flight over the Pantanal (optional).