Pantanal Wildlife Tour - Cuiabá - Mato Grosso - Brazil
Pantanal Wildlife Tour - Cuiabá - Mato Grosso - Brazil
Brazil Wildlife Expeditions / Wetlands - Pantanal / Birding-Wildlife Tours
Brazil Wildlife Expeditions / Wetlands - Pantanal / Birding-Wildlife Tours
Brazil 2017: The Pantanal - Days 1 & 2
This video is a compilation of clips pieced together from the (much larger) original production thus it may appear disjointed in places. I also apologise for any footage which is a bit 'wobbly' but shooting from a moving boat with other passengers present proved challenging to say the least even with stabilisation!
During late August 2017 we set off for the Brazilian Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland (15 times the size of Botswana’s Okavango Delta) containing a huge variety of wildlife unique to Latin America. Encompassing both riverine swamps and Sahel (savannah) the region boasts the largest ‘new world’ cat, the Jaguar which is the third largest cat in the world; the world’s largest rodent, the capybara, and the world’s largest parrot, the Hyacinth Macaw. It is also home to the world’s largest snake, the Green Anaconda and the continent’s heaviest land mammal, the South American Tapir. It also has the largest concentration of crocodilian in the World: the Yacaré Caiman.
In order to observe and film wildlife in the Pantanal, all safaris are conducted by river boats. Would we see the elusive Jaguar? Hopefully by giving ourselves five full days (10 trips out on the water) we will be able to enjoy at least a few good sightings of this iconic big cat.
The first day there started as every one that followed would, with us breakfasted and making our way to the jetty via the 400m bush walk at 7:00am. Once on board the river boat, lifejackets were donned and we were off. Our 18 year old driver Christiomar and Guide Herley (pronounced ‘early’) proved to be the perfect team. Chris’s boat handling skills were second to none and Herley proved himself to be wildlife guide par excellent.
At a full 45 knots we tore back down the river – a RIB ride to remember! We all had to hang onto our hats and cover our faces as hitting insects at that speed could prove nasty.
Here then are just a few of the highlights of the first two days on the water. Enjoy seeing four Jaguars on the Piquiri River – five jaguars in total on Day 1!
Enjoy ever ‘busy’ activities of Giant Otters and the thrill of watching a large female jaguar attempt to swim across the Cuiaba River on Day 2 and later dig for caiman eggs.
Lastly, spend the evening with a Tapir during an evening game drive. This rarely seen and heaviest of South American mammals was quietly feeding and continued as if we weren’t there. As she walked through the water getting ever closer we could see every detail of this remarkable creature bizarrely related to the rhino and horse.
Wildlife Photography in the Pantanal of Brazil
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I went into the Brazilian Pantanal in search of wildlife this week. In particular, I was looking for jaguars which are very elusive anywhere else on the planet. However, in this part of the Pantanal, and this time of year, jaguars are actually really commonly spotted. My guide, in fact said that we'd have about a 50/50 chance of seeing a jaguar. The day before I went, a group from the same company I went with (EcoVerde Tours: saw 3 jaguars. Unfortunately for me, I didn't see any.
I did, however, see a tonne of wildlife in the Pantanal. We saw an ocelot as well which is amazing and even more rare than a Jaguar. Although, of course, I didn't capture it on camera.
So, I'm a little bit disappointed that I didn't get a jaguar, but it just gives me more reason to come back with a longer lens.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the Pantanal, it was absolutely wonderful to visit.
Next, I'm off to some other cool destinations in Brazil, so stay tuned!
Brazilian Pantanal – The wildlife seeker’s paradise
The world's largest wetland is quickly becoming known as the best place in South America to spot wildlife, offering more intimate experiences than the Amazon. Even though the Pantanal is home to less species than the Amazon, the short grass makes it easier to see animals. Many of Brazil's charismatic animals call the Pantanal their home - from the jabiru stork to the rhea, from anacondas to caimans, and from the capybara to the tapir. But what attracts visitors is the unparalleled opportunity to see jaguars in the wild.
For more photos and to read more about Pantanal check out our website: eastwestquest.com/pantanal
We traveled through Brazil's Mato Grosso state with Gasparetour and can highly recommend their services.
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Wildlife Pantanal Tours | Jaguars in Pantanal
Female Jaguar walking along the river bank together with the two cubs. | Cuiabá river | Northern Pantanal
SouthWild Amazon & Pantanal Brazil 2020 - 2021
SouthWild offers three outstanding wildlife destinations, the first two of which are unique to SouthWild and the third of which offers the finest lodging in Jaguarland, a term coined by SouthWild in 2005.
These three destinations are
A) Guaranteed Harpy Eagles seen at close range at eye level from towers at some of our 26 wild nests, all in Amazon rainforest of Mato Grosso State, Brazil
B) SouthWild Amazon Lodge, the first nature tour lodge in the entire Amazon basin (all the Amazon basin, not just the Brazilian Amazon) that checks all six boxes for Amazon wildlife fun---
1) Unhunted rainforests full of all the largest animals, including Jaguars, Tapirs, Woolly Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, and endangered, bizarre-looking White-nosed Bearded Saki Monkeys,
2) Permanent and roving canopy access at the most wildlife-filled fruiting trees of the fortnight, with thousands of key fruit trees all mapped and organized by month for maximum wildlife viewing.
3) Accessible in daylight from an airport with regularly-scheduled commercial jet flights (in this case, Alta Floresta, merely a 1-h flight from the Jaguar Capitol: Cuiabá)
4) Huge mixed-species flocks of birds......namely, mapped and guaranteed access to several of the world's most species-rich assemblages of any group of organisms (FULL STOP!): Combined canopy and understory flocks of insectivorous birds...103 species join the flocks, and there are up to 70 species of birds in one huge floor-to-ceiling flock at one time.
5) the finest guaranteed Tapir viewing of any site in the world, and only a 5 min drive from your air conditioned guest room. More than 5 different tapirs appear at this site, and the viewing is from only 7-13 meters.
6) silent, split air conditioners in each bedroom, powered 24/7 by quiet, clean electricity from the national power grid, not from noisy generators.
C) Jaguar Suites....the finest, most spacious, best-designed guest rooms in Jaguarland, if not in all of Pantanal. At 30 square meters (323 square feet), each room is a photographer's dream, with extensive work spaces for editing photos and charging cameras and laptops, and more than 20 electrical plugs in your air conditioned suite. Each room has a huge floor-to-ceiling glass wall made up of sliding doors, and this huge wall of glass faces out to the wild, uninhabitated 270,000-acre Meeting-of-the-Waters State Park, which harbors the densest population of Jaguars in the world. SouthWild guests at Jaguar Suites also have full access to exclusive terrestrial wildlife outings on a 42,000 acre ranch that includes Jaguar Lake, the topic of Smithsonian TV's new one-hour documentary entitled Brazil's Emerald Oasis
Pantanal - Wildlife Adventure in Brazil Full HD
A short video filmed during our visit the Pantanal in Brazil. Starting from Cuiaba (Mato Grosso) we took the Transpantareira Highway first to Pouso Alegre Lodge. Then we continued our way to Porto Jofre before taking a boat to Southwild's Flotel. We spent a week on the rivers near and far from the flotel before heading back north on the Transpantaneira. We spent a couple of days at Southwild's Fazenda Santa Tereza before returning to Cuiaba and heading home.
During our stay we saw the main big cats - jaguars, giant river otters, capybaras, caimans, anteaters, many birds: hyacinth macaws, toucans, hawks, owls, kingfishers, caracaras, aracaris, a helmeted manakin, a potoo, a curassow, as well as a tapir with a baby, an aguti, and many others!
Thanks to our wonderful guides Zaine Mohamed Dib and Marcos Ardevino, and Brazil Nature Tours.
The video was filmed using a Canon 70D and 100-400 IS II lens mounted on a Uniqball UBH35 ballhead.
Additional footage with GoPro Hero 3.
Music courtesy of Youtube Audio Library.
Contributing artist: Riot
Song title: Newsroom
Blackgrousephotography - Wildlife and Wild Life: animals and landscapes filmed on selfdrives and guided safaris in Africa, South America and India.
The Wonders of the Pantanal
The Wonders of the Pantanal
Few places on our planet today will leave you with such an enriched nature experience as the Pantanal. It stands alone in the unique experience that it offers visitors, there's nothing on this planet of ours like it.
It's also without doubt the very best place to not only see Jaguars, but to actually spend time with them observing & photographing their daily habits makes it that much more special.
If this destination's not on your radar yet best you join us on a tour there - it will change the way you see the world!
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A male Jaguar dragging a cayman out of the water | Three Brothers River | Northern Pantanal
The Pantanal: Brazil's wildlife paradise
An increasing number of eco-tourists are finding that Pantanal's vast wetlands and stunning biodiversity offer just as many opportunities to spot rich wildlife such as the caiman, capybaras and jaguars. Duration: 03:04
Pantanal Wetlands Brazil Wildlife
Travel along the CUIABÁ RIVER in Brazil to explore the rhythm of the birds, river otter, jaguar, caiman and capybara along the river. Life takes on a faster beat as the chase begins.
Pantanal Do Mato Grosso Conservation Area ???????? Brazil
The Pantanal Do Mato Grosso Conservation Area is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay.
The name Pantanal comes from the Portuguese word pântano, meaning wetland, bog, swamp, quagmire or marsh. By comparison, the Brazilian highlands are locally referred to as the planalto, plateau or, literally, high plain.
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Pantanal Tours at Piuval Lodge
Piuval Lodge is in the northen Pantanal of Brazil, accessed from Cuiaba. The very comfortable Piuval lodge allows you to experience all the different aspects of the Pantanal. It is situated on the flood-plain and is bordered by a 3000 hectare lake formed by the Bento Gomes river. With plenty of mound hills, there are many possibilities for hiking, as well as for other actitivies such as horse-riding, and canoe or boat trips
Brazil Pantanal trip 2012
Brazil Pantanal trip 2012
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Brazil 2017: The Pantanal - Transpantaneira Highway
After a long 11.5 hour flight to Sao Paulo followed by a 2.5 hour flight to Cuiaba in the heart of the continent, we then had to endure a six hour drive via the Transpantaneira Road, a 150km, dirt road with over 120 bridges enroute in order to reach Porto Jofre in the heart of the Pantanal wetlands. The journey on the Transpantaneira Road was as good as a game drive. Enroute we saw caiman, capybaras, marsh deer and countless types of birds including a huge jabiru Stork on her nest minding her two chicks while dad was away fishing for food.
long drive up the Transpantaneira Road. After an early lunch, we departed at midday ready to face the 150 km long drive and its 120 wooden bridges. As before, it proved to be a bit of a game drive with us seeing A Ruferscent Tiger-Heron and a stag Marsh Deer with a splendid set of antlers. Sadly, these beautiful creatures are on the brink of extinction. We stopped under a glade of trees to see an enormous hanging bee ‘hive’ its honeycombs swarming with countless worker bees. Again, it was eagle-eyed Herley who spotted a pair of Great Horned-Owls roosting high up in one of the trees. We passed by pools which in the 40°C heat were rapidly drying up trapping all the fish in them. No wonder at each pool there were large numbers of egrets and herons in attendance whilst the water was alive with caiman. It was obviously a feast time them. The fish were doomed and were splashing out of the shallow water in an attempt to find somewhere deeper.
As the journey progress and the sun got lower in the sky we came across two Pantaneiros on horses approached down the road driving their cattle in search of water. A common sight in the dry season, apparently. Perhaps the most amusing incident took place shortly after this meeting. We could see a lot of small reptile-like creatures on the road ahead and as we approached we could see that there were 11 two month old caiman trying to cross the road. Mum had obviously gone ahead as we couldn’t see her. The 11 young ones did what most reptiles do when in danger and froze. We got out to film this rare event but were getting concerned that they would get run over by traffic on the dusty road.
We continued on our way desperately hoping to see a Giant Anteater but it was not to be. We did, however, spy a small group of Coatis (a type of raccoon) scurrying off into the bush but that was it. With the sunset darkness began to fall as we left the Transpantaneira Road for the last time. The only incident on the long, tiring journey to Cuiaba was to see large bush fires along the road apparently (according to Herley, our guide) started by drivers discarding cigarettes! Unbelievable!