IN THE JAGUAR’S TERRITORY
OVERVIEW
This tour will take us in the territory of the most fascinating animal in the Pantanal: the jaguar.
Excursions given to search for and contemplation of the great feline; everything in very comfy and cozy pousadas in the middle of the forest.
DETAILS
- Days: 7
- Stages: Cuiabà Airport; Poconé; Pousada Ueso – Pantanal; Pousada Piquiri.
- Tour Number 4
- Conditions: The cost of the Tour through Pantanal includes transfer to/from Cuiabà airport or town, all transfers mentioned, stay in pousada by full board, daily excursions with a bilingual guide.
All expenses not mentioned in the routes and drinks are excluded.
The tour includes trips by safari open jeeps, when possible.
ROUTE
DAY 1
Arrival at Cuiabà Airport.
Departure for Poconé (the capital of the Pantanal); short visit of Poconé and departure for Pousada “Ueso – Pantanal”.
In the evening, after dinner in pousada, there is a short night safari, during which you could meet various animals and night birds, including crab-eating foxes, tapirs, raccoons, white-lipped peccaries and ocelots.
DAY 2
Pantanal Sunrise with visit to a watchtower, where you will enjoy a breathtaking surrounding view. Breakfast, then, departure in the morning for a walk inside the pousada (the entire pousada has an extension of about 700 hectares) where you could appreciate the characteristic caymans of the Pantanal (Jacarè), the Jabirù (or Tuiuiu, the symbolic animal of the Pantanal), the capybaras (the largest rodent in the world) and innumerable bird species.
Lunch in pousada and in the afternoon you could enjoy a nice canoeing tour along the river nearby, where you are allowed to fish in the most abounding in fish waterways in the world and where you are able to see the fearsome piranha.
Dinner and overnight stay in pousada.
DAY 3
Departure in the morning for “Pousada Piquiri”, located at the bank of the Piquiri River, a tributary of the Rio Cuiabà (two hours of sailing from Porto Jofre), where you will be able to catch sight of a jaguar; to reach the river we will arrive at the end of Transpantaneira (the famous dirt road crossing the North Pantanal for 150km), so we will take a boat that will take us through the waters of Rio Cuiabà for a few hours as far as the Pousada, where you will leave your baggage and we’ll have lunch.
The rest of the day is given to search for the jaguar.
Dinner and overnight stay in Pousada.
DAY 4
Day entirely given to search for, study and contemplation of the jaguar.
In addition to the jaguar, in this area we will have the opportunity to bump into families of giant otters and tapirs … as well as countless species of birds, caymans, iguanas, etc…
The entire Pantanal gives shelter 4000-7000 specimens of the third largest feline in the world and more than 200 specimens were classified in the region.
DAY 5
Day entirely given to the search for and study of the jaguar.
DAY 6
Departure from Pousada Piquiri to come back to Pousada Ueso – Pantanal.
Lunch in pousada and in the afternoon there is a ride (or an ecological walk, by choice) nearby.
Dinner and overnight stay in Pousada.
DAY 7
In the morning there is a canoeing tour or a ride (at the guest’s choice), followed by lunch in pousada.
Back to Cuiabà airport and possible visit of artisan stores for the purchase of typical products and souvenirs, in relation to flight schedule.