Unforgettable Wildlife Tours and Experiences in the Pantanal

Welcome! At Pantanal Nature, we have been providing tours of the Pantanal for more than 16 years, and make sure that every client is treated with repect from the moment they contact us. When you choose to explore the Pantanal with us, our mission is to ensure that you have an amazing experience, and we work to accommodate your travel needs and budget.

Brazilian Tapir - Photo by our friend Lenka Gondova

About the Pantanal

The Pantanal is a vast sedimentary floodplain in the middle of South America and is located less than 200 meters above sea level. The Pantanal is about the half the size of France (230,000 sq km/ 88,000 sq miles). While the Paraguay River is the most important river flowing into this ecosystem, about 170 other rivers flow into this basin, including the São Lourenço, Cuiabá, Taquari, Miranda, Negro, Bento Gomes, Aquidauana, Seputuba, Cabaçal, Jauru. Together they form a spectacular hydrological network, interrupted by innumerable lagoons and ponds rarely deeper than 2 meters. When the seasonal influx of waters arrives in October, the plain is turned into a sheet of water, making the Pantanal the world’s largest wetland. While it doesn’t rain much in the Pantanal itself (rains vary between 1- 1.5 m annually), the influx of water is the result of drainage from upland areas and carries with it silt that nourishes the soil with nutrients, allowing a huge variety of wildlife to flourish. The Pantanal is one of the best places in Latin America to see wildlife. For a place of its size, the concentration of animal species found here is truly amazing.  

Featured Work with Renowned Nature Programs

We have worked with creators of nature documentaries from the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and other channels to provide expert guided services that have helped them develop their programs by capturing the wildlife and culture of the Pantanal on film.

This is our recent work for Discovery Channel, in which we were guiding and explaining to the 2 hosts how the Guató indians used their skills to survive in the the Pantanal. One of our guides participated at the recreation.

Arte (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne) is a Franco-German TV network. It describes itself as a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts. Its facilities are located in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris and Strasbourg (headquarters) in France and Baden-Baden in Germany. The tour guide in the documentary, Ailton Lara, also helped the team from Dual Survival by the Discovery Channel; he is the founder of Pantanal Nature.

Birds, Wildlife, and Conservation

Due to environmental characteristics and geographic location, the Pantanal is also on the route of migratory birds, which find there ideal conditions to make a pit stop in their journey. Many birds, like this toco toucan, also make the Pantanal their home year-round. This combination of resident and migratory birds makes the Pantanal one of the best places for bird watching in Brazil.

Toco Toucan - Photo by our friend Lenka

Giant Otter - Photo by our friend Pedro Cattony

Wildlife viewing from our vehicles

The Pantanal is one of earth’s biological gems. The jaguars, the people, and the traditions are all part of the fabric that has kept this very special place intact for so long. Together, we can save the Pantanal and all of its wildlife there for many generations to come.  Pantanal Nature staff is developing sustainable tourism in the area. 

Nego Berranteiro e Ailton Lara - Photo by Daniel Castanho

Below is a great example of what we usually find while looking for jaguars. On our jaguar tours, we have approximately 98% chance of seeing a jaguar, especially from mid June to mid November. Our base camp in Porto Jofre is the best way to explore the region. This comfortable and cozy camping lodge is located on the banks of the Cuiabá River, in the vicinity of the state park in the Pantanal.

Jaguar - Photo by Pedro Cattony

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Last updated Jan 15, 2012.