Itinerary About Wildlife:

 This ITINERARY offers significant opportunities to photograph wildlife, and although we do our best to maximize our encounters with wild animals—based on past experience, local knowledge, and current conditions—we must inform you that wild animals are indeed wild and that we do not control them. This itinerary is subject to change due to weather, local conditions, and other factors.

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17 Sept. - 2026

 

Arrive in Cuiabá before 6pm for transfer to our hotel. We will have a group meet and greet before dinner (Slim Cuiabá Airport).

 

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18-20 Sept. - 2026

 2 Nights​

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Departure from Cuiabá at 7 am for our wonderful wild photographic adventure in the Pantanal.

Our first stop will be the Aymara Lodge ... A 238-HECTARE NATURE RESERVE FOR JUST 16 SUITES The 16 suites are strategically distributed in the middle of the Aymara Nature Reserve, in a green area of exuberant nature and incomparable beauty. With a rustic style and decorative details handcrafted in ipê wood, characteristic of the region, the suites allow visitors to get to know the Pantanal lifestyle with additional comfort items such as ceiling fans and air conditioning. The Pantaneiros are the people who have lived in the Pantanal for generations. They have their own customs and culture, directly influenced by their relationship with the environment and the cycles of flood and drought. They are based on a simple lifestyle and the use of herbs

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20 Sept. - 2026

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After breakfast, we will be driven in a private airconditioned vehicle to our Boat Hotel. Our journey to our boat hotel will take approximately 4 to 5 hours, depending on how many photo stops we make. We will be on the largest floodplain in the world... 140 km of dirt road.

Possible species include the world's largest stork, the jabiru, the orange-backed troupial, the black-collared hawk, the Chaco chachalaca, the snail parrot, the roadside hawk and various herons and egrets and pantanal Caiman , an incredible biodiversity!

Arrival at the boat hotel at 12:00 p.m. for lunch and rest. We'll set off after the jaguars at 2:00 p.m. We're counting on luck! I've already seen a jaguar coming towards the hotel boat. 100 meters! Incredible!

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21 Sept. -2026:

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We will spend the next three days looking for and photographing jaguars from boats in the heart of the Encontro das Àquas State Park. Possible species: jaguars, capybaras, caimans, howler monkeys, giant otters, kingfishers, herons, egrets and one of the Pantanal's 500 bird species may appear! The boat hotel is comfortable, safe and the best in the Pantanal. But the most important thing is that it is in the heart of jaguar territory. Jaguars have already been seen from the Boat hotel. Our location also allows us to go into action at the best times for sightings and photographs. If we receive calls, we can quickly leave until the special event, which could be a jaguar.

Following the routine of this expedition, after breakfast, we will go on a boat trip. Most of the day will be spent exploring this remote region, which is great for wildlife and nature watching. After lunch, we will continue our search for the Jaguars and other wildlife, until sunset.

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Dinner and overnight.

22 Sept. -Jaguar & Wildlife Expedition

We will follow the jaguar search routine.

Dinner and overnight.

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23 Sept. - Jaguar & Wildlife Expedition

We will follow the jaguar search routine.

Dinner and overnight.

 

 

24 Sept. - Jaguar & Wildlife Expedition

We will follow the jaguar search routine.

Dinner and overnight.

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25 Sept.– From Boat Hotel Jaguar to Cuiabá Hotel .

 

 

26 Sept. - From airport Campo Grande to Garden Hotel.

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(Macaw photo expedition)

Buraco das Araras is one of the largest dolinas in the world, approximately 100 meters deep and 500 meters in circumference, located in the municipality of Jardim-MS. Red-and-green Macaws Sanctuary: One of the largest concentrations of macaws in the reproductive period is estimated, with about 120 individuals.

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6:00h Breakfast Campo Grande

7:00h - 10:30 From Campo Grande to Bonito

11:00 - 12:00 Lunch at Rio da Prata restaurant

13:00 From Rio da Prata restaurant to (photographing Macaws in flight )

17:30 From macaw hole to Lodge Olho Dgua

19:00 Dinner

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27-29 Sept – Full Day Bonito  (Garden Hotel)

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(Macaw photo expedition)

Buraco das Araras is one of the largest dolinas in the world,

approximately 100 meters deep and 500 meters in circumference, located in the municipality of Jardim-MS.

Red-and-green Macaws Sanctuary: One of the largest

concentrations of macaws in the reproductive period is estimated, with about 120 individuals.

 

Sucuri River- Boat trip and trail.

For those who want to explore the river but don't want to float, the Sucuri River tour offers a pleasant boat trip. Upon arrival at the reception area, visitors are welcomed at the old farmhouse, where they receive all the information about the tour. The easy walking trail in the forest along the Sucuri River is approximately 500 meters long, where tourists can see the main springs of this river, as well as wild animals and plants native to the region. Upon arriving at the river deck, the boat tour begins for about 1,800 meters, where visitors can contemplate the crystal clear waters in shades of blue of unusual beauty. After the tour, visitors return to the reception area in an adapted car.

There, a car waits to take visitors back to the reception area.

 

Blue Lake Cave 

Without a doubt, the tour of the Blue Lake Cave is one of the main tourist attractions in Mato Grosso do Sul and an almost mandatory stop for anyone visiting the city of Bonito MS.

This contemplative activity allows you to explore a cave that has many stories and curiosities and is one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet

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29 Sept. - Garden Hotel to Aguapé Lodge. PM Safari; Game Drive.

Aguapé Lodge t’s the best place in the world to see Anteaters

(both the Giant and the Lesser) and it also has the best bird feeder in the whole Pantanal – nowhere else you’re going to see that

many Toco toucans and also Hyacinth macaws and Blue-and-

gold macaws hanging around the lodge. It’s also the best place to interact with Six-banded armadillo. Pampas deer, Rheas and Pacaris are also common sights.

They have a river (Aquidauana) nearby (350 meters from the lodge), but boat trips there are not

that good. The outings to see the wildlife highlights are done in a safari open jeep.z Before we go to the Aguapé lodge, we get to

play at the Macaws’ sinkhole – which is the best place in the world to photograph Red-andgreen macaws. Very cool!

 

6:30 Breakfast

8:00 Checkout Lodge olho dgua 8:30 Transfer Aguapé lodge

12:00 Lunch Aguapé lodge

15:00 Safari game drive Aguape Lodge

19:00 Dinner

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Dinner and overnight.

 

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30 Sept.- Aguapé Lodge. AM and PM  Game Drive.

Breakfast, followed by an ecological outing hoping to encounter many species of wild animals. But the birds are always a highlight. We can also appreciate the peculiar Pantanal landscape, with its open and unspoiled horizons.
Return to the lodge for lunch and rest during the hottest period.

Soon after, we will  drive around (it can also be a horseback ride, if you prefer) looking for  Tapirs, Capybaras, Caimans, Black Howler Monkeys, Jabiru Storks, herons, Capuchin Monkeys, Coatis, Anteaters, Toucans, Tapirs, blue macaws, among other spectacular species.
Dinner followed by night safari.

 

Dinner and overnight.

 

31 Sept.- Aguapé Lodge. AM and PM  Game Drive.

Dinner and overnight.

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1 Oct- Aguapé Lodge. AM and PM  Game Drive.

Dinner and overnight.

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2 Oct- From Aguapé Lodge To Campo Grande.

6:30 Breakfast

8:00 Safari Aguape Lodge

Transfer Aguapé lodge to Campo Grande MS

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Included: breakfast / lunch / dinner/ guide / transportation:

Included: Flight From Cuiabá to Campo Grande

 

Please be warned that the itinerary above should be used as a suggestion and may change due to circumstances beyond our control.

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