Northern Pantanal round trip: Chapada dos Guimarães - Nobres - Pantanal - Jaguar safari

Although the Amazon rainforest is the most famous eco vacation destination in Brazil, you won't see most of the animal species there. Your best chance to discover Brazil's wildlife is on one of the many Pantanal tours that are offered across the country.

Pantanal is a unique ecosystem, in one of the most fascinating regions in the world: 230,000 square kilometers that form a biological oasis of wildlife and the largest water-covered plain in the world. Around 650 species of birds, 230 species of fish, 80 species of mammals, 50 species of reptiles and countless species of insects are waiting to be discovered by you.

Northern Pantanal is famous for the jaguar. Is one of the last places in the whole world where you can observe the jaguar. The probability of seeing this predatory cat, which weighs up to 150 kg, in the wild is particularly high in the dry season (June-Nov). This is  also the breeding season for birds, which is why hundreds of them screeching and fluttering in the trees.