Northern Pantanal & Jaguar Safari Comfort Tour

Assistance at the airport of Cuiabá and private transfer to the Rio Claro Lodge located in Pantanal Transpantaneira Road. The trip from Cuiabá to the lodge are almost 150km, it takes 02 up to 03 hours (depend on the conditions of the dirt road) been 100km in paved road until the Poconé City + 50km of dirt road (Transpantaneira road) from Poconé to the Lodge. Check-in and presentation of the activities program. Depending on what time you arrive in the lodge it is possible walk around to have your first contact with the Pantanal wetlands.

After dinner, you go to a night Jeep safari around the ranch area. In this tour a "silibim" (powerful lantern) is used, which reflects to the eyes of the animals, this allowing the best location of animals of nocturnal habits such as alligators, owls, fox, spider, etc. The focus lasts approximately 1 hour. At night, the starry sky of the Pantanal is also a beautiful attraction.
Overnight in private room.

Right after the breakfast, you go for an activity that can be for example horseback ride. It is a typical tour of Pantanal, and it shows you the area as "Pantaneiro" (Pantanal cowboy) sees: from above a horse! The horses are quiet and trained to ride with people who don't have experience on ridden, which means that even those who have never ridden on horseback before can do this tour. Several trails (shorter and longer trails) can be use during dry and wet season and always accompanied by experienced local guides. It is a contemplation ride, where during the ride; typical Brazilian savannah animals like armadillos, anteaters, deer, rhea and infinite variety of birds can be spot. The tour duration goes from 1 hour up to 3 hours depending on the experience of the person and climatic season.
In the middle of the day (when it is warmer), you have a free time to rest.

After lunch, you go for Ecological walk or ecological hike. This activity usually carried out on natural trails that run through various environments in Pantanal, such as: ciliary forest (riverside forest), capons / mountain ranges (forests in higher areas), creeks and open field. It is one of the Pantanal activities where you have more contact with the flora of the region knowing its functions and importance for the balance of the Pantanal ecosystem, besides being a good opportunity to see the wildlife more closely since there is no noise coming from Engines, cars, horses, etc. The duration of the ecological walk in the Pantanal ranges from 1h30min to 3h depending on group arrangement and climatic conditions.
Dinner and overnight in private room.

After breakfast, we depart towards Cuiabá River at the end of Transpantaneira. This scenic journey stretches over 115km, taking approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Join one of our boats for a 6-hour safari looking for the elusive and admired Jaguar. We will be exploring the Cuiabá river, Piquiri, three brothers riverbanks, bays and channels.

Our lunch will be a lunchbox with fruits and sandwiches prepared by the lodge cuisine, in order not to miss a unique chance of meeting this magnificent predator. We return to the Jofre region in the early evening, to board our safari vehicle back to the lodge, arriving for dinner.

After breakfast, you go out for Boat Trip - on the activity you will spend about 2 hours riding on motorboats equipped with life jacket and comfortable swivel seats. The boat trip happens in the Rio Claro River and you have chance to see and learn about the local flora and fauna. In this tour you will see all the beauty and exuberance of the Riparian forest with its centuries-old trees, natural habitat of birds, mammals and reptiles that shelter in the banks of the rivers. The boat trip allows a greater approximation with the fauna and aquatic flora, depending on the time of year you have greater chances of seeing animals / birds or simply enjoy the nature sounds and songs of birds.
In the middle of the day (when it is warmer), you have a free and time to rest.

After lunch, you will go to a Photografic Jeep Safari - This tour happens on the Pantanal Transpantaneira Road where you ride for about 2 hours looking for the animals around the road. Normally on this tour, you have a wide view of the landscape, and you can see great diversity of the Pantanal wildlife. It is carry out early or late in the afternoon, because in these periods the chances of animal observation are greater, since the ambient temperature is more pleasant, favoring the displacement of the fauna.
Dinner and overnight in private room.

Before breakfast, you go walk to see the sunrise, the nature songs and the birds starting fly around. After breakfast, you can go for another walking with your guide or even piranha fishing in the banks of the Rio Claro river.

After lunch private transfer back to Cuiabá. We can drop you off at the airport or in some hotel in down town.