Northern Pantanal & Jaguar Safari Luxury Tour

Meeting and greeting at Cuiaba airport. After a briefing on your trip, your transfer begins... It is divided into two stages; The first is a journey on a paved road along with farms and cattle ranches. After reaching Poconé we take the Transpantaneira Park Road. This is a park road at its best, allowing us to drive above the water level, watching the flora and fauna of the Pantanal ecosystem – a photo safari along 146 km of dirt road with several stops along the way for photos and information.

Enjoy a welcome drink on arrival and settle into your accommodation. Later, the guide will lead you into an introductory walk through the surroundings of the lodge, explaining our concepts and many conservation projects. Continue to the Great Egret Lookout, a 12 m / 39 ft. high observation tower. After dinner, night walk under the Southern Hemisphere sky.

After breakfast, take a photo safari through private dirt roads towards the Clarinho River. Reaching its banks, board a canoe and paddle down the river, exploring the forest that grows by the riverbanks and mangroves. Here lives a colony of giant river otters. With some luck, you may spot a family playing with their babies and teaching them how to swim and fish. Chance of fishing the elusive piranha, not an easy task, but fun.

Enjoy a barbecue lunch under the shadow of the trees. Hammocks are available to enjoy a siesta. Return to the Lodge in time for the afternoon tea. Later on, trek the Howler Monkey trail to the Howler Monkey Tower, our highest observation point (25 m high), for a magnificent view of the sunset. After dinner, join a night drive in search of nocturnal animals.

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, enjoy a horseback ride, which will allow you to explore the diversity of the Pantanal landscape including some flooded areas of the Pantanal plain. The Pantaneiro horse is docile and has adapted, through the centuries, to eat with its nose underwater. In this region, the horse is the Pantaneiros’ best friend, a daily companion during work and leisure. Return to the lodge for lunch.

PM: In the afternoon, trek the Rondon Trail towards the 13 m high Jabiru Stork Tower, where you can watch a Jabiru Stork nest. Return to Araras Eco Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Sunrise walk to witness the awakening of the Pantanal. Departure after breakfast or after lunch depending on your flight.

The order of the activities may be modified according to the program at the lodge and weather or terrain conditions. The Araras Pantanal Eco Lodge team commitment is for full enjoyment of the Pantanal Flood Plains, making it an unforgettable stay.