North Pantanal

Things to see in Brazil: North Pantanal

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Access to the northern Pantanal is via the town of Cuiaba, from where the 'unmade' Transpantaneira highway leads south through the interior to where the largest concentration of wildlife and huge flocks of birds are found.

Many lodges are still functioning cattle ranches which offer day and night trips by boat, vehicle, on foot and on horseback, accompanied by local naturalist guides to see some of Brazil's rarest wildlife, such as jaguar and giant otter. You may also see caiman, anaconda, tuiu storks, owls, nightjars, armadillos, foxes and perhaps even maned wolf.

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