PANTANAL JAGUAR SAFARIS

Spectacular 10 day Jaguar Safari! Leen (one of the owners of Pantanal Jaguar Safaris) worked with us to put together a perfectly tailored private safari for my wife and I. We visited 4 lodges over 10 days to experience various aspects of the Pantanal region and allow us to see a great variety of species and lots and lots of jaguars!Our guide, Fernando, was simply outstanding. From the moment he picked us up at our hotel and headed out on a long drive into the Pantanal, we were immediately comfortable with his personality and his excellent English. Over the next 10 days we spent countless hours with Fernando in trucks, on boats, walking safaris and eating our meals together - he was a pleasure throughout - very knowledgeable, very funny and clearly very well known and very well liked at each lodge we arrived at which made us feel especially welcome by the staff at each location (which is a huge plus).The food and hospitality at our 2 primary lodges, Baiazinha Hotel in Taiama Reserve and the Hotel Porto Jofre on the Cuiaba River was so much better than expected, The food served at each meal was outstanding - lots of choices and wonderful flavors on every offering and it never repeated itself - always something new and delicious to try at each meal. Plus, the staff at each of these places were extremely welcoming and helpful - a true joy to stay at each of these places.The Araras Lodge, where we stayed for 2 nights was the only disappointment. Its an old ranch converted into a lodge and while the physical accommodations were very nice (clean and comfortable), the property that you did the overland safari on was extremely weak as far as available wildlife and the food served was definitely sub-par...the choices were limited at each meal and the food presentation and taste simply weren't very good. The only saving grace was the staff as they were absolutely wonderful, so it seems that hiring a new chef could improve this lodge dramatically.Nonetheless, the overall trip was absolutely superb and I would do it again without hesitation. Many thanks to Leen for all her efforts in putting this together with us - she is very responsive and helpful with any and all questions you may have along the way which is very comforting. Then it was all Fernando who put the trip over the top - a real pleasure to spend 10 days with and a new Brazilian friend!

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Had a great trip to the Pantanal with the Pantanal Jaguar Safaris. We had a great tour guide and saw so many amazing animals, including 22 different sightings of jaguars. We learned a lot about the area and animals with our tour guide and boat driver. Honestly wished we could have just done the time @ Porto Jofre. We are not that into birds. We started first in Porto Jofre and then finished at the Porto Alegre Lodge, which was kind of anticlimactic after seeing all the jaguars and river animals. Our guide spoke great English and I know they have other guides that speak a variety of languages. I would definitely recommend them!

With a total area of almost 195 000 square kilometres (or 75 000 square miles), the Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world. The vast majority of it is in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it also extends into Mato Grosso and the separate countries of Paraguay and Bolivia, which neighbour Brazil.As such a vast tropical wetland, the Pantanal is a very precious resource of Brazil, home to an array of plant- and animal species. In fact, up to 12 sub-regional ecosystems have been identified within the Pantanal, each of which has its own unique identity and characteristics.

Memories of a lifetime. Saw 29 jaguars and many more animals in just 4 days. One of the best tour companies. Andrea & Leen care deeply about the nature & animals and organized a dream adventure for us at short notice, accommodating our ideas and wishes. We were particularly lucky with out guide, Mario, who made all the difference. He is a very experienced wild life photographer & conservationist, incredibly passionate about the riches this paradise has to offer. Couldn’t recommend him more. Last but not least, we also lucked out with our boat driver, Edson, who was an absolute legend, respectful of the wildlife but always thinking ahead and getting us in the best positions.

We just returned from our 5 night tour with Pantanal Jaguar Safaris and it was an amazing experience! We saw 7 jaguars, several groups of giant otters, lots of caiman, and an abundance and diversity of birds I’ve never seen anywhere else in the world. Our first two night were at The Santa Tereza lodge where we did several boat safaris, a night vehicle safari, and some nature walks. Highlights included two ocelot (which are baited to appear for people in a hide, not ideal but probably the only way you’ll ever see one), a tapir, caiman, and tons a birds. Our last three nights were at Porto Jofre where we did two boat safaris a day which lasted between 3-5 hours each. We were very unlucky with the weather when we arrived in Porto Jofre with temperatures in the upper 50s F, overcast and frequent rain (not typical for mid June). We didn’t bring good clothes for this so the boat safaris were pretty cold when moving fast. However, the hotel provided blankets which helped a lot the last few safaris. We didn’t see any jaguars our first 3 outings which made us nervous for the remainder of the trip but we then saw 1 on the 4th tour and 6 on the last day as the weather improved.Our guide Tony was great as was everyone who worked at both lodges. Food was amazing through the trip with fresh fish available at every lunch and dinner along with local beef and sides. I highly recommend visiting the Pantanal with this company!

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Fantástico! Super competência e conhecimento

September 2016: Being a female solo traveller, security and feeling looked after is my #1 priority, followed by photography. After approaching five companies recommended on Tripadvisor, Leen was one of only two responses (I can only speak English), so being the most interested in winning my business I booked and we exchanged several emails in the eight months leading up to my tour.There were two other sole travellers and we spent three and a half days exploring tributaries of the Paraguay river adjacent to the Taiama Reserve. Our accommodation was a purpose-built houseboat based about 15 minutes by boat from a pier, a few hours' drive from Cuiaba. It was basic but clean with air conditioning and the owners, although they didn't speak English, were kind and friendly and the food fine. Beer was available on an honour system and at a reasonable price.A typical day started with a stunning sunrise followed by about five hours on the river with the magical wafts of perfume from the Pombeiro trees' flowers, then back to the houseboat for lunch for a couple of hours, then out again until the light faded. The first night we saw a female jaguar who put on quite a show. I could sense our guide's relief that we'd ticked that box! Our boatman who was a local was always on the lookout too and was an excellent spotter.Although there were occasional fishing boats on the main part of the river, we enjoyed sightings of the animals without any other tourists around. Bliss!For me it was just the right amount of time to see what could be seen exploring all the tributaries within a reasonable radius of our base, and provided a further seven or eight sightings of jaguars. As well, we had three separate glimpses of otters (they don't like visitors), and watched marmoset monkeys, capybaras, caimans and numerous species of birds including toucans and myriad waterbirds.The last night at Piuval Lodge brought me (somewhat sadly!) back to 'civilisation' including WiFi, and provided another opportunity to see different animals-a tortoise, a fox, a pair of macaws and another one of those Kodak moments; two lizards jumping up at caterpillars which were crawling down a tree trunk en masse. Due to a flight mix up I missed the night and morning tours but the others saw an ocelot.I was disappointed not to meet Leen or have her or Andre as my guide but my experience - the peace and quiet (interrupted by the call of Southern Screamers), the scents along the river, the sunrises and sunsets and the feeling that we still have unspoilt pristine pockets of the world - made it worth all the time and effort it took to find it.

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