Living at the Farm - Fazenda Barrinhas

Have you always wanted to get to know life on a fazenda? The Fazenda Barrinhas is located at the centre of the Pantanal, far from civilisation and common tourism along the Transpantaneira. From the Transpantaneira, this farm can only be reached by boat (in about 10 minutes). The visitor gets an impression of how the indigenous people live on their farm.

The main house of the fazenda has two simple rooms with a fan and bathroom available to guests; a maximum of 4 people at a time can be accommodated. Here you enjoy the hospitality of the native population and savour the regional cuisine of the Mato Grosso, for bigger groups a typically Brazilian churrasco can be arranged (day trips without overnight stay are possible as well). Here you can still find and experience the original life of the fazendeiros in the Mato Grosso.

1st day:

After arrival at the airport in Cuiabá you will be picked up by our tour guide. Drive to Poconé (100 km), the last town before the Pantanal. After arrival in Poconé you will have lunch in a typically Brazilian family (depending on time of arrival at the airport). After lunch you will drive along the Transpantaneira as far as milestone 50 with several stops to watch and photograph the flora and fauna along the Transpantaneira.

The transfer to the fazenda will take place in a simple boat on Rio Claro (about 10 minutes’ ride), further boat tours on Rio Claro are an option. Here you can watch a wide variety of birds: halcyons (Chloroceryle), Agami herons (Agamia agami), fork-tailed flycatchers (Tyrannus savana), blue-thoroated piping guans (Aburria pipile), toco toucans (Ramphastos toco) and giant otters. Nearby there is a gallery forest, the home of many other bird species such as blue-crowned trogons (Trogon curucui), rufous-tailed jacamars (Galbula ruficauda), yellow-collared macaws (Ara auricollis), rufous horneros (Furnarius rufus commersoni), lineated woodpeckers (Dryocopus lineatus) and woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae). Enjoy the sunset and the unique starlit sky, far from civilisation, deep inside the Pantanal.

2nd day:

In the early morning you set out on a sunrise tour and savour the awakening of the flora and fauna of the Pantanal, an unforgettable natural spectacle that you shouldn’t pass up. In the evening and early morning you can let the unique starry sky enchant you. Just dreaming, relaxing, letting go, without the annoying noises of civilisation. After breakfast you go on an extensive horseback ride in the environment of the fazenda to watch the flora and fauna. A very nice experience and adventure. Lunch, rest period. After siesta you go on a little boat tour on Rio Claro (in a simple boat). Return to the fazenda.

After dinner you go stalking nocturnal animals, accompanied by your guide and equipped with headlights and storches.

3rd day:

After breakfast transfer to the airport or follow-up itinerary, for instance to the pousada Rio Claro (see tour 1.3).

Note:

We would like to make it clear that the fazenda does not offer the kind of comfort that other tourist lodges in the Pantanal do. The rooms and the food are very simple and the same as those of the native people living on this fazenda, plain and original with no tourist frills. By visiting this fazenda (day visit or with overnight stay) you support our project to help the indigenous population. This project makes sure that the people of Poconé profit from tourism as well, not only the big travel businesses and global players. Here you experience a gentle, ecological, individual tourism with direct contact to the indigenous population.

Prices per person:

	Double-room
2-nights-Package	495,00 €
Day Use incl. Lunch	75,00 €

_{All prices apiece and per package. Prices valid until 31 October 2011. Additional days or tours possible on request. You can also visit the fazenda within another booked tour on a day trip.}

Included:

2 overnight stays in the Fazenda Barrinhas with full board
Transfer Cuiabá – Fazenda – Cuiabá (by car and boat)
Lunch in a typically Brazilian family in Poconé (depending on arrival time at the airport)
The excursions described above by boat, on horseback and on foot
24-hour supervision by skilled English or German-speaking guide (depending on availability at the time of booking).

Not included:

Beverages, tips, personal expenses.

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