Tour 6: Transpantaneira - Chapada dos Guimarães7 days/6 nights (year roundly feasible)  1st day: Cuiabá - Pousada PiuvalCollection at the airport in Cuiabá. Drive from about 100 km to to Poconé on asphalt street. When you arrive in Poconé (dependent on the time of arrival) you have lunch in a typically Brazilian family once and the typically local mattered in Poconé be. In the connection journey to first accommodation, the Pousada Piuval (approximately 17 km). Arrival in the Pousada Piuval, 7 km of the Transpantaneira at the Piuval lake situated. In the late afternoon we do a boat tour to track down around mainly various bird ways and shouting monkeys. Night safari with pocket torches and headlights for the observation of night active animals after dinner.
2nd day: Jaguar-Eco-LodgeGoing to the Jaguar-Eco-Lodge (approximately 104 km) after lunch along the Transpantaneira where we insert several intermediate stops to watch and take of a photograph the animals along the Transpantaneira. After arrival purchase of the rooms. In the evening another night safari is carried out for the observation of night active animals. With good luck can we still watch a population of Hyazinth-Araras in the late afternoon, too, this one stay nearby this Lodge for many years.  3rd day: Jaguar-Eco-LodgeBefore the breakfast sun rising tour. After the breakfast possibility for the cycle tour or excursion by horse. After lunch we go nearby the Lodge to a place, at which hold back himself numerous Hyazinth-Araras. In the late afternoon journey to Porto Jofre, the end-point of the Transpantaneira (approximately 40 km). We start to a boat tour from here to track down jaguars. We can here have guarantee you to 80 % that you will experience a jaguar living free. Also nearby the Lodge jaguars have already very frequently been found (you follow absolutely the instructions of your travel guide, please).4th day: Fazenda Santa TerezaAfter the breakfast we go to the Fazenda Santa Tereza lain at the Rio Pixaim (Transpantaneira, 67 km). Have lunch, have a rest and relaxen. In the afternoon we do along a boat tour, the Rio Pixaim we have the possibility from where of watching giant otters and every set of other animals. Evening at the liberal disposal, relaxen at the bar and Swimmingpool or on request of also night safari for the observation of night active animals.
5th day: Fazenda Santa TerezaThis fazenda is preferably visited by ornithologists and biologists,
since here people have tried in the past few years to recreate the old
habitats of, mainly, aras and other bird species. In the immediate
vicinity of the fazenda, you can find swarms of hyacinth macaws (Andorohynchus hyacinthinus).Other animal species such as the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), the American rhea (Rhea americana), the jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) coatis, raccoons and giant anteaters (Nasua nasua, Procyon lotor, Myrmecophaga tridactyla), capibaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), giant otters (Lontra longicaudis) and large gatherings of caimans are often to be found here. On a horseback ride in the morning, you can spot Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) catching fish in ponds. They are constantly scouring the pools for food. This fazenda is a must-see for nature lovers and photographers and offers a wide range of activities! Next up is an excursion in the afternoon, to forest islands with diverse trees that are exclusive to this area. Ride to a lodge close by and extensive excursion on a trail of about 2 km, through a gallery forest to a watchtower. After dinner night-time drive into the environment of the lodge to watch nocturnal animals, such as caimans, rarely tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), but certainly Rufus Nightjars (Caprimulgus rufus), Common Pauraques (Nyctidromus albicollis) and the occasional Common Potoo (Nyctibius grandis).
6th day: Fazenda Santa Tereza - Chapada dos GuimarãesAfter the breakfast we say goodbye to the Pantanal and drive into the Chapada, a completely different landscape which is marked of rocky table mountains, rivulet and waterfalls. We notice Pedra in the Cidade at the top of the plateau, the sunset there. We stay in the colonial small town Chapada dos Guimarães. Overnight stay in the Hotel Turismo in Chapada dos Guimarães.
7th day: Chapada dos Guimarães – CuiabáAfter the breakfast visit of the national park with his many waterfalls. The great and known, Veu de Noiva (wedding veil) with a height of 96 metres. You have opportunity of a refreshing bath before we go to Cuiabá in the afternoon to reach your evening take-off. Return journey to Cuiabá depending on departure time. Noon and dinner in Chapada dos Guimarães in a local restaurant.Prices per person:
Performances (included in the price):1 overnight at the Pousada Piuval with full-board.2 overnights at the Jaguar-Eco-Lodge with full-board. 2 overnights at the Fazenda Santa Tereza with full-board. 1 overnight in the Hotel Turismo or Pousada Penhasco (more expensive) in Chapada dos Guimarães (lunch and dinner in a local restaurant in Chapada). All transfers, all tours by car, boat, horse riding and to feet. 24-hour support by trained, competent English speaking travel guide (depending on availability). Not included:Beverages, tips, personal expenses.Optional: One-hour sightseeing flight about the Pantanal as of/at Poconé in a small-engined Cessna on the 1st or 7th day (for an extra charge). Equipment:Appropriate footwear (light hiking shoes), long jeans or trekking pants, long-sleeved shirt or blouse, t-shirts and shirts for sleeping, hat, cap or head cloth, sunscreen and mosquito protection. No black clothes, since black attracts mosquitoes. Sweatshirt, sweater or fleece jacket from June to September, since the nights can get extremely cold. Jaundice inoculation strongly recommended.Note:Programme changes reserved, due to weather and particularly flight schedules (arrival/departure and order of accommodations). Price changes expressly reserved, due to fluctuating exchange rates and reasons of organisation and security. Timely booking required, since the smaller accommodations are usually fully booked for months in advance.The texts and fotos on this site are protected by copyright: © by Günter Stysch2 |
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