BRAZIL - Pantanal
The Pantanal, meaning swamp or marsh in Portuguese, is the largest continental wetland in the world.
Eighty percent of the Pantanal floods during the wet season, where water levels can rise as high as three meters. This region is unique in that it is home to one of the highest diversities and concentrations of fauna on the planet, including the world’s largest jaguars.
Pantanal is stunning and you will get the chance to see some amazing birds, mammals and reptiles. These include Jaguar, Ocelot, Capybara, Monkeys, Giant Anteater, Tapir, Giant Otter, Caiman and Anaconda.
According to the World Wildlife Fund in Brazil (WWF), there was been identification of 1700 plant species; over 400 fish species; 80 mammal species; over 1100 butterfly species and 656 bird species.
BEST TIME to VISIT NORTH PANTANAL
BEST TIME toTRAVEL to SOUTH PANTANAL
Pantanal : July to September
Brazil - Pantanal - capybara - male
Brazil - Pantanal - capybara
Brazil - Pantanal - capybaras
Brazil - Pantanal - Giant otters
Brazil - Pantanal - Giant otter
feeding on a fish
Brazil - Pantanal - Giant otters
Brazil - Pantanal - spoonbills
Brazil - Pantanal - Jabiru storks
Brazil - Pantanal - hyacinth macaw
Brazil - Pantanal -ringed kingfisher
Brazil - Pantanal - wattled jacana
Brazil - Pantanal - woodpecker
Brazil - Pantanal - jaguars
mating season
Brazil - Pantanal - jaguar
Brazil - Pantanal - jaguars
mating season
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Brazil - Pantanal - jaguars
mating season
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Brazil - Pantanal - jaguar
Brazil - Pantanal - jaguar
Brazil - Pantanal - jaguar
Brazil - Pantanal souther eatanter
Brazil - Pantanal - swamps
Brazil - Pantanal - rainbow
Brazil - Pantanal - birding
roseate spoonbills
Brazil - Pantanal
brown capuchin monkey
Brazil - Pantanal - iguana
Brazil - Pantanal - caiman
Brazil - Pantanal - caiman - jaws
Brazil - Pantanal - babies caiman
Brazil - Pantanal - jaguar
Brazil - Pantanal - tree
see the level of the last flood
Brazil - Pantanal - howler monkey
Brazil - Pantanal - strangler tree
Brazil - Pantanal - hyacinth macaw
Brazil - Pantanal - landscape
Brazil - Pantanal - caracara
Brazil - Pantanal - Jabiru stork
Brazil - South Pantanal
jaguar crossing a river
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Brazil - South Pantanal
jaguar crossing a river
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white lips pecari
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caimans
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wild boars
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Hyacinth macaws
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limpkin
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landscape
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landscape - cattle and wildlife are sharing the same area
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Brazil - South Pantanal
small caiman
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cattle and wildlife are sharing the same area
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Black-bellied whistling ducks
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Brazil - South Pantanal
landscape
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large caiman
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red-faced ibis
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caimans
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caiman with impressive teeth
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Brazil - South Pantanal
caiman
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Hyacinths macaws
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Brazil - South Pantanal
Buff-necked ibis
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Brazil - North Pantanal
Jaguar
Brazil - North Pantanal
Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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small kingfisher (male)
Brazil - North Pantanal
Giant otter
Brazil - North Pantanal
pretty yellow bird
Brazil - North Pantanal
ringed kingfisher
Brazil - North Pantanal
small green fisher (female)
Brazil - North Pantanal
Tiger heron (juvenal)
Brazil - North Pantanal
blue swallow
Brazil - North Pantanal
jacamar
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green iguana
Brazil - South Pantanal
coati
Brazil - South Pantanal
nandu
Brazil - North Pantanal
black-collared hawk
Brazil - North Pantanal
great black hawk (female)
Brazil - North Pantanal
skimmer
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jacana
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screamer (female)
Brazil - North Pantanal
Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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tiger heron (juvenal)
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Cocoi heron
Brazil - North Pantanal
green parakeet
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green parakeets
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caiman swallowing a fish
Brazil - North Pantanal
black vulture
Brazil - North Pantanal
jabiru
Brazil - South Pantanal
tiger heron (adult)
Brazil - South Pantanal
tiger heron (juvenal)
Brazil - South Pantanal
cocoi heron
Brazil - South Pantanal
ringed kingfisher
Brazil - South Pantanal
hyacinth macaw eating a nut
Brazil - South Pantanal
roadside hawk
Brazil - South Pantanal
hawk
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wild boar
Brazil - South Pantanal
pecker
Brazil - South Pantanal
coati crossing the road
Brazil - South Pantanal
the prehistoric armadillo
Brazil - North Pantanal
giant otters howling after a jaguar
Brazil - North Pantanal
iguana
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguar
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Jaguars are solitary except at mating season where the male is following the female for days
Brazil - North Pantanal
Jaguars are solitary except at mating season where the male is following the female for days
Brazil - North Pantanal
Jaguar
Brazil - North Pantanal
Jaguar sleeping
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Jaguar
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small anaconda crossing the road
Brazil - South Pantanal
caimans on a private island
Brazil - South Pantanal
Giant anteater
Brazil - South Pantanal
capybaras looking to the cow boys in a fazenda (ranch)
Brazil - South Pantanal
Hyacinth macaw
Brazil - South Pantanal
caiman eating a big fish