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The wildlife road · Brazil

Transpantaneira

The legendary raised dirt road into the Pantanal — capybaras, caiman, jabirus and hyacinth macaws at every turn.
Getting there
The road south from Cuiabá toward Porto Jofre; lodges line the route
Best for
Wildlife driving, capybaras, caiman, jabiru, hyacinth macaws, giant anteaters
The land
A raised dirt road and its lodges crossing the northern Pantanal wetland
Good to know
The Transpantaneira's bridges and ponds make it one of the world's great wildlife drives
What it is
The Transpantaneira is the Pantanal's legendary wildlife road — a raised dirt track where capybaras, caiman, jabirus and hyacinth macaws line the way.
A raised dirt road with scores of small bridges, the Transpantaneira runs deep into the northern Pantanal, its roadside ponds and woodlands teeming with capybaras, caiman, jabiru storks, hyacinth macaws, giant anteaters and a wealth of birds. Lodges along its length put you in the wildlife day and night.
PhotoTranspantaneira — the wildlife road.
The reason to come

The great wildlife drive

The Transpantaneira delivers nonstop wildlife along its length.

Wildlife driving

Capybaras, caiman and birds at the roadside ponds and bridges.

Hyacinth macaws

The world's largest parrot, around the lodges.

Anteaters & more

Giant anteaters, deer and night wildlife from the lodges.

Worth knowing

A road through the wild

The Transpantaneira is one of the world's great wildlife drives, alive from end to end.
PhotoCapybaras and caiman along the Transpantaneira.
When to come — honestly

A dry-season wildlife road.

July – October
Best
The dry season — wildlife concentrates and the road is passable throughout.
April – June
Good
The drying wetland, lush and bird-rich.
November – March
Good
The wet season — flooded and green, harder going by road.
The road is best and most passable in the dry season; in the wet season much of the Pantanal floods.
Context

The road into the Pantanal

The Transpantaneira is the wildlife artery of the northern Pantanal, lined with lodges.

It leads south to Porto Jofre and the jaguars.

We base along the Transpantaneira for the wildlife drive, working south toward the jaguars.

Beyond the obvious

More to Transpantaneira.

PhotoWildlife drive

Wildlife drive

Capybaras, caiman and birds along the road.

PhotoHyacinth macaws

Hyacinth macaws

Around the lodges.

PhotoNight safari

Night safari

Nocturnal wildlife from the lodges.

Why Wild Voyager

We get you the jaguars and the endemics.

From Porto Jofre's jaguars to the Atlantic Forest's endemics, we time and base your trip around the wildlife that matters, with the specialists who find it.

Handpicked lodges

We choose the lodge and guides that fit your goals, not whatever is left.

We time it right

We build your visit around the season and the wildlife that delivers.

Journeys

Trips through Transpantaneira

8 Days · 7 Nights

Jaguar Safari
9 Days · 8 Nights

Jaguar Kingdom
11 Days · 10 Nights

Pantanal Wildlife Photography
13 Days · 12 Nights

Jaguars Atlantic Rainforest
15 Days · 14 Nights

Ultimate Brazil Wildlife
Where to stay

Where you’ll stay in Transpantaneira

Luxury Collection
PhotoAymara Lodge
Luxury

Aymara Lodge

A comfortable lodge on the Transpantaneira, well placed for the wildlife drive.
Wildlife you may see
Birds

Plan your Transpantaneira trip.

Drive the wildlife road into the Pantanal. Tell us your dates and we will build the route around it.

Plan a Transpantaneira trip

Field notes, now and then.

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