Jaguar Safari
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Pantanal
Arrive in Pantanal, met and transferred to your accommodation. The Pantanal offers the highest chance anywhere on earth of seeing a wild jaguar — the great draw of this immense wetland.
To Transpantaneira
Transfer to Transpantaneira. Drive the Transpantaneira for capybaras, caiman and macaws. Roadside ponds and bridges full of Pantanal wildlife.
Transpantaneira
Roadside ponds and bridges full of Pantanal wildlife. The Transpantaneira is one of the world's great wildlife drives, alive from end to end.
To Porto Jofre
Transfer to Porto Jofre. A full day of jaguar boat safaris on the rivers. Search the banks for jaguars, with giant otters besides.
Porto Jofre
Search the banks for jaguars, with giant otters besides. Morning and afternoon boats for jaguars and river wildlife. Nowhere offers more reliable wild-jaguar viewing than the rivers around Porto Jofre.
Porto Jofre
Morning and afternoon boats for jaguars and river wildlife. Long days on the water in the heart of jaguar country.
Porto Jofre
Long days on the water in the heart of jaguar country.
Departure
A final morning in Porto Jofre — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
The dry season — peak jaguar viewing and the best wildlife access.
Peak season
Prime jaguar season on the Cuiabá river.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Aymara Lodge
A comfortable lodge on the Transpantaneira, well placed for the wildlife drive.
Hotel Pantanal Norte
The main jaguar-viewing hotel at Porto Jofre, at the heart of the action.
Deville Prime Cuiabá
A comfortable business hotel in Cuiabá, the Pantanal gateway, for arrival and departure.
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