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Llanos

Colombia's vast flooded plains — capybaras, caiman, anacondas, giant anteaters and a sky full of birds, on a working wildlife ranch.

Getting there

By air and road to the eastern plains, on a llanos ranch

Best for

Capybaras, caiman, anacondas, giant anteaters, orinoco geese, vast birdlife, savannah safaris

The land

Immense seasonally flooded savannah on the eastern plains

Good to know

The Llanos offer South America's best big-mammal viewing outside the Pantanal

What it is

The Llanos are Colombia's wildlife plains — vast flooded savannah of capybaras, caiman, anacondas and giant anteaters, with skies full of birds.

On the immense eastern plains, the Llanos offer some of South America's best open-country wildlife outside the Pantanal. From a working ranch, savannah safaris by 4x4, horse and boat reveal capybaras, caiman, giant anteaters, anacondas, orinoco geese, scarlet ibis and a spectacular array of birds — and, with luck, a puma or jaguar.

PhotoLlanos — wildlife plains.

The reason to come

The wildlife plains

The Llanos deliver big mammals and vast birdlife in open country.

Big-mammal safaris

Capybaras, anteaters, anacondas and caiman across the plains.

Birds in their thousands

Scarlet ibis, orinoco geese, herons and storks.

Ranch life

Wildlife by 4x4, horseback and boat from a working llanos ranch.

Worth knowing

Colombia's Pantanal

The Llanos rival the Pantanal for open-country wildlife — anteaters, anacondas and skies full of birds.

PhotoCapybaras and birds on the Colombian Llanos.

When to come — honestly

A seasonal wildlife savannah.

December – March

Best

The dry season — wildlife concentrates and the plains are passable.

July – November

Good

The wet season floods the savannah, superb for birds by boat.

Year-round

Good

Wildlife-rich all year; the access mode changes with the water.

The plains flood in the wet season (boat-based) and dry out (4x4-based); both are productive but very different.

Context

The eastern plains

The Llanos are Colombia's great open-country wildlife region, ranch-based and bird-rich.

They add big mammals to a birding-focused trip.

We base the Llanos on a working wildlife ranch, with savannah safaris by 4x4, horse and boat.

Beyond the obvious

More to Llanos.

PhotoSavannah safari

Savannah safari

Capybaras, anteaters and caiman.

PhotoBird spectacle

Bird spectacle

Scarlet ibis and waterbirds.

PhotoRanch wildlife

Ranch wildlife

By 4x4, horse and boat.

Why Wild Voyager

We turn the world's #1 bird country into a smooth trip.

Colombia has more birds than any nation, but the sites are scattered across ranges and coasts. We sequence the Andes, Santa Marta, Llanos and Amazon to maximise the wildlife with minimal backtracking.