We spent three days in the Pantanal at Pousada Piuval. Our guides liked this 7,000 hectare ranch as it is home to the most jaguars at this time of year (which isn’t many) compared to the jaguar preserve that is not accessible at the end of the rainy season. Anyway, that didn’t stop us from looking for them. We took sunrise and sunset drives every day. Most of the time we drove the few roads on the ranch, occasionally we tried a few fields that were still to wet, and we also went to the park. Continue reading “Game Drives in the Pantanal”
Chapada dos Guimarães National Park and Bom Jardim
Gasparetour picked us up in Cuiabá at 8am in the morning. Alex and Rachel drove us a few hours to Chapada dos Guimarães National Park for some hiking.
The park was more crowded than normal for a week day, as it was Brazil’s Labor Day, though not nearly as crowded as a National Park in the USA would be on the same day. Continue reading “Chapada dos Guimarães National Park and Bom Jardim”