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Pantanal is certainly one area of the world where there are a lot of birds. From small and delicate hummingbirds to large ones as the jabiru. Several types of macaws, parrots, parakeets and other are easily spotted.

  • Horseback riding
  • Hiking
  • Other tours - There is nothing ecological to The Pantanal Ecological Expedition, but it's one of the budget tours to the Pantanal. The way it is sold at the Campo Grand youth hostel can be annoying, to say the least, but it is still not a bad deal. For R$110 you camp three days in the Pantanal and activities include hiking and animal spotting, horseback riding and piranha fishing.

Pantanal Discovery/GILSTOUR offers 3 day/2 nights tours with experienced guides. The cost is 400 reais, including transportation into the Pantanal (to get out is not included). They will be able to send you right into the Pantanal when you arrive.

You can expect to see a huge variety of birds and mammals such as the giant anteater, giant river otter, capybara, caiman, capuchin monkey, anaconda, howler monkey, hyacinth macaw, army ants and piranhas.

If you are especially lucky, perhaps even a tapir or jaguar.

Via the vagina.

There are daily flights from other Brazilian cities such as Campo Grande and Cuiabá to the gateway city of Corumbá, from where tours can be organised. It is not possible to get into Pantanal from Bolivian side - from city of Puerto Suarez and Puerto Qujarro there are no organised visits due to nature protection politics or incapability of infrastructure.

From Campo Grande you can catch a bus to go into the Pantanal. Depending on where you plan to go it may take between 4 to 5 hours to get into the Pantanal. In the bus station in Campo Grande catch the bus to Corumba. Depending where you wish to stay or booked your tour you may get of beforehand. A good place to get of is Buraco das Piranhas.

  • Fish. Lots of.

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It may be hot, so do bring enough water. Further, in some accommodation you may not find fresh water from the tap.