Pantanal Wildlife Tour from Cuiabá
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Pantanal Wildlife Tour from Cuiabá

Brazil
3 Nights·4 Days
Northern PantanalSafari & WildlifeFamily Adventures

Overview

Do you love animals and the outdoors? Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime on our Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, capital of Mato Grosso in Brazil. With qualified guides, you set out on night tours, boat trips and a photo safari to spot capybaras, giant anteaters, caimans, jabiru storks and other incredible species.

Another highlight of this Pantanal trip is trekking through the forest and flooded areas, perfect if you enjoy hiking and discovering the mysteries of nature. After the excitement, you rest in beautiful accommodations in Poconé, a town in northern Mato Grosso blessed by the Pantanal, with cozy air-conditioned rooms, private bathrooms, swimming pools and tasty Brazilian dishes.

Perfect for wildlife watching, this 4-day Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá is the right vacation for the whole family.

  • Wildlife watching activities: night tours and a photo safari.
  • Full immersion in the Pantanal landscapes through trekking.
  • An exciting boat tour on the river.
  • Horseback riding through open fields and floodplain.
  • A comfortable stay in the best inns and lodges, with delicious local cuisine.

  • Please note: This is a North Pantanal wildlife experience based in Poconé (reached from Cuiabá). It is family-friendly, with children and senior travelers welcome. Jaguar sightings are possible but not the focus here. Beverages are not included.

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival / Night tour in the Pantanal

  • Pick-upMarechal Rondon International Airport (CGB), Cuiabá
  • TransferCuiabá → Poconé · ~100 km
  • Night tour4x4 with spotlight · owls, caimans, ocelots, maned wolves

The Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá begins at Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB). In the morning, a car takes you to your chosen accommodation in Poconé, about 100 km away. After settling in and a dinner of Brazilian dishes, you join expert guides in 4×4 vehicles for a night tour, using a spotlight to look for Pantanal animals such as owls, caimans, ocelots and maned wolves under the starry sky.

Meals included: Dinner

A group of ecotourists aboard an open 4x4 safari vehicle on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, with a guide pointing a spotlight beam toward a bare white tree under a brilliant Milky Way sky
A caiman's armored head rises just above the dark water surface on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, its golden-scaled snout and alert eyes caught in warm light with a perfect mirror reflection below

Day 2

Photo safari / Boat tour

  • Photo safariopen vehicles · giant anteaters, tapirs, blue macaws, jabiru storks
  • Boat touron the river

After breakfast, a morning photo safari in open vehicles covers greater distances to spot animals hidden during the night tour. Jaguars are among the most beloved animals of the biome, but sightings here are unlikely; even so, you can see giant anteaters, marsh deer, tapirs, blue macaws and the symbol of the Pantanal, the jabiru stork. A boat tour adds another perspective on the wetland’s birds and wildlife.

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

A male marsh deer with large antlers tangled in vegetation stands in shallow water on a Pantanal wildlife tour, a small yellow-bellied songbird perched on its neck
View from a small boat gliding past floating water hyacinths on a calm wetland channel at sunrise, with pink and orange clouds reflected in the still water and dense gallery forest silhouetted along the horizon — a defining scene on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá
A large raptor with wings fully spread hovers low over a calm dark river during a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, talons extended as it strikes at the water's surface, with lush green aquatic vegetation glowing in warm golden light behind it
Two jabiru storks standing together on a large stick nest atop a bare dead tree, their black heads and vivid red throat pouches glowing against a rose-pink sunset sky — a classic sighting on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá
Two hyacinth macaws perched on a weathered dead tree stump during a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, their cobalt-blue plumage and vivid yellow eye-rings gleaming in the sunlight
A giant anteater walks through dry open grassland on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, its long snout lowered and distinctive black-and-white shoulder stripe clearly visible

Day 3

Horseback riding / Pantanal trek

  • Horseback ridingopen fields & floodplain (beginner-friendly)
  • Pantanal trekforest · flora & fauna

Enjoy some horseback riding, with docile horses and comfortable saddles so even first-timers can explore the open fields and floodplain like the local cowboys. After lunch and a rest, the next adventure is a Pantanal trek in the forest, where you spot animals and insects and admire the vegetation, ferns, bromeliads, orchids, water lilies and ipês (Brazil’s national flower).

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

A group of smiling riders on grey horses moves through a lush green corridor on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, a couple in the foreground holding hands in the saddle
Two yacare caimans basking with open mouths on a muddy riverbank during a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, their reflections mirrored in the calm blue water below
A large wading bird perched on a stick nest atop a bare dead tree, silhouetted against a blazing orange sunset sky on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá
A yellow-headed caracara perches on the back of a tapir browsing green shrubs on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, showcasing a rare moment of inter-species wildlife behaviour
A cowboy on a white horse leads a galloping herd through a flooded wetland at golden hour on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, water exploding in every direction
A group of six capybaras standing alert on a muddy bank beside a shallow, vegetation-covered pool on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá

Day 4

Final trek in the Pantanal / Departure

  • Easy trekfarewell walk
  • TransferPoconé → Cuiabá

The last day begins with a hearty breakfast, followed by a final, easy trek to say goodbye to the Pantanal. You return to the accommodation by lunchtime, then check out and the staff take you safely back to Cuiabá.

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch

Three visitors pause on a Pantanal Tour from Cuiabá, gazing up through sun-drenched forest canopy as golden light bursts between the treetops
Seven hyacinth macaws perched across the bare branches of a tall tree on a Pantanal tour from Cuiabá, set against a dense green forest canopy

What is Included

  • Accommodation: 3 nights at the chosen Pantanal lodge (Pousada Rio Claro, Pousada Piuval or Aymara Lodge)
  • Meals: 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) — full board
  • Transfers: round-trip transfers between Cuiabá and Poconé
  • Activities & tours: night tour, photo safari, horseback riding, boat trip and trekking
  • Guide: bilingual guides (Portuguese and English)

Not included

  • Flights: flight tickets to/from Cuiabá
  • Accommodation: nights in Cuiabá before or after the tour
  • Drinks: beverages
  • Activities & tours: additional/optional tours (e.g. half-day jaguar safari)
  • Travel insurance: personal travel insurance
  • Personal expenses & tips: personal expenses and gratuities
  • Any services not previously mentioned

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