6 days / 5 nights
Day 1: Cuiabá Airport - Ueso Pantanal Lodge (4 nights)
After picking up your luggage at the airport, you’ll be greeted by our UeSo Lodge transfer guide holding a sign «UeSo Pantanal» at the exit. From there, we head out—about 100 km to Poconé, followed by another 38 km along the legendary Transpantaneira. Keep your eyes open! You might already spot wildlife like caimans, capybaras, jabiru storks, and a variety of bird species along the way. Once you arrive at the UeSo Pantanal Lodge, you’ll be able to enjoy a buffet meal—depending on your arrival time. Please note: if you arrive in Cuiabá after 10:30 a.m., lunch won’t be available. After 5:30 p.m., dinner isn’t served either. But don’t worry—we’ll provide a small packed lunch for you in that case.
After lunch and a short siesta, we’ll head out on a guided walk through the surrounding nature. With some luck, you’ll spot even more wildlife along the trail. If you like, you can help scatter a bit of corn and salt along the path to attract animals. For the adventurous, we also offer an optional night walk to search for crepuscular wildlife. Don’t forget your flashlight!
Day 2: Ueso Pantanal Lodge
In the early morning, around 5:00 a.m., we set off on a sunrise walking tour. Before that, you can enjoy a quick coffee or tea. Watching the Pantanal wake up is a magical experience that will stay with you. After breakfast, it’s time for a horseback (or muleback!) ride – just like the Pantaneiros have done for generations. No riding experience needed! You’re welcome to help saddle and unsaddle, and of course, we provide riding helmets for safety. Lunch is served buffet-style at the lodge. In the late afternoon, after a well-earned siesta, we hop in the car and drive along the Transpantaneira. The Pantanal’s wildlife always has a surprise or two – we hope to spot plenty of birds, including the tuiuiú (jabiru stork) and jacarés (caimans). With a bit of luck, we might even catch a glimpse of a tapir or a giant anteater. Back at the lodge, we wrap up the day with a delicious dinner.
Day 3: Ueso Pantanal Lodge
AAfter breakfast, we head out on a boat tour – no motor, just muscle power! Our guides paddle the boats by hand, and you're welcome to join in if you feel like it. This quiet approach keeps things peaceful and avoids the engine noise that can scare off shy birds. Of course, life jackets are provided. After lunch, it’s time to relax by the pool. Later in the afternoon, we go on a walking tour to one of our lookout towers, where we hope to spot monkeys. You’re also welcome to scatter a bit of corn and salt along the forest path – it might help attract some curious visitors. Dinner is served buffet-style at the lodge. If you're up for it, we offer a night safari after dinner – a chance to spot some of the Pantanal’s more elusive, nocturnal animals.
5 nights in the Ueso Pantanal Lodge, inclusive full board
Transfer from/to Cuiabá airport or bus station (shared transfer)
All the described excursions above with other guests of the lodge together (max. 10 persons)
English-speaking or, if available, German-speaking guide
Non-alcoholic welcome drink
Drinks, including still water, (we are not allowed to serve the ground water in the Pantanal), any tips, personal expenses, optional additional excursions and the internet access at the Pousada UeSo.
One person is free for groups of 12 people. Children up to 5 years in parents' room are free of charge, children from 6-9 years receive a discount of 50%. Children from 10 years pay the full adult rate.
If you wish a private tour guide (in German or English, depending on availability at the time of booking) and/or your own vehicle, we can also offer this. Vehicle and tour guide are exclusively at the guests' disposal.
Light backpack, jeans or comfortable long trousers, light rain jacket, sweater, hat, hiking or sneakers, swimsuit. A long-sleeved light T-shirt. Dresses should, if possible, not be black, also not brightly shining colors, this attracts the mosquitoes. In the rainy season we also rent boots, which are cleaned afterwards.
Mosquito repellent, sunglasses, torch, if you have a camera and binoculars.
We recommend that you take out a private holiday travel insurance for your South America trip.
Get up at about 05:30 am, then we will serve you a coffee or tea. Afterwards you drive to Porto Jofre to the end point of the Transpantaneira, about 107 km on unpaved roads. On the way to Porto Jofre you will meet many mammals and birds. In the middle of this beautiful nature we stop to enjoy breakfast in form of a picnic. In Porto Jofre starts a five-hour boat tour (simple boats) deep into the Cerrado, in middle of untouched nature. We look for the Jaguar in the area of Rio Cuiabá, Rio Tres Irmãos, Rio São Lourenço and Rio Piquiri. Lunch is in the form of a picnic (packed lunch). In the late afternoon we return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight is in the Ueso Pantanal Lodge.
Details of Tour 33, optional day excursion
Offers with a 14-day reflection period. After invoicing, we ask you to pay the invoice within 30 days so that we can definitively confirm the booking. Travel postponements within the same year or to the following year are free of charge. Otherwise, the following cancellation conditions apply: after payment: 10% of the total amount, 30 days to 8 days before travel: 50% of the total amount, 7 to 0 days before travel: 100% of the total amount
Rodovia Transpantaneira
Km 38
78175-000 Poconé
Mato Grosso, Brasil
S 16° 33'' 5'
W 56° 43'' 12'
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