Waterfall of the blue plateau and snorkeling in the crystal clear river

Day 1: Cuiabá Airport - Pousada in Nobres

After baggage claim at the airport, our tour guide will wait with a sign with your name on it. After you drive to Bom Jardim, near Nobres (journey time about 2.5 hours, 150 km). In the late afternoon we reach the Pousada (possibly for lunch, depending on arrival time at the airport). After the Pousada check-in at about 5 pm you drive to Lagoa das Araras, where there are hundreds of different bird species (yellow-breasted macaws, parakeets, and other parrot species). Return to the lodge and dinner. Afterwards time at leisure.

Day 2: Pousada - Cachoeira da Serra Azul - Lagoa das Araras

Breakfast at the lodge around 07:00 am. After breakfast you will enjoy the unique beauty of this colourful landscape. You will be equipped with snorkel gear (life jacket, diving goggles, snorkel and diving shoes - these will be cleaned after use). In the crystal clear spring pool you can enjoy the underwater world. Between the fishes like the Pintado, Dorado and various aquarium fishes you almost feel like a fish. Afterwards you will snorkel slowly down the river and experience a highlight you will never forget. Lunch will be at the pousada. After lunch you drive 32 km (29 km of which are unpaved roads) to a fazenda. On the site of this fazenda is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the state of Mato Grosso, with a shimmering blue lagoon. They call it "Cachoeira da Serra Azul" (waterfall of the blue plateau). A unique natural spectacle that you should not miss. In advance you will be equipped with a life jacket and snorkeling equipment. Here you can visit a sanctuary of Aras, which is located on the grounds of the lodge. Here live capuchin monkeys, yellow-breasted macaws, with a little luck you will also see a red macaw. Afterwards about 2 km drive to the entrance of the nature reserve, the rest to the waterfall you have to cover on foot. The way to the goal is a bit strenuous for the inexperienced. You walk a small path through a gallery forest, then climb about 480 stone steps steeply uphill to reach the lagoon. In completely secluded, untouched nature you will be enchanted by the sight, a big blue shimmering waterfall splashing before you. If you wish, you can dive together with the fish again. Return to the lodge in the late afternoon, dinner. Rest of the evening at leisure. If you wish, your tour guide will take you on a short night hike in the nearby gallery forest to track down animals that are active at dusk.

Day 3: Bom Jardim - Ueso Pantanal Lodge

After breakfast you drive 260 km to Poconé. Then we continue on the famous Transpantaneira to "kilometre point 38" to the Ueso Pantanal Lodge. On the way along the Transpantaneira you will make several stops to observe the flora and fauna along the road. After check-in at the Pousada you will receive a buffet lunch followed by a short break.

In the late afternoon you go on a tour on foot in the nearby gallery forest (depending on the time of arrival), mainly to track down various bird species, capuchin monkeys or even the howler monkeys. Afterwards, dinner is served at the lodge.

Day 4: Ueso Pantanal Lodge

On request, a sunrise tour on foot can be arranged around 05:30 am. Breakfast is at the lodge. After breakfast you take a riding tour (also suitable for people without riding experience). Afterwards we go to the lunch buffet in the lodge. In the late afternoon you will take a boat trip to see a family of Giant Otters playing. Of course, you'll be able to watch all kinds of birds. Return to the lodge and dinner.

Day 5: Ueso Pantanal Lodge - Cuiabá Airport

Breakfast is in the Ueso Pantanal Lodge. After breakfast transfer to the airport. If you depart later, in the afternoon, you will go on another excursion on foot or by horse in the morning or visit the tower on foot. In this case, transfer to the airport is after lunch.

Note:

In the lodges described in this tour you can see a variety of kingfisher species, barred herons, royal forktail tyrants, blue-throated eagle guanas, giant tukans and giant otters. Near the lodges there is a gallery forest where many species of birds live, such as blue-crowned trogons, red-tailed Jacamaras, collared macaws, potter birds, line woodpeckers and fox-red tree climbers. But also many other mammal species like e.g.: You will discover howler and capuchin monkeys, tapirs, big anteaters, small anteaters, marsh deer, armadillos, capuchins, maned wolves, foxes and many more.