6 days / 5 nights
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: Pousada in Nobres - Pousada UeSo Pantanal
After breakfast you drive to the Pantanal (288 km, 38 km of it are natural roads on the famous Transpantaneira). On the Transpantaneira you do several stops to see the flora and fauna. At arrival at the Pousada UeSo Pantanal, you will be served lunch in buffet form. After lunch and a short rest you will take a stalking tour on foot to see many native bird species and hopefully capuchin monkeys and maybe even the howler monkeys. There you can also climb our 17 meter high tower and enjoy the view. Return to the lodge for dinner. Afterwards time at leisure.
2 nights in the Pousada in Bom Jardim (Nobres), inclusive full board
3 nights in the UeSo Pantanal, 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)
German or English speaking tour guide, depending on availability at time of booking
Non-alcoholic welcome drink in the Pousada UeSo Pantanal
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 there 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 Jaguars 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 Pousada UeSo Pantanal.
Details of Tour 13, 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