Our Tours

Journey With Jaguars run tours from the start of May to end the end of October

Map illustrating a route from Cuiaba to Pantanal in Brazil, featuring landmarks like Pocone and Porto Jofre. Includes icons of animals such as jaguars, capybaras, and birds. Highlights Meeting of the Waters State Park and includes distance markers along the Transpantaneira Highway.

Are you ready to embark on a journey you will never forget?

  • All our tours are fully customizable. We create packages specifically to meet all your needs

  • We offer tours from 2 days on the river to 10 days

  • All Inclusive Accommodation

  • Amazing guides that will find jaguars and other exotic wildlife

  • Groups are capped at 4 people making your experience more intimate

  • English, Portuguese & Spanish spoken

  • Logistically simple; All you have to do is arrive at the airport

Amongst the elusive Jaguar, we will have the chance to see many other mammals, reptiles & birds. Other common wildlife in the region includes the Giant Otter, Tapir, giant ant-eater, Macaws, Toucans and Anacondas.

The region located near the Encontro das Águas State Park is known for having one of the largest populations of jaguars in the world.

  • Jaguar peering from behind a tree with its face partially visible, showing its distinctive spotted fur.

    Arrival

    All you have to do is arrive at Cuiabá International Airport and we will sort out the rest!

    Begin your journey by first arriving at Cuiabá. One of our epic drivers will pick you up from Cuiabá International Airport - Marechal Rondon. From here you will experience the scenic drive through the Transpaneira Highway where you can stop to see deer, caiman, anacondas and a diverse range of birds. Jaguar sightings along the Transpantaneira have been high in the last couple of seasons too. You will arrive at Pousadas Berço Pantaneiro in the afternoon just before dinner. We will feast like animals and then get some rest before waking up early for our first quest on the river.

  • Jaguar walking on a dirt path with dark green foliage in the background.

    River Days

    Full Day River Adventure

    Rise and shine at 5:00 am and break-fast. We will be on the river by 5:30 am in search of the biggest cats in the Americas.

    Lunches will be packed for a mid-day feast so we won’t miss a beat of any of the action on the river.

    In the Pantanal climate, we will enjoy cooled beverages with a view. You can also request cold beers for an additional cost.

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  • Single Person Private Tour

    Double Person Private Tour

    Triple Person Private Tour

    Quadruple Person Private Tour

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 FAQs

  • Stretching across hundreds of thousands of miles between Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay exists a mosaic of flooded grasslands, savanna, and tropical forest, known as the Pantanal. It is the world’s largest wetland area and seasonal floodplain – and as such boasts extraordinary biodiversity, being home to a wide variety of rare and important plants and wildlife.

    Each year, tropical rains submerge almost 80% of the Pantanal basin creating a vast landscape for aquatic life. During the dry season, the water drains into the Paraguay River, leaving a myriad of sea creatures that attract a great influx of migratory birds comprising kingfishers, egrets, jabiru storks, herons, macaws and more.

    But the Pantanal is much more than a bird paradise. The region is home to 3500 plant species, hundreds of different mammals and reptiles, and more than 9,000 subspecies of invertebrates.

    The Pantanal is a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the most biologically rich environments on earth with over 4,700 plant and animal species.

    Some of South America’s most rare and endangered wildlife species, including the hyacinth macaw, giant otter, marsh deer, margay and the maned wolf, can also be found there.

    The Pantanal contains South America’s highest concentration of wildlife species.

    It is also home to the highest population of jaguars, thanks to an abundance of life and prey that call this unique ecosystem home.

    Jaguars can be seen throughout the year in the Pantanal. However, during the dryer months from May to October, less precipitation means that the jaguars regularly are seen at the river to drink, hunt, mate and rest.

  • Amongst the elusive Jaguar, we will have the chance to see many other mammals, reptiles & birds. Other common wildlife in the region includes the Giant Otter, Tapir, giant ant-eater, Macaws, Toucans and Anacondas.

    The region located near the Encontro das Águas State Park is known for having one of the largest populations of jaguars in the world.

  • Not at all! In fact, most of the people that join me just simply love nature and want to get a glimpse of a jaguar! As long as you enjoy being immersed in nature and surrounded by good people, this tour is for you!

    If you don’t have photography equipment and would like to rent I have a SONY A7R3 combined with a SONY 70-200mm f2.8. This is a versatile setup and what I used for a 6-week expedition.

    This is a US$5,600 setup and the image quality is to a professional standard which will give you the opportunity to print out epic photos that you have taken. You can rent it out for US$190/day.

  • -Accommodation (6 nights at Berco Pantaneiro)

    -Transport

    -All Activities (Boat Safari for 5 days)

    -All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) (Lunch excluded Day 1 and Day 7)

    -All water

    -Professional Driver

    -Professional Guide

  • -Flights

    -Travel Insurance

    -Alcohol

    -Tips for hotel staff, drivers and guides

    -Lunch on Day 1 & the last day on the Transpantaneira

  • -Light clothing (long sleeve shirt)

    -Light breathable pants

    -Hat (wide brim is best)

    -Something to cover you neck as it will be vulnerable in the sun

    -Insect Repellant

    -Sunscreen

    -A day pack for the boat

    -Any snacks you may want like protein bars

  • -Camera

    -Lenses (something with reach. Anything between 200-600 is versatile)

    -Spare batteries (Long days on the river and we won’t be able to recharge our batteries till when we get home at night)

    -Monopod can be useful. Tripod in my experience just takes up space without providing any value as we are on a boat and there is always a little bit of movement. For this reason, as hard as it is I always shoot free hand)

  • You will fly into Cuiabá International Airport - Marechal Rondon in the state of Matto Grosso in west-central Brasil.

    From there, a member of our team will meet you. It is a 200km drive to the Porto Jofre region where we will stay on the river in search of jaguars and other wildlife. On the way, there will be many opportunities to photograph and see all the wildlife on the scenic Transpantaneira Highway.

    All you have to do is arrive at the airport and we will take care of the rest!