Tours / Jaguar Expedition
Tour · 5, 6 or 7 days
Jaguar Expedition
All 147 km of the Transpantaneira, then two four-hour boat outings a day on the rivers where jaguars hunt.
- Length
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Season
- June to December
- Group
- Private
- River days
- 2 to 3 full days
The Northern Pantanal is the best place in the world to see wild jaguars, if you know where to go. Jaguars were hunted for their skins in the 1960s and 70s until they nearly disappeared from here. Since tourism grew in the 1980s they have come back, and today you can watch cats of over 100 kg walking the riverbanks.
Since 2003, every guest who stayed at least three nights in the Porto Jofre region has seen a jaguar. Wildlife is never guaranteed, but each extra day on the river adds more chances, and giant otters are often seen on the same stretches.
Day by day
Itinerary
- Day 1
Into the Pantanal
One of our guides picks you up at Cuiabá airport or your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle. A short stop in Poconé, 100 km away, then we start the safari along the Transpantaneira. Lunch at the first lodge, activities in the afternoon, and a night safari after dinner to look for tapirs and giant anteaters.
LunchDinner - Day 2
Down the road to Porto Jofre
Outings before and after breakfast on the lodge's land for mammals and birds. After lunch we drive to the end of the road at Porto Jofre, stopping for wildlife on the way, and arrive at the river lodge in the afternoon.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Days 3–4
Jaguar days on the river
Breakfast around 5:30. Two boat outings of about four hours each, morning and afternoon, searching for jaguars and giant otters on the Cuiabá, Piquiri and Três Irmãos rivers and their connecting channels.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Day 5
Back to Cuiabá
Early breakfast, then the drive back up the Transpantaneira, with lunch at a lodge along the road. We reach Cuiabá in time for your flight.
BreakfastLunch
- Day 1
Into the Pantanal
One of our guides picks you up at Cuiabá airport or your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle. A short stop in Poconé, 100 km away, then we start the safari along the Transpantaneira. Lunch at the first lodge, activities in the afternoon, and a night safari after dinner to look for tapirs and giant anteaters.
LunchDinner - Day 2
Down the road to Porto Jofre
Outings before and after breakfast on the lodge's land for mammals and birds. After lunch we drive to the end of the road at Porto Jofre, stopping for wildlife on the way, and arrive at the river lodge in the afternoon.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Days 3–5
Jaguar days on the river
Breakfast around 5:30. Two boat outings of about four hours each, morning and afternoon, searching for jaguars and giant otters on the Cuiabá, Piquiri and Três Irmãos rivers and their connecting channels.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Day 6
Back to Cuiabá
Early breakfast, then the drive back up the Transpantaneira, with lunch at a lodge along the road. We reach Cuiabá in time for your flight.
BreakfastLunch
- Day 1
Into the Pantanal
One of our guides picks you up at Cuiabá airport or your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle. A short stop in Poconé, then the safari begins along the Transpantaneira. Lunch at the first lodge, activities in the afternoon and a night safari after dinner.
LunchDinner - Day 2
Down the road to Porto Jofre
A sunrise walk, then breakfast and the drive to Porto Jofre, with stops for wildlife. Lunch at the river lodge, and the first boat outing for jaguars and giant otters in the afternoon.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Days 3–4
Jaguar days on the river
Breakfast around 5:30. Two boat outings of about four hours each, morning and afternoon, searching for jaguars and giant otters on the Cuiabá, Piquiri and Três Irmãos rivers and their connecting channels.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Day 5
A last morning on the river
Out on the boat right after breakfast at 5:30 for the final hours on the river, back for lunch. At 2 pm we start back up the Transpantaneira to the third lodge. Dinner and a night safari.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Day 6
Back on the road lodges
Morning and afternoon outings on the lodge's land, looking for as many animals as possible.
BreakfastLunchDinner - Day 7
Back to Cuiabá
Activities before and after breakfast, lunch, and the drive back to Cuiabá.
BreakfastLunch
This itinerary is a suggestion. Our guides adjust it to the weather, the water level and where the animals are.
