Plenty to See in the Pantanal
A great trip to the Pantanal in 2017 inspired us to return. Our gang of 4 wildlife watchers set off in mid-September. Naturally my greatest hope was to see lots of jaguars, plus the amazing variety of animals and birds to be found in this great landscape of Brazil.
After a slightly irritating flight delay, we arrived at our first destination – South Wild Pantanal Lodge on the banks of the Pixaim River. We spent just over 2 days with a mix of walks and boat trips. Although we didn’t see jaguars, we did see lots of capybaras – which I am really fond of – capuchin and howler monkeys, caimans and a whole array of birds.
People sometimes ask me where they should go to view wildlife. That rather depends on what they want to see! Most of us think of the Big 5 and that’s certainly a great place to start. Many different destinations in Africa tick that box. But what next? In the last few years I’ve been lucky enough to see orangutans in