What to book before you travel to the Pantanal?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

Trip length

5 activities to book

Porto Jofre

Days 4-6
Days 4-6The Porto Jofre jaguar safaria full dayMotorboats leave this fishing hamlet on the Rio Cuiabá and head up the Piquiri and Três Irmãos rivers to look for jaguars on the banks.Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 4-6Pantanal Matogrossense National Parka full dayCreated by decree on 24 September 1981, 135,606 hectares protecting the south-western tip of the Pantanal, where the Rio Cuiabá meets the Rio Paraguai.Book on GetYourGuide →
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Bonito

Days 8-10
Days 8-10The Gruta do Lago Azul, Bonitoabout 1hAbout twenty kilometres from Bonito, a stairway drops some hundred metres through the rock to a chamber holding an underground lake of dense blue.Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 8-10Floating the Rio da Pratahalf a dayAbout fifty kilometres from Bonito, in Jardim: an hour's walk through the forest, then 2,200 metres drifting with the current, mask and snorkel on.Book on GetYourGuide →
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Frequently asked questions

What can you do in the Pantanal without booking anything?

5 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with The Transpantaneira, from Poconé to Porto Jofre, Caimans and capybaras, Macaws and the wildlife, The Porto Geral in Corumbá. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

At which stop should you book earliest?

Porto Jofre, with 2 activities to book, against 0 at the quietest stop. That is where slots go first.

How long do these activities take?

From about 1h for the shortest to a full day for the longest. Fit them into your days before filling the rest: a guided visit often takes half a day.

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