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Welcome to Pantanal Ecoexplorer
Family Adventure Vacations
Our family tours are specifically designed to ensure that all the family enjoys the wonders of the Pantanal. Having been on many of our own family trips into the Pantanal we know what the region, its culture and wildlife can offer for kids as well as understanding the limits it imposes. We have therefore created these family trips to cater for the needs of both the parents and their children. Our family tours will provide activities suitable to the ages of the children and their attention spans and interests with the aim to entertain and educate whilst the parents take a break. These family based trips are flexible and can be tailored to your wishes and requirements regarding interests, activities, terrain and accommodation whilst ensuring the excursions and safaris suitable to those participating and that all members of the family are involved in discovering the wildlife and ecosystems of the Pantanal. We customise our family tours to meet your particular needs and interests whilst combining fun and learning for the kids with some relaxation and exploration for the parents so everyone can enjoy their adventure into the outback of the Pantanal.
With our family trips we offer a range of activities and options to make them specifically suited to kids. Below are some of some of our activities but if you have any special requests please just let us know.
• Visits to local schools and farms to learn about life in the Pantanal.
• Kid safaris with a chance to meet some of the local animals.
• Outdoor games such as football and volleyball.
• Playgrounds at some lodges.
• Caipoeira demonstrations and classes.
• Learn local Pantanal dances and to samba.
• Wildlife quizzes to see what we have discovered.
• Last night bbq and campfire.
Below are general interest tours just to give you an insight to what these packages offer. All packages are open to customization upon your request.
Programs
Testimonials from a few friends
My husband and I and our 3 adult children booked the 4-day 3-night Pantanal Ecoexpolrer tour with Carlos as our guide and had a wonderful, unforgettable vacation. Our trip was made so easy for us because Carlos picked us up at the Cuiaba airport, delivered us to the bus station where we took off for a few days of traveling on our own near Chapada and then he picked us back up at the bus station to begin our journey into the Pantanal. Just as planned we took early morning walks, after dark van trips with spotlight, horseback rides across the grassy plains, hikes in the jungle and a river tour. Carlos was a wonderful guide: He speaks excellent English, he knows the Pantanal and all of its birds and animals, he was very flexible in catering to our wishes, and he is fun and funny. We saw so much wildlife, including hyacinth macaws, jabiru storks, monkeys, caiman, capybara, tapir, a puma(!), etc., etc. We stayed at 2 different pousadas that were very comfortable, the food was great and the people very friendly. All five of us had an absolutely wonderful time together and with Carlos and our driver, Jose. We got to see and do so much yet it was very relaxing: a perfect combination for a incredibly memorable vacation!!! I recommend this to anyone who loves nature. Thanks again, Carlos!
Jeanne Neevel and Marvin Wiener
Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA
We have brought our entire family including our six children ages from 6 to 18 years old and we all had a terrific time. Our guide ( Flavio ) was knowledgeable and had a keen eye for wildlife. The crew was friendly and accommodating.
We ate delicious meals – often fish that we caught that day. The sights were amazing, beautiful and varied landscape and animals galore: tapir, giant river otters, capybaras, caimans, and hundreds of exotic birds. We especially enjoyed fishing from the smaller boats – we caught a variety of fish including a 2 foot catfish and a tasty Dorado.
We visited two different fazendas ( ranches ) where the owners took us on an overland tour and tours of their working farms. Despite our trepidation about piranhas and caimans, we enjoyed swimming in the refreshing rivers.
In sum, it was a terrific trip and all our children are already begging to come again.
Amy Wallace, MD, MPH
Bill Weeks, MD, MBA
Jamie age 18, Atticus age 16, Savannah age 15,
Scout age 13, Joplin age 8, Hoke age 6
NH-USA.
Our visit to the Pantanal, with Carlos as our tour guide, made our trip to Brazil extremely memorable. He was most accommodating to our last minute request for a tour. We were picked up at the airport and immediately made to feel part of his family and introduced to his young son Matheus, a delightful child who took an instant liking to our daughter who we had come to visit in Brazil. We stayed at different lodges for 4 nights viewing birds and wildlife and Carlos remained enthusiastic, attentive and energetic. He was very knowledgeable and could spot birds and animals that we would never have seen on our own. We saw over 80 species of amazing birds, several mammals, including a young ocelot and many kinds of reptiles. We recommend his tour highly.
Eileen and Sean Prendiville, San Rafael, CA
ileanp@comcast.net
Pantanal Ecoexplorer Tours depart year round from Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
For further information contact us by e-mail at:
info@pantanalecoexplorer.com.br
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