Suggested Itineraries at the Jaguar Research Center |
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Jaguar Research Center 4 days / 3 nights |
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Jaguar Research Center 5 days / 4 nights After an early breakfast, we leave the Jaguar Research Center for a full day boat trip to observe the diversity of the animals in the region. We will watch for jaguars, tapirs, anteaters, giant otters, birds and other animals common to this region. Read more ... |
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Jaguar Research Center 6 days / 5 nights We will spend all day in search for wildlife but focused on spotting Jaguars. We’ll use small motor-boats to explore narrow and wild rivers in the core of this huge park. These huge predators may be seen during the day, many of them at very close range for extended periods. Read more ... |
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Pantanal Wildlife Center 1 night and Jaguar Research Center 3 nights |
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Pantanal Wildlife Center 2 nights and Jaguar Research Center 3 nights |
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Pantanal Extravaganza 7 days / 6 nights |
Jaguar Research Center
After years of intensive research on the behavior of wild jaguars, PWC´s Jaguar Research Team announces the world´s first high-probability destination for jaguars. In July, August, and September, we offer 70% probability (over 2 days) to see this, the world´s 3rd largest cat. The 145-kilo (320-pound) Jaguars are visible day and night, often from only 20-30 meters for 15-60 minutes. We finally have cracked the code and can show you this powerful and mysterious cat.
Come for 4, 5, or 6 days
on one of the suggested itineraries,
or combine it with the Pantanal Wildlife Center for the ultimate wildlife viewing experience.
See the details below
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THE PANTANAL
Located in central-western Brazil, the Pantanal is a vast mosaic of seasonally-flooded savannahs and tropical
forests that features the finest wildlife viewing in Latin America. The Pantanal harbors 4,000-7,000 Jaguars, including the
heaviest specimens in the world. A male Jaguar in our region recently weighed in at 310 pounds (144 kilos).
JAGUAR RESEARCH CENTER
At the end of the Transpantaneira Road winds a labyrinth of rivers on which our specially-trained trackers and boatmen have shown
Jaguars to guests 397 times in 220 guest days in the 2007 and 2008 dry seasons.
No other location in the world can offer anything like this probability of seeing Jaguars. Most of the Jaguars in this area appear over and over again, and we now have both a
complete face dossier of the 15 most frequently seen cats, and a growing number of data points that allow us to map the
overlapping territories of these mighty cats. Most of our clients also saw Giant
Otters and sometimes Tapirs.
The Jaguar Research Center is on the forested banks of the Three Brothers River in the very heart of the 270,000-acre Meeting-ofthe-
Waters State Park. It is composed of ten enormous, elevated, 20-by-30-ft (6x9m), African-style, walk-in tents made of thick
canvas. Each tent has hardwood floors, 2 queen beds, 2 stand-up, moveable fans, electricity for 5 h per day, an en suite bathroom
with a dry ecotoilet and warm shower, and electrical sockets for charging cameras and computers. Both 110-volt and 220-volt
electricity are available at the camp. Our dining room/lounge is an even larger, elevated tent with hardwood flooring and excellent
fans. Both the dining room tent and the sleeping tents are nestled in the shade on the wooded banks of the 70-m-wide Three
Brothers River. The Jaguar Research Center is the only lodging inside this enormous Jaguar preserve.