Pantanal Wildlife Center 1 night and Jaguar Research Center 3 nights
2010 Rates:
Regular Tour rates;
$2775 per person in double occupancy;
single supplement $320. Departures scheduled everyday.
Private Tour rates: $4105 per person in double occupancy;
single supplement $400.
See details below.
Day 1- Cuiaba/Pantanal
In Cuiaba a guide will pick you up at the airport at scheduled time and depart to the Pantanal, driving for about 2 hours to
reach the famous Transpantaneira Road. This is one of the best wildlife viewing areas in the world. Here you can admire
the flora and fauna along the Transpantaneira and make several stops on the way to film or take photographs.
Arrival at Pantanal Wildlife Center late in the afternoon, check-in and dinner will be served. Pantanal Wildlife Center was
once called Fazenda Santa Tereza. The “Fazenda” was a traditional cattle ranch. Today, it is an eco-lodge on 3,500 hectares
of flooded lands situated at the end of Rio Pixaim River. Here you are deep into the Pantanal where you can take boat
safaris on the rivers; see monkeys, many bird species, capybaras, caymans, and giant otters. You can also explore the
marked trails through the forest surrounding the Pantanal Wildlife Center. Canopy towers are strategically located at
fruiting and flowering trees. Overnight at Pantanal Wildlife Center. Dinner included.
Day 2 - Transfer to Jaguar Research Center
After breakfast at PWC you will be driving south along the Transpantaneira to the Jaguar Research Center. The
Tranpantaneira Highway provides some of the best opportunities to see a great variety of birds and wildlife. It is a photo
safari in and of itself. We will continue to the very end of this famous road, at km 140, to Porto Jofre. Here we find the
250-m-wide (820-foot-wide) Cuiabá River, which is the border between the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato
Grosso do Sul. We will complete the journey to Jaguar Research Center by boating 1-1.5 hours upstream on the Cuiaba
River and then to Three Brothers River. The 270,000-acre Meeting of the Waters State Park begins about a
third of the way up the river to the Jaguar Research Center. The Jaguar Research Center is in the very heart of this remote,
wild park, and is composed of five 12-by-14-foot, walk-in tents made of thick canvas.
The roof of the tent reaches more than 8 feet high, allowing even the tallest guests to walk around most of the tent. Each
tent also features electric light, an electrical socket for charging cameras and other equipment (both 110 volt and 220 volts
available), and a bathroom. Lunch and dinner at the Jaguar Research Center.
Day 3 - Exploring the Meeting of the Water’s State Park in search for Jaguars
The Jaguar Research Center is a tented camp, as no buildings can be erected in the pristine core of the park. It is located
on a key piece of riverbank terrain in the center of the park, and that is where we anchor the house boat. In addition to the
jaguars, there are two groups of Giant Otters. One group is near the mouth of the Piquiri River and the other near the 330-
acre island that lies seven minutes by boat upstream on the Three Brothers River. We will spend all day in search for
wildlife but focused on spot Jaguars. Overnight at Jaguar Research Center. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.
Day 4- Full Day in Search for Jaguars
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.
We’ll use small motor-boats to explore narrow and wild rivers in the core of this huge park. Recent guest have seen
several of these huge predators, during the day, many of them at very close range for extended periods. Return to the
Center at the end of the afternoon in time for dinner. Overnight at Jaguar Research Center. (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
included).
What is Included:
Prices per person include: Reception in hotel or airport in Cuiaba (CGB), road transfer to Pantanal Wildlife Center at scheduled
time (consult the fixed departures for transfers for the SIB program), 1,2, or 3 nights at Pantanal Wildlife Center according to the
chosen program with activities. Land transfer to Porto Jofre in/out and fluvial transfer in/out to Jaguar Research Center, English
bilingual guide, 3 nights at Jaguar Research Center Camp with all meals and outings included. Outings include intensive Jaguar
search involving up to 10 boat-hrs per group with customized support from special scout boats, forest walks, and photo-safaris for
capybaras, caimans, and water birds, and search for Giant Otters.
In Regular program, all services are shared. The maximum number of guests per group is 9.
Departures scheduled everyday.
Pick-up at airport 12:30 and 17:30. Drop-off at airport on return at 15:30.
Price does not include extras such as beverages, insurance, laundry, tips, internet or other personal expenses. Unlimited
drinking water is free of charge at both PWC and JRC from large water coolers. Juice is included at breakfast, and coffee and tea is
included at all meals. All other beverages, including sealed, plastic bottles of drinking water, are extra.
Children under the age of 12 are not recommended at Jaguar Research Center.
JAGUAR PROBABILITIES
The JRC Jaguar search policy is to have at least three radio-equipped boats out for most of the day between 700 am and
530 pm.With 250 Jaguars sightings by guests in 160 search days in the 2007 and 2008 dry seasons, we experienced a 90% chance per day of seeing a Jaguar and a daily average of 1.8 Jaguars. Sightings vary considerably according to heat, cold, and water levels on rivers. We cannot completely guarantee a Jaguar, but we have by far the best Jaguar record in the world, and we believe that the
data and the tens of thousands of Jaguar photographs taken by guests speak for themselves.