Pantanal Wildlife Center - Fazenda Santa Tereza
4 days / 3 nights
Available any day.
2010 Rates: $990 per person in double accommodations with private guided tour and transfers at time of your choice.
Single supplement $275
See details below.
$825 with scheduled transfers: pickup times at 12:30 with stops along the transpantaneira arriving at lodge 17:00,
and airport pickup at 17:30 with no stops along the way.
Drop off times at airport when leaving the lodge at 09:30 and 15:30.
Single supplement $225.
Suggested Itinerary
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 - Pantanal Wildlife Center
After breakfast there is the opportunity for an early morning walk in the surrounding area. Return prior to lunch in time to relax
and explore some on your own. After lunch, in the afternoon you will take a boat tour of the Rio Pixaim. Pantanal Wildlife
Center is an excellent location for bird watching. It is also one of the best sites for predictable viewing wild Giant Otters from a
distance of only 3 to 16 feet away. Often they will come close to the boat, craning their necks, and snorting loudly. Overnight at
Pantanal Wildlife Center. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
Day 3- Pantanal Wildlife Center
Today you can go horseback riding in the Pantanal and in the afternoon take a hike. We are the only lodge in the Pantanal
offering mobile canopy towers near fruiting trees and electric catamarans for long-lens photography on the intimate, wildlife-rich
river that flows next to the lodge. These floating blinds are designed to allow you to sneak up silently on mammals and birds
along the banks of the river. Overnight at Pantanal Wildlife Center. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
Day 4 - Pantanal / Cuiabá
After breakfast or lunch drive 1.5 h along the Transpantaneira back to the town of Poconé and then 1:15 on asphalt to Cuiabá
airport for the connecting flight.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
Prices per person include: Reception in hotel or airport in Cuiabá (CGB) and transfer to Pantanal Wildlife Center at
scheduled time, English-speaking guide, and 2, 3, or 4 nights, according to the chosen program, with full board, activities that
involve combination of motorboat outings, canoe excursions, forest walks, tower experiences, night spotlighting outings, and
horseback rides.
In Regular program, all services are shared. The maximum number of guests per group is 9.
In Private program, the transfer is at the time of your choice, guide and excursions will be in private, and the guide will
speak English. With advance warning we can provide a guide who speaks German, French, Italian, Spanish, or Japanese. With
even more advance warning, other languages are available, but at extra cost.
Price does not include extras such as beverages, insurance, laundry, tips, internet or other personal expenses. Unlimited
drinking water is available at Pantanal Wildlife Center 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.
WEATHER WARNING
Ten percent of days during the May-September “dry-season” are cold and sometimes even rainy, with high and low
temperatures of 9-12 degrees C (48 to 54 degrees F). For windy, cold boat rides, bring rainwear and warm winter coats and
hats. Ninety percent of the days are hot and sunny.