The following is a selection of the more upmarket Pantanal operators who deal with both complete packages and bookings for boats and/or lodges.
Aguas do Pantanal Av. Afonso Pena 367, Miranda T67/3242-1242. This company owns and runs several pousadas around Miranda, Passo do Lontra and Porto Morrinho on the Rio Paraguai.
Anaconda Rua Marechal Deodoro 2142, […]

If you talk to locals about visiting the Pantanal they will almost certainly recommend going in by road. This is usually cheaper and quicker than renting a boat or going on one of the cruises. The main problem, though, is knowing where and how to go, and which company or lodge to choose. This […]

There are very few places on earth where it is so easy to see so much wildlife as in the Pantanal, which occupies an arguably unique ecological niche as an unparalleled bio-genetic reservoir. It’s almost unnerving spending the afternoon on the edge of a remote lagoon in the swamp, surrounded by seemingly endless streams […]

Fed by rivers from the Andes to the west and the Brazilian central plateau to the north, THE PANTANAL is an open swampland larger than France that extends deep into the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. A slightly daunting region to visit, running 950km north to south and averaging around […]