Brazil’s Pantanal is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including its own “Big 5.” Remote lodging in natural areas, daily game drives, and a sense that you’re completely away from it all await. The ...

A few days ago in Brazil’s Pantanal, I watched a pair of jaguars resting in tall grasses, their bodies almost disappearing ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). A visit to the northern Pantanal begins with a journey along the dirt Transpantaneira Road to the gateway town of Porto Jofre.

The word "safari," from a Swahili term meaning "journey or expedition," has long been associated with Africa. But safaris are becoming popular on other continents, and among the best is Brazil's ...

A Guatemalan wildlife photographer and guide in the Pantanal of Brazil captured rare video of “an intense standoff” the likes of which he’d never seen before. “Moments like this are rare,” Andres ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. Oct 09, 2025, 10:36am EDT "Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas" can ...

Last year in the heart of the world’s largest tropical wetland, Brazil’s Pantanal, a jaguar beloved among conservationists and nicknamed Gaia was found lifeless, charred by flames that have been ...

With its elongated nose, 60cm-long tongue and wiry, feather-duster tail, it’s hard to see a giant anteater as anything more than the fever dream of a desperate cartoonist. My guide Dai Scapini has ...

Pantaneiros [Brazilian cowboys] on horseback near the Piuval Lodge in the Northern Pantanal, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.Wolfgang Kaehler—LightRocket/Getty Images Cowboys, capybaras, and caipirinhas ...