Adventure Journey
By this itinerary many remote places are visited. The experience of sleeping in hammocks in places where the electricity didn't come yet and where no cars can reach illustrates the way of life of the people who conserved the Pantanal to these days. Wee privileged diversified activities that best enable you to feel the environment, such as horse riding in the Swampland of Pantanal; Bike in the Plateau of Chapada and Rafting in the Rapids of Jaciara.

Places visited
Cuiabá; Transpantaneira; Chapada dos Guimarães;Jaciara.

Dates to 2002
JAN ( 04th to 11th)
FEB ( 01st to 08th; 15th to 22nd)
MAR / APR ( Mar/ 29th to Apr/ 05th)
MAY (24th to 31st)
JUN (14th to 21st)
JUL (05th to 12th; 12th to 19th; 19th to 26th)
AUG (02nd to 12th; 16th to 26th)
SEP (06th to 13th; 27th to Oct/ 04th)
OCT (04th to11th; 18th to 25th)
NOV (01st to 08th; 15th to 22nd)
DEC (06th to 13th)

Duration
8 days / 7 nights

Activities included
Horseback riding; Canoe Trip; Wildlife watching; Off-Road; Trekking; Rafting; Mountain Bike w. down hills; Caving; Night safaris & Hammocks Sleeping

Difficulty level
Vigorous

Meals
7 lunches, 7 dinners, 7 breakfasts

Suggested extensions
Alta Floresta 5 days/ 4 nights; Serra das Araras 2days/ 1 night;
São José do Rio Claro 3 days/ 2 nights.

Adventure Journey Prices
01 pax - US$ 2,500
02 / 03 pax - US$ 1,400
04 / 06 pax - US$ 1,000
07 / 10 pax - US$ 960

Price includes
• Transport by car and on pick-ups:
• Horseback riding, pedaling boat or canoe and bike tours with specialized guides;
• Full time accompaniment of a local guide and of a native guide, both armed with binoculars, books;
• Accommodation in DBL apartments with ceiling fan in nights 1 and 2; in hammocks in night 3; in apartments with air-conditioning in nights 4/5/6/7;
• All meals. Mineral water on the transfers;

Price doesn't include
• Travel insurance;
• Beverage, repair of the broken equipments for bad traveler's use;
• Tips or any personal expense.

1st Day: CUIABÁ/ PANTANAL - Pouso Alegre
Pick up at Cuiabá airport and transfer to Pantanal. After traveling 100 km until Poconé then 10 km along the Transpantaneira highway with several stops for observation of the flora and fauna, arrival at the Hotel Fazenda Pouso Alegre - a traditional cattle ranch situated 7 km from the highway with access along a private track - located on the Flooding Field. Accommodation and dinner with introduction to the environment.
• transfer airport/ Pantanal. Night safari;
• dinner and overnight in rooms with private facilities and ceiling fan in Hotel Fazenda
Pouso Alegre.

2nd Day: PANTANAL - Pouso Alegre/ Rio Clarinho/ Rio Claro
Sunrise break at 05:00h for a walk to show the diverse forms of vegetation, an opportunity to observe Jabiru Stork nests, Parakeets and Hyacinth Macaws, as well as other birds and mammals. After breakfast, departure in pick-ups until the Rio Clarinho lodge. Lunch and, in the afternoon, a canoe trip along the Rio Claro River, for about 2h30m until the Rio Claro lodge. Dinner and overnight in beds.
• transfer Pouso Alegre/ Rio Clarinho by car; Rio Clarinho/ Rio Claro by pedaling boat;
• breakfast in Pouso Alegre; lunch in Rio Clarinho and dinner and overnight in rooms with private facilities and ceiling fan in Fazenda Rio Claro.

3rd Day: PANTANAL - Rio Claro/ Barrinha/ Nova Esperança
After an early breakfast, departure by canoes for about 3h30m hours until the Barrinha farm. Lunch and then, by canoes until the end of the river, at the Baía da Capivara - in a remote place a large lake which concentrates a lot of animals. Arriving by boats then on to the Nova Esperança, with 25m of walking. Dinner and overnight in hammocks.
• transfer Rio Claro/ Barrinha by pedaling boat and Barrinha/ Nova Esperança by boat and feet;
• breakfast in Rio Clarinho; lunch in Barrinha and dinner (camp fire) and overnight in hammocks in Nova Esperança.

4th Day: PANTANAL - Nova Esperança/ Fazenda Pixaim/ Pousada Pixaim
After an early breakfast, departure to a long journey in horses, for about 8 km or 3 h crossing a marshland and then a forest until the 're- starting' of the Pixaim River, in the beautiful Fazenda Pixaim. Arrival and transfer by car to the Hotel Fazenda Santa Tereza. Lunch and rest of afternoon free for a piranha fishing on the bank
of the river.
• transfer Nova Esperança/ Faz. Pixaim by horseback; Pixaim/ Santa Tereza by car;
• breakfast in Nova Esperança. Late lunch and dinner in Pousada Pixaim. Overnight in beds with air conditioning at Pousada Pixaim.

5th Day: PANTANAL - Pousada Pixaim/ SCRUBLAND - Chapada Guimarães
Appreciation of sunrise in Pantanal and lunch in Cuiabá (included into a short city-tour). Then on to a completely distinct environment: the Chapada dos Guimarães and its national park were, with walks through the Scrubland there is the chance to take relaxing dips in its many waterfalls and crystalline rivers. Visit to the cave Casa de Pedra (which has an underground river), views of the Morro de São Jerônimo (1000m) and the highest waterfall in the region: the Véu de Noiva, with its fall of 86 m entering a majestic canyon where the sunset can be observed. For the adept, time and instruments for watching the stars. Having already been to the town of the same name and being accommodated in a hotel in the center of the town, visits to the cemetery and the church of N. Sra. Sant'Anna (c 18th) built by indigenous people.
• transfer Pantanal/ Chapada by car;
• breakfast in Pousada Pixaim; lunch in Cuiabá and dinner and overnight in Chapada, at Hotel Turismo, in bedrooms with private facilities, air conditioning and swimming pool.

6th Day: SCRUBLAND - Chapada Guimarães/ (SCRUBLAND/ PANTANAL) - Jaciara
The whole day for a bike tour descending the Plateau in a traditional trail used in the past for horsemen. Lunch in a river beach on the way. Arrival by bike to the Coxipó region and pick up to transfer to Jaciara. Arrival at night, dinner and accommodation in a hotel.
• transfer Chapada/ Coxipó river by bikes guided by bikers. From then to Jaciara town by car;
• breakfast in Chapada. Lunch by the river and dinner and overnight in Jaciara at the Hotel Toquinho in bedrooms with private facilities
and ceiling fan.

7th Day: (SCRUBLAND/ PANTANAL) - Jaciara
After breakfast, departure to the river Tenente Amaral, for a rafting journey. Lunch in a resort place with natural aquarium (snorkel suggested). In the afternoon, two options: abseiling for the hard adventurous or bath in the many pools of different temperatures. Dinner in the city and overnight in a hotel.
• transfer to the tours by car. Rafting (level 2 for 2 hours). Optional abseiling and bath in thermal water springs.

8th Day: (SCRUBLAND/ PANTANAL) - Jaciara/ CUIABÁ
After breakfast, departure to Cuiabá with visits to caves into an archaeological sites. Arrival to Cuiabá for embarking.
• transfer Jaciara/ airport Cuiabá by car. Visit to a cave;
• breakfast in Jaciara.