Brazil


Kids with pacifiers in the pacified Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro IMG_0017-c_vividvista

Pacified

Kids with pacifiers in the pacified Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro

A Yacare Cayman in the water in the Pantanal in Brazil IMG_9277 b_vividvista

Reflections

A Yacare Cayman lies still in the water before sunset in the Pantanal in Brazil

Catedral Metropolitano mirrored in a glass facade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_0495 b_B_vividvista

Mirrored

Catedral Metropolitano mirrored in a glass facade in Rio de Janeiro

A Coati is coming down from a tree in the Pantanal in Brazil IMG_9778 b_vividvista

Coatì

A Coati is coming down from a tree in the Pantanal in Brazil

A cat looks on as a boy plays with a rope on a iron gate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_0253 b_B_vividvista

Roping it in

A cat looks on as a boy plays with a rope on a iron gate in Rio de Janeiro

Yacare Cayman, Pantanal, Brazil IMG_8726b_vividvista

Yacare Cayman

A Cayman is resting in the grass in the Pantanal in Brazil

A vulture soars high above the Christo Redentor statue on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_0100 b_B_vividvista

Soaring higher

A vulture soars high above the Christo Redentor statue on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro

Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_9987 b_B_vividvista

Nazareno

Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro

A woman gazes out deep in thought from behind an iron gate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_0229-2_vividvista

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A woman gazes out deep in thought from behind an iron gate in Rio de Janeiro

A boy grinningly shows his teeth in a window of a yellow building in the Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro IMG_0069_B_vividvista

Impish Smile

A boy grinningly shows his teeth in a window of a yellow building in the Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro

A Roadside Hawk in the Pantanal in Brazil IMG_9367-b_vividvista

Roadside Hawk

A Roadside Hawk scans the surroundings in the Pantanal in Brazil

A Yacare Cayman is enjoying the evening sun in the Pantanal in Brazil IMG_9255b_vividvista

Yacare Cayman

A Yacare Cayman is enjoying the evening sun in the Pantanal in Brazil

Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_0112-2_vividvista.jpg

Apartheid

Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro

A girls plays hide & seek in the Santa Marta Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_0054-c1 b_B_vividvista

Hide & Seek

A girls plays hide & seek in the Santa Marta Favela in Rio de Janeiro

Iguazu NP

  • UNESCO World Heritage Site

    Located on the border between Argentina & Brazil, 275 falls form the largest waterfall system in the world, stretched out over 2.7km where up to 5 olympic swimming pools of water plunge down 60-82m every second

  • Best side to visit

    Best to visit both sides. If you must choose, go for the Argentinian side that gets you closer

  • Best side to stay

    Best to stay in the park on the Brazilian side, where you can enjoy early mornings before incoming tourists arrive

Pantanal

  • UNESCO World Natural Heritage

    The Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world. It is 10 times the size of the Everglades. Less than 5% is protected: Matogrossense NP, Dorochê Reserve, Acurizal Reserve and Penha Reserve

  • Flights

    Direct inland connections are rare. Most flights are linked via São Paulo or Rio

  • Jaguars

    Home to some 5'000 Jaguars, the best chance to see them might be to check with Onçafari who have been running a pioneering Jaguar habituation project

Rio de Janeiro

  • Safety

    Rio safety concerns limit the options for independent explorations. Consider hiring a guide and/or leaving your valuables in your hotel safe