We have been in the Pantanal in Brazil for the last few weeks, and it has been amazing!
Yes, we were in Porto Jofre, and yes – we did see the jaguars, and we are making a separate update on that experience. But we also wanted to publish this a bit more recent one first.
After the wetlands of Pantanal, we ventured to Emas National Park to experience ”cerrado”, the tropical savanna ecosystem.
The rains finally caught up with us, so our 3 days in Emas were wet and muddy. But we managed to see tapirs and maned wolves, so it was a success!
We camped the first night at the northern gate, where a tapir and tens of peccaries casually browsed around our Defender camper at dusk. Super exciting!
Then we camped 2 more nights at the southern gate, where we saw a tapir mum with a striped baby, cuteness overload!
We also heard maned wolves and watched them running near the camp the second evening, when a friendly ranger took us for a night walk to see the glowing termite mounds. In the rainy season, it’s hard to see ant eaters and armadillos, but birds, wild flowers, and black flies are plentiful
Peak season for photographing the glowing termite mounds is September to December, but we found glowing larvae in March, too.
Parque Nacional das Emas is off the beaten track and doesn’t have much infrastructure either. You can explore some of the gravel tracks independently (30-40km, we were told) and the rest with a ranger. Although there’s no official campsite, overlanders can camp by the gates/ranger posts. Highly recommended!
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