Jaguars & Wildlife of Brazil's Pantanal

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—By Nat Hab
Watch this short film to find out why this Expedition Leader is passionate about protecting threatened jaguars in the world’s largest seasonal floodplain!

—By Megan Brief
My best advice for capturing more than a glimpse…Learn their behavior!

—By Kimberley Brown, WWF
“When you save the jaguar, you save much more...You save the water you drink, you save the air you breathe, and you save a stable climate.”

—By Aaron Clausen, Senior Program Officer for the Sustainable Ranching Initiative in the Northern Great Plains, WWF
As a biologist working with ranch communities on landscape conservation in the NGP, I found myself visiting the Pantanal in June 2022 with Natural Habitat Adventures and was able to witness how landscape conservation is pursued in the Pantanal. I found the similarities in our two settings to be nearly as striking as the differences.

—By Ruksana Hussain
According to World Wildlife Fund, there are only about 170,000 or so of these big cats left in the wild.

—By Nat Hab traveler, Sheri Dollin
The most memorable moment was experiencing the elusive jaguar. I was overjoyed to be able to witness their daily lives without impacting them by our presence.

—By Cathy Brown
The star of the Cerrado, even more than the jaguar, giant anteater, giant armadillo and marsh deer, is the maned wolf.

—By Candice Gaukel Andrews
Continuing to gather knowledge about how these big cats live and how adept they are at adapting to changes in the world’s largest freshwater wetland—could be paramount in helping to protect them into the future.

—By Gary and Myrna Paige
Nat Hab travelers Gary and Myrna Paige recently journeyed with us to experience Jaguars & Wildlife of Brazil's Pantanal and shared these stunning photos of their adventure...

—By Emily Goodheart
The Pantanal is the world's largest freshwater wetland, extending across more than 75,000 square miles in the heart of South America. Nat Hab travelers explore this species-rich region by boat and on foot, encountering a host of animals, from giant river...

—By Maddi Higgins
The capybara is the world’s largest rodent; its closest relative is the guinea pig. Adult capybaras grow from 3.5 to 4.5 feet in length and typically weigh 77 to 146 pounds. The largest capybara ever recorded was a 201-pound wild female from Brazil...

—By Maddi Higgins
The sheer abundance of large birds, reptiles and mammals mark the Pantanal's importance as a huge reservoir of biodiversity. Here are 11 facts about these wondrous wetlands. The Pantanal covers an area of 66,100 square miles...

—By Holly Glessner
Pantanal comes from the Portuguese word pantano, which means wetland, swamp or bog. This conservation area was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 due to its unique and rich biodiversity of plant and animal life...

—By Mandy Scott
The golden lion tamarin monkey can be found only in the Atlantic rain forest in the Brazilian state of Rio. In order to see these wild primates in their natural habitat, my group left the city of Rio de Janeiro early in the morning...