Pantanal Photo Safari

The next day the group will travel to Porto Jofre to board the Panoramico Flotel, which will be our home and base for the next few days.

The flotel (or houseboat, as we might call it) is simple but comfortable, with 12 rooms, all of which are ensuite and air-conditioned. The food is good, and more importantly, it gives quick and easy access to the areas where the wildlife is…not too dissimilar to The Pangolin Voyager in that respect.

This area is Jaguar central, which will of course be the primary subject matter that we would hope to see and photograph, and with our expert guides and ground handlers with us, we are highly confident that we will get plenty of the shots we are looking for.

Like The Chobe again the activities are water-based. The boats are spacious, and although they don’t have photo chairs, they will serve us well. The main thing is being able to call on the local knowledge from the rest of the team plus the photographic expertise of Charl and Sabine, who will have been right there less than a week before.

The photographic highlight (apart from the jaguars) include capybara, caiman, other mammals like giant otters, and prolific and beautiful bird life (toucans and macaws!) And we would hope to see and photograph rarer species like ocelots. The Pantanal is such a well-known photo safari destination that its reputation is well established!

In between activities and in the evenings there will be briefings as well as time to review the images that you have taken so far in this incredible natural environment.