After another 22-hour bus ride from the island, we arrived in Campo Grande, Brazil, where we walked around the city for two days in search of more bug spray and an ATM, and then headed to the Pantanal. The Pantanal is a massive expanse of wetland that hosts an amazing array of wildlife. It is home to Capybaras, the largest rodent in the world, caimans, anacondas, piranhas, howler monkeys, parrots and many other colorful birds. We spent 3 nights and 4 days on boat tours, swamp and jungle hiking, piranha fishing, and horseback riding.
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| We roughed it out in this cabin next to the Rio Paraguay river. |
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| Caimans are much smaller than alligators and we could get very close to them; even swim in the water with them. Some areas of the riverbanks had thousands of caimans piled on top of one another. |
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| Piranha fishing! |
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| Yum! We caught the fish, and the guides fried them up for us! |
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| A Jabiru Stork, the symbolic animal of The Pananal. |
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| Hiking in search of anacondas. |
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| We didn't see any anacondas on land, so we went wading through the water to search for them barefoot. |
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| Rodents Of Unusual Size; these ROUS's, locally known as the water-pig, or Capybara, have webbed feet and can hold their breath underwater for 5 minutes. They are the largest rodents in the world, reaching about 2 feet tall and weighing as much as 150 lbs. |
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| Howler Monkey napping in the shade of a tree. |
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| Horseback riding through the tall grass in search of more animals. |
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| Baby caiman that our guide caught while we were hiking. |
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