Brazil - Just Jaguars! Traveller Reviews

A four day trip to Iguazu Falls was followed by eleven days amazed by the wildlife of the Pantanal.

Excellent about sorting out the holiday at very short notice. Great guides.

Went on a Naturetrek tour called "Just Jaguars". Expected to see a few somewhere in the ditstance. instead sent 4 days closely watching and photographing between 6 to 9 different Jaguars. Best of all 2 spent 4 to 5 hours sleeping. walking, and lounging around across the river bank from us. Absolutely brilliant. The killers was to turn around a bend in the river and see a 4/5 month old Jag pup drinking from the river. That plus following the family of 8 Great River otters as they swam, fished, argued and eat for a couple of hours. Add to this about 150 different birds. 5 types of colourful kingfishers and some staggering parrots and Hyacinth macaw. Brilliant thoughtout

This was booked through Naturerek. A 3 centre holiday where you stayed just long enough to see everything but not too long so you get bored. The floatel in the Jaguar are so far exceed expectation. Local guide terrifc. A well organised tour, which ticked all the boxes.

Nature holiday staying at 3 different lodges in The Pantanal. Had 8 close up jaguar sightings along with lots of other mammals and birds. Excellent guide.

Very professional. Deliver what they promise.

We visited Brazil for the first time to hopefully see jaguars, which we did, saw lots of, very well organised for that, also so many super birds, we now want to go back to see them again.

All the pre-tour information they gave was very helpful, everything was well organised and it's nice knowing you are travelling with a company who does this so often, has a good reputation, and knows how to handle any problems, should they occur.

It lived up to everything that we expected and was totally in line with all the published material and information we received ahead of the trip.

They are best tour operator for nature/wildlife trips. Would always use them for this type of trip.

The holiday was well organised. The pre departure information very complete. We were lucky enough to be able to admire several Jaguars as well as lots of birds and other Pantanal wildlife like kaaiman, capybara, monkeys, giant river otters... The flotel, which was our home for 4 days, has an excellent location in the middle of jaguar territory. The place to be. It was wonderful to see different Jaguars. We even watched a kill. What needs to be done however, by the local touroperators, is to try to better regulate the sigthings as it became quite hectic as soon as a jaguar was spotted. A system like only allowing a certain number of boats for a pre defined time at a sighting would be an improvement and make the experience even more exclusive. It does work well in the private concessions in Africa. We also loved the lectures given by the resident biologists in the evening. This holiday certainly is to be recommended for animal and bird lovers

Well organised. Staff available when needed. Good pretty departure information package

My trip was a 9 day Naturetrek holiday to the Brazilian Pantanal, primarily to search for jaguars. There were 12 in our group and we all got on extremely well. We stayed in 3 lodges in different locations, each of which offered a different experience. The overall trip was well planned and exceeded expectations - food was extremely good and varied considering the remote locations and each lodge provided different wildlife viewings. We had 10 good sightings of jaguars including swimming, hunting sleeping and mating. On top of that we had great viewings including several giant river otters, capybara, caiman, ocelot, tapir, howler monkeys, porcupine, giant anteaters and a huge number of magnificent birds including daily hyacinth macaws. Our guide was knowledgeable, fun and always on duty - all in all an excellent holiday.

This was my first trip with Naturetrek and I was very impressed. I would certainly use them again. We felt well looked after and could relax as every detail had been taken care of.

Non-stop wildlife sightings and jaguars on all our boat trips. Excellent tour leader naturalist.

Naturetrek are the best for wildlife holidays with small groups and knowledgeable tour leaders. This is my fifth trip with them.

THis was an excellent holiday not only for seeing eight different Jaguars but also for many other animals including Tapir and Giant River Otter, and over 170 species of birds. Naturetreks office staff were most helpful and informative prior to the trip. All the ground arrangements went well without hitch and our guide Naun was excellent throughout.

Very helpful and flexible in the booking and prior departure service.

Excellent guide, Marcos Felix, ensured we had great sightings of jaguars, ocelot and giant river otters. Marcos works well with other guides to maximise views and is considerate and courteous to all guests. He works exceptionally hard and put on evening and early morning drives in order to improve our chances of seeing mammals and birds. We saw an impressive number of birds and mammals on a great holiday.

Easy to deal with, clear information and advice results in a great service to customers.