Brazil

The Pantanal

Forget the Amazon for actually seeing animals — the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland, lays its wildlife out across open marshes: jaguars lounging on riverbanks, giant otters bickering, hyacinth macaws in screeching blue pairs and caimans beyond counting.

Best forTropical
Approx. flying time~10h 55m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportPuerto Suárez (PSZ)

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About this place

Boat safaris out of Porto Jofre, at the end of the Transpantaneira road, offer the planet's most reliable jaguar sightings. Come in the July-to-October dry season, when animals crowd the shrinking rivers and the roads stay passable.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 29°C in June to 36°C in September. Driest in July and August; wettest in January, with rain on about 17 days.

The year at a glance — pick a month for detail

August33° · rain 1 dayHot and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — May to August.

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