点评:Recently back home from a 10 night trip through Pantanal Jaguar Safaris and it was wonderful. Booking the trip could not have been easier and any questions we had were quickly answered by Leen. My wife and I did a dissapointing Amazon trip a couple years ago in which small far away birds were what our guide pointed out most but on that trip we met some people there that suggested the Pantanal so we gave it a try and so happy we did. Along with 19 different jaguars, some seen numerous times, there were the different monkeys, giant otters, giant anteaters, abundant caiman and capybara, anaconda, deer, crazy amount of different birds including Hyacinth Macaws,a tapir a Tayra and I am sure some others I did not think to mention. We arrived in Cuiaba the day before the safari and stayed at the airport hotel which was very nice and the next morning our guide and driver met us there a few minutes early to begin the Journey.
We could not have hoped for a better person to guide us for the next 11 days. Fabio is a photographer and biologist with a crazy amount of knowledge about the area, he also worked years for Nat Geo in Brazil. Throughout the trip we were given tips on our photography and camera settings, taught some about animal behaviors, Pantanal history and talked a lot about the environment. I do not know if we will be back and do not know if clients can even ask about certain guides but if we went back we would try, although I imagine all the guides are very qualified.
The hotels we stayed in over the ten nights were nice and clean, nothing real fancy but all we did was eat and sleep there. Food was good and plentiful, filtered water, tea and coffee was always available with soft drinks and festive beverages available to buy. We got some great pictures by our standards, some exceptional memories and if there were not so many other places we want to see, we would certainly do it again.
翻译:最近刚结束了为期十晚的潘塔纳尔美洲虎之旅,真是太棒了!预订行程非常便捷,Leen也很快解答了我们提出的任何问题。几年前,我和妻子曾去过一次亚马逊,但那次旅行令人失望,导游总是指给我们看远处的小鸟。不过,在那次旅行中,我们遇到了一些朋友,他们推荐了潘塔纳尔,于是我们决定去试试,结果非常满意。除了19只不同的美洲虎(其中一些我们看了好几次),还有各种各样的猴子、巨型水獭、巨型食蚁兽、数量众多的凯门鳄和水豚、水蟒、鹿,以及数不胜数的鸟类,包括紫蓝金刚鹦鹉、貘、长尾鼬,当然还有一些我没想到的动物。我们在开始旅行的前一天抵达库亚巴,住在机场酒店,酒店很不错。第二天早上,导游和司机提前几分钟到达酒店,开始我们的旅程。
接下来的11天,我们再也找不到比法比奥更好的向导了。法比奥是一位摄影师兼生物学家,对这片区域了如指掌,他曾在巴西国家地理频道工作多年。整个旅程中,他都给予我们摄影技巧和相机设置方面的指导,讲解了一些动物习性、潘塔纳尔湿地的历史,并与我们深入探讨了当地的自然环境。我不知道我们是否还会再来,也不知道游客是否可以询问特定向导的情况,但如果再来,我们一定会尝试,尽管我想所有的向导都非常优秀。
十晚的行程中,我们入住的酒店干净整洁,虽然算不上豪华,但我们在那里也只是吃饭睡觉而已。食物美味可口,供应充足的过滤水、茶和咖啡,软饮料和节日饮品也随时可以购买。我们拍到了一些非常棒的照片,留下了难忘的回忆。如果不是还有那么多其他地方想去,我们一定会再次踏上这片土地。