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Fazenda Barranco Alto

  • Fazenda Barranco Alto
  • Fazenda Barranco Alto
  • Fazenda Barranco Alto
  • Fazenda Barranco Alto
  • Fazenda Barranco Alto
  • Fazenda Barranco Alto
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This rustic family-run eco-lodge deep in the Pantanal offers an authentic farm experience and wildlife safaris to just a handful of guests.

Set in a wild, remote corner of the Pantanal, family-run Fazenda Barranco Alto is a huge lagoon-side ranch with a small selection of rooms. The wetlands, where the farm is situated, host a mind-boggling 4,791 species of wildlife, viewable on guided tours in 4WD, by motor boat, on horseback, in a canoe or on foot.

Highlights include hyacinth macaws, with gorgeous electric blue plumage, lanky storks, families of giant otters and caiman. You can bird-watch from a hammock, or sit beside a river quietly fishing. At the end of the day, cool down with a dip in the velvety dark waters of the Rio Negro and move on to an ice-cold sunset caipirinha.

This is a genuine farm experience - accommodation is rustic, but you’ll feel part of the landscape, engaging with the authentic Pantanal cowboys who work here. All your meals are home-cooked using traditional ingredients, many of them from the fazenda’s own garden.

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What our clients say

  • Highlight: The wildlife at Mutum - tapir, caimans, anteater, capybara, massive range of birdlife

    DL, London Nov 2016
  • This trip was memorable from start to finish. We will definitely be visiting Brazil again.

    JH, Dorking Mar 2015
  • Rio - the ultimate party city. The Pantanal - fascinating wildlife. Iguacu - Wow ! And the Andes - Incredible. We ran out of superlatives to describe what we were…

    PM, Stamford Brook Mar 2014
  • Our trip was most enjoyable particularly because of the wide variety of locations and experiences. Difficult to pick out the most memorable - but the Anavilhanas l Lodge was quite…

    PA, Bourne End Dec 2014
  • Most Memorable Moment?: We were lucky enough to have a major thunder storm overnight at the Iguazu falls and these were unbelievably spectacular the next day.  Also the Lencois Marahenas…

    KT, Andover Nov 2017
  • Highlights?: The sighting of Fera the jaguar, and the giant otter sighting at Rio Mutum.

    MM, Ascot Sep 2017
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Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba (Argentina) to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.

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