City: State of Mato Grosso
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Mato Grosso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu] – lit. "Thick Bushes") is one of the states of Brazil, the third-largest by area, located in the western part of the country.
Restaurants in State of Mato Grosso
1. Bateia
2. Taima Ecologic Reserve
3. Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 271 reviews
The Pantanal is one of the largest continuous wetland expanses of the planet and is located in the center of South America, in the basin of the Upper Paraguay. Its area is 150,000 square kilometers, with 65% of its territory in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 35% in Mato Grosso. The Pantanal is formed by extensive wetlands that serve as shelter for many fish, such as painted, gold, pacu, and also for other animals, such as alligators, capybaras and otters, among other species. Many endangered animals in other parts of Brazil still have vigorous populations in the Pantanal region, such as the marsh deer, the capybara, the Jabiru and the alligator. The Pantanal fauna is very rich. There are 650 species of birds (over Brazil are cataloged about 1800). The most spectacular is the hyacinth macaw, an endangered species. There is still storks (the bird symbol of Pantanal), toucans, parakeets, egrets, hummingbirds (minors may weigh two grams), herons (species of heron brown color), jacanas, emus, seriemas, parrots, spoonbills, hawks, caracara and ibises. In the Pantanal have been cataloged more than 1,100 species of butterflies. They are more than 124 species of mammals, the main ones being the jaguar (reaching 1.2 m in length, 0.85 cm tall and weighs up to 150 kg), capybara, cub, pampas deer, veado- brocket, maned wolf, monkey, marsh deer, howler the marsh (monkey that makes a scary noise in the morning), tapir, peccary, giant anteater, dog-eating fox, tapir, silkworm sloth, otter, puma, coati, armadillo etc. The region is also extremely fishy, having already been cataloged 263 species of fish: piranhas (carnivorous and extremely voracious fish), pacu, painted, gilded, cachara, curimbata, piraputanga, jau and piau are some of the species found. There are plenty of reptiles, the main one being alligator (alligator-swampland and smooth-fronted caiman), snake-mouth sapo (Jararaca), anaconda, Boa Constrictor, Snake moorhen, water-snakes and other ), lizards (iguana, lizard-green) and turtles (turtle and tortoise).
Reviewed By Bidule005 - France, null
We spent 10 days in Pantanal national park; we came there with a car using the spectacular and beautiful, red dusty track: the Transpantaneria. In the village called Porto Jofre (at the end of Transpantaneria), we took a boat to go to our boat hotel, that was located, close to the entrance of the National park entrance Pantanal is the largest wetland area in the world. The landscape of the Panatanal is wonderful; it is composed of preserved jungles and creek beds that are obstructed by grass. The fauna in Pantanal is fantastic. Every day, we used a boat to track animals, especially the jaguar. In the park, during day safaris, we have seen: - the kings and queens of the jungle: the critically endangered jaguars. We were very lucky as we saw the famous 2 brothers and one female with her 2 cubs!!! - giant otters - monkeys: howler monkeys - other mammals, e.g.: capybaras - a lot of beautiful and colourful birds - reptiles: caimans, lizards, copulation of anacondas, other snakes Taken together, I highly recommend to visit Pantanal national park in Brazil! It’s the best place to have a chance to see the fantastic jaguars in the world. It was a unique and unforgettable experience. I’ll come back!!!
4. Praia da Arara
5. Park Portais do Roncador
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4.5 based on 19 reviews
6. Transpantaneira Highway
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4.5 based on 284 reviews
Reviewed By Sa-i44 - San Diego, United States
The paved road ended and the Transpantaneira Highway began. Although called a highway this is really a red dirt road originally built in the 1960’s by Brazil’s then militarized government to transport the Brahmin cattle to the meat-processing plants in the south. It was originally supposed to go all the way to Corumbá, but 93 miles later, when they reached Porto Jofre on the Rio Cuiaba, that plan was aborted. The earth that was cleared away for the highway’s construction left large holes that have become ponds, canals, and lagoons which now attract a all sorts of wildlife. The road goes through savannahs, lily-padded marshes, and forest patches. And it has over 122 (more or less) wooden bridges. We were only going part of the way today, but would end up driving the rest of it in a few days. Close to the start of the Transpantaneira Highway was the famous “Here begins the Pantanal” sign. We stopped to take some pictures. Now it was official. I was here. As I mentioned in passing above, there are wooden bridges all along this highway. The number seems to be unclear. Whether 100 or 122 or 126, the wooden bridges by now are old and decrepit, in varying states of disrepair. Some are slowly being replaced with concrete bridges, but most of those haven’t been completed and just end in mid-air. Many people just end up driving around the bridges rather than over them, at least in the dry season. In the wet season that is not an option. And as we drove along, we kept counting bridges. At least we tried to count them, but of course, we lost track. But one of our group however kept counting and ended up with a total of 107.
7. Circuito das Cachoeiras
8. Serra do Roncador
9. Parque Florestal de Sinop
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4.0 based on 174 reviews
