The Pantanal

On day five of our vacation in Bonito we went on a day trip to the Pantanal. This is an enormous natural wetland area in Brazil. We spent the day at a farm and ranch enjoying the wildlife and scenery. Our first activity of the day was a safari type ride to look for animals, mostly birds. Here are some of our favorite shots.

A pack of emmas that we saw. They are like ostriches, but a little smaller.

A kingfisher, he is so cute!

These two storks were amazing and huge! It was extra cool because a book we had recently read as a family had storks in it.

Not sure what these are ,but the pink is cool.

This alligator is waiting for his lunch, some fish trying to swim upstream.

This is an anteater. He was way bigger than I thought they were, like a small bear.

After our little safari we took a break for a delicious traditional lunch and a rest. Here is Scott with his after lunch cafezino.

Isaac and Traci taking a rest.

Our next adventure was a boat ride for some more nature watching. Scott and Ethan are hanging out on the way to the boat.

Isaac and Ethan had to sit on the upper deck of the boat. They raced to the boat and were the first ones up there.

This is a capivara, which is a gigantic rodent, but kinda cute. They are everywhere.

The river we were on.

Then we stopped for some pirana fishing.

Owen "caught" a pirana. He had a little help from the guide who placed it on the hook. He was delighted with his catch.

Ethan also "caught" a pirana. Then we fed them to an alligator.

At the end of the day the macaws and parrots joined us at the farm. We had some juice, cake and popcorn for a snack. The parrots kept eating the boys' popcorn, and they kept feeding it to them.

 

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