Trip of the week: wildlife spotting in the wetlands of Brazil 

The Pantanal wetland is home to a dazzling array of wildlife and the best place on Earth to see jaguars

Water lilies in the river in Sierra Amolar in the Pantanal National Park, Brazil 
The Pantanal: the world’s largest tropical wetland
(Image credit: Pulsar Imagens/Alamy Stock Photo )

Spread across an area the size of Great Britain, the Pantanal, in southwest Brazil, is the world’s largest tropical wetland. It is the best place on Earth to see jaguars, and home to a dazzling array of other wildlife too, says Lisa Grainger in The Times. Go in the dry season, between April and October; you can fly to the city of Campo Grande, and from there get a prop plane to one of the region’s excellent lodges. Among them is Casa Caiman, a terracotta-tiled estancia with a swimming pool. Set in a privately-owned 74,000 acre ecological reserve, it plays host to Onçafari, a wildlife organisation devoted to jaguar preservation and research.

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