The Pantanal: Overview

With more beasties than you can poke a camera at, the Pantanal is truly wild!

The Amazon may attract more fame and glory, but the Pantanal is a far better place to see wildlife, with the greatest concentration of fauna in the New World. In the Amazon, the animals hide in the dense foliage, but in the Pantanal's open spaces, wildlife is visible to the most casual observer.

Fast Facts

Population

206,000

Currency

Name: Brazilian Real
Code: BRL
Symbol: R$

Electrical Plugs

European plug with two circular metal pins American-style plug with two parallel flat blades above a circular grounding pin Japanese-style plug with two parallel flat blades
127/220V 60Hz

Languages Spoken

Official: Portuguese

Time Zones

GMT/UTC -4 

Country Dialing Code

+55

Weights & Measures

Metric

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