Anteater, jaguar and co.
The Pantanal has a lot to offer regarding animals. Here our most memorable encounters.
A burning wetland
40 degrees, no shade and a gloomy atmosphere. The sun’s rays can’t penetrate what looks like fog. But it smells of ash and you can see the smoke drifting past. To the right and left, burnt trees, alligators on the shore and the odd green island that has survived the devastating fire. One kilometre after …
Following the europeans through south Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil. It is mountainous and rocky in the north, on the edge of the São Paulo plateau, and flat in the south. The state is strongly characterised by immigration from Europe in the 19th century, mainly Italian and German-speaking immigrants. They fled the economic and political …