Brazil offers a vast number of attractions for travellers, ranging from relaxing on the greatest beaches of the Atlantic to wildlife observation tours in the Amazon or Pantanal along with numerous historical and cultural tours.
The Pantanal is a huge wilderness region of swamps and marshes - wetlands created by the seasonal flooding of the river Paraguay and its many tributaries. The Pantanal appeals any time of year, but it is during the dry season, April to September that most bird watchers, ecologists, and other wildlife enthusiasts come to see a great diversity of animals: the hyacinth blue macaw, jabiru woodstork, toucans, rhea, river otters, iguanas, anacondas, cougars, tapirs, caimans, deer, anteaters, dourado, jau and piranha fish, howler monkeys, capybaras and jaguar.