- Morning stroll around the pousada
- Safari along the Transpantaneira
- Sighting of a giant anteater, which I can approach on foot through the swamp
- Observe three magnificent yellow-breasted macaws right next to the pousada
- Second evening boat tour on the Rio Claro
A day can hardly start better, hardly out of the room, we can do three wonderful ones Brown-eared Arassaris watch while jumping around and eating in a treetop.
Do themselves next door parrot amicable at the mango tree, the splendid ones Gray Cardinal with the red hood sitting in the bushes and a curiously-haired one Hokko chicken eats from the remains on the ground. Exercise right next to the lodge Howler monkey in the treetops. Then it's time to quench your rumbling stomach with a delicious breakfast buffet.
Fabricio has one for this morning Forest walk intended. However, the forest is strangely quiet, so that after a while we turn back. Despite long dresses, we already have quite a few Blood toll paid, but the mosquito situation is expected to get much worse by February. So we continue to drive our pickup truck on the Transpantaneira. Tourists are not to be seen here either, just a cowboy or fishing locals every now and then.
The sun burns down mercilessly from heaven, which is probably too hot for the animals. When we are already thinking of turning back, a termite mound turns out to be Giant anteater.
A real stroke of luck, because it is anything but common that the mammal is looking for food in the blazing sun at this time of day. The primeval-looking animal leisurely walks its lanes in the completely flooded field. With its long claws and the up to 60 cm long tongue at the end of the pointed snout, it mainly eats ants and termites. Fabricio says if I don't mind getting wet shoes, I should give him a go approaching against the wind. After all, anteaters see very poorly, but smell all the better. So I wade a few meters up to the animal in the water that is sometimes knee-deep. In fact, he doesn't even notice me and I can take photos comfortably.
We get further Swamp deer before we arrive back at the Pousada Rio Claro around noon. After a cooling shower, it's time for the lunch buffet. We have both got pretty sun on our safari seat.
Then siesta is announced until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It is quite a draw thunderstorm over. When the rain subsided, Fabricio suddenly came running. He has three rare ones Yellow-breasted macaw at the pousada discovered. The wonderful parrots entertain us for a long time: We can watch how skilfully the birds know how to use their feet and beak to peel a banana that they received from one of the pousada employees.
Today we don't leave until 5 o'clock because of the great heat. This time, on the evening boat tour, it's initially upriver in the opposite direction. We get more Eagles, cormorants, darter and iguanas to face. The hoped-for giant otters or a jaguar unfortunately stay away. When the river is completely barricaded for all the water lilies, making it impossible to continue our journey, we turn around and drive a little further downstream. Suddenly there comes a two meter long one Caiman straight to the boat.
The guy seems to know he's getting a bite here. To catch the piranha on a stick, however, it has to stretch properly and get out of the water. Storm clouds are slowly gathering up and we get back to the lodge just in time, where the excellent dinner is already waiting for us.
At 8 o'clock we start again for a night safari. Right next to the lodge we get to see caimans, bathing capybaras and maikongs (also called crab fox). A little further in the forest we catch a glimpse of a coati and further caimans cross the road. However, other large mammals cannot be seen.
