How to visit the Pantanal (Brazil) without a multi-day tour?

reno_rita

I've been reading about the Pantanal (Brazil) and the information I have is that the two main cities in this area are Campo Grande and Cuiaba. The problem is that the blogs I've read state that the Pantanal must be visited with a tour or an independent guide and the budget for this is not less than 150 USD per day. I'm travelling with a lower budget and I'd like to know if it's possible to visit the Pantanal without a guide or tour and how to do...

Originally asked by Ivan on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

A friend of mine and I visited Cuiabá in the summer of 2007 with the intention of visiting the Pantanal. We were inundated by tour guides upon our arrival at the airport and the best deal we could find was a 3 day/2 night tour all inclusive for about US$200 per person from Ecoverde Tours (if my memory serves me well). We decided to wait and explore around town looking for a better deal or perhaps just hitch a ride and try to find a place to stay. The Ecoverde folks gave us a ride to town and let us keep our stuff at their guesthouse. We didn't find anything better after asking around for a whole day and decided to go back Ecoverde. While it was one of the most expensive things we did on our...

Full answer by Clayton: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/14378 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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