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Wildlife of the Pantanal Photo Tour 2024 – Dale Morris

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The tabebuia trees of Piuval in the Northern Pantanal were in full floral display when I arrived for the first of my 2 Oryx Photo tours this year. I call them ‘the candy floss’ trees for obvious reasons. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”51350″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Their pink flowers are a spectacular sight. The scenery of Piuval, which, … Read more

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Brazil – Wildlife of the Pantanal with Dale Morris

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We arrived at the Piuval Nature Reserve in Brazil’s Pantanal region just in time to witness the flowering of the yellow and pink Piuva trees. It was an amazing spectacle that made the landscape here look like it had been adorned with candy floss.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”49112″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”45374″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”49114″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We spent several … Read more

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Wildlife of the Pantanal Photo Tour 2022 – From a Guest’s Perspective

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In August 2022 I attended the ORYX Brazil – Wildlife of the Pantanal Photo Tour. Our ORYX guide was Dale Morris. I have taken several trips with Dale, and he always does a top-notch job. He is constantly in the background making sure of every detail, so guests have the best time and safest … Read more

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My First Pantanal Photo Tour

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As I write this, I can close my eyes and feel the cool air blowing on my face as we navigate the Cuiabá River in search of jaguars. I can smell the sweetness in the air of flowers in bloom. I can hear river otters splashing as they frolic alongside the boat. I can see … Read more

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Wildlife of the Pantanal with Dale Morris

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The pink and yellow flowers of the tabaua trees made the Pantanal landscapes seem as if the typically green and brown trees of the world had been replaced by brightly coloured cotton candy. They are beautiful, and made for a stunning backdrop to a menagerie of Brazilian wildlife. Herds of capybara (the world’s largest rodent) wandered … Read more

Through The Eyes of Dale Morris

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As a child growing up in a Welsh slum beneath an ever-present drizzle of rain, Dale Morris suspected there might be more to life than collieries and damp sheep.  He had seen glimpses of a wider, vastly more wonderful world in wildlife documentaries.  Steamy jungles full of glamorous primates. Arctic ice flows where white … Read more

Dreaming of the World’s Big Cats

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] You may ask yourself, why have we created a wildlife photography program designed to see a number of the world’s big cats? What is it about big cats that makes them so special? As anyone who has spent time with a big cat will tell you, they exude a number of qualities that magnify … Read more

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The Top 10 Reasons to Visit the Pantanal

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Pantanal in Brazil takes one on an adventure in one the world’s last true untouched wildernesses. Saturated with wildlife, this is an absolute gem for photographic enthusiasts and naturalists alike. With such an array of birds, mammals and reptiles, there is no shortage of moments to capture. From gazing at tree canopies for feathered … Read more

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A Pantanal Photo Safari – by Terry Jackson

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Considered one of the ten “mega-diversity” countries of the world, a Brazil photography tour is an adventure to the vast Pantanal, an endless mix of backwaters, lakes, rivers, gallery forests and forested islands. This is the planet’s largest tropical wetland and is home to some of the most spectacular concentrations of wildlife in South America. … Read more

Cruising the Pantanal

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I sit in a small motorboat in a shallow tributary of the Paraguay River in Brazil’s flooded Pantanal region. It’s a beautiful and peaceful place, alive with jungle trees and bright green swamps, the idyllic backdrop for Pantanal tours. The boat’s engine goes kaput, casting us adrift in the middle of one of the largest … Read more

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