Day 1.
Arrive Cuiabá (CGB) at AM flight and lunch. Drive 1:10 on asphalt to the town of Poconé, the start of the Transpantaneira, the finest and only year-round road that penetrates the heart of the 50 million acres (20 million hectares) of the Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland. This gravel-and-dirt road offers a greater quantity and variety of wildlife than any other road in the Pantanal. All parts of the Pantanal are exciting, but there is nothing that can compare with the wildlife pay-off of the Transpantaneira. Drive 1:30-2:30 on the Transpantaneira, observing wildlife, and reach the Pantanal Wildlife Centre at kilometer mark 66 of the road. The secluded Centre is actually 2.5 km off the road, on its very own long, private driveway. Overnight at PWC. (Lunch, dinner)

Day 2.
Early morning walk at the surrounding area and afternoon boat tour. PWC is the number one birding lodge in all the Pantanal. It is also the best site in the entire world for predictable viewing of wild Giant Otters (at only 1-5 m). Additionally, in 2006 we perfected a system to guarantee Brazilian Tapirs nightly at only 400 m from the lodge. In December 2006, we saw eight of these animals in less than 30 minutes. We also are the only lodge in the Pantanal offering mobile canopy towers near fruiting trees and electric catamarans for long-lens photography on the intimate, wildlife-rich river that flows next to the lodge. Overnight at PWC. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3.
Horseback riding, afternoon hiking and night spotlighting for mammals and night birds at PWC, as well as another chance to enjoy the Brazilian Tapirs only 400 m from the lodge. Overnight at PWC. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4.
After breakfast drive 1.5 h along the Transpantaneira back to the town of Poconé, and then 1:15 on asphalt to the Cuiabá airport for a short, midday flight to other destination. (Breakfast)