Brazil Pantanal Research and Conservation

The Pantanal is the world’s largest and one of the most spectacular freshwater wetland. It is a huge, landlocked river delta that floods annually forming the habitat for an abundance of life.

The Pantanal is one of the world’s most productive habitats, the 36.5 million-acre expanse is home to the greatest concentration of fauna in the Americas. Annual floods, fed by tropical rains through the tributaries of the Paraguay River create a giant nursery for aquatic life, including 260 species of fish and in the dry season waters recede and great influxes of birds and other animals descend.

The Volunteer Role

As a volunteer on this conservation project, you will witness first hand the amazing productivity of the Pantanal and the stunning concentration of wildlife that inhabit it. Volunteers conduct research in partnership with a local University working to help conserve the stunning area and wildlife that inhabit it.

Volunteers will assist with some of the following tasks:

Capturing peccaries & following peccary foraging trails
Opening trails
Behavioral observations
Radio tracking
Mammal census
Fecal analysis
Fruit experiments & Fruit census

You will be trained on how to collect the data and information, identify animals and radio tracking.

Project Location

The Pantanal, one of the most magnificent and productive wetland systems on the planet, is a huge, 36.5 million-acre landlocked river delta in central South America, located in the upper Paraguay River basin and straddling the border with Paraguay and Bolivia.

Accommodation & Meals

You will be staying in a comfortable lodge and volunteers will divide themselves between the available bedrooms in the air-conditioned apartments, which each contain approximately 4 beds. You will have access to all the facilities you need. Food is excellent and you will be provided with a main meal at lunchtime.

Programme Overview

Duration & Prices: 2 weeks £1299, 3 weeks £1599

Combine this project with our Brazil Portuguese Language School

How to book & pay:
Pay £195 deposit to book. Balance due 12 weeks prior to departure.

What is included?
Airport transfer
All accommodation & meals
All project related transport
24 emergency contact
Onsite support

What is not included?
Flights
Extra activities not on itinerary
Travel Insurance

Programme Summary:
Involvment in an environmental conservation project in Latin America. Helping to protect one of the world's most spectacular and productive habitats and ensuring the survival of the wildlife that lives there.
Other Brazil volunteer work

Arrival dates: Please contact us for programme dates.

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