I have spent the last few days in the Pantanal and I saw so much wildlife while horseback trekking and boating around the wetlands. Some of the most memorable creatures were; cuddly capybaras, rare tree-climbing anteaters, scaly caymen, colourful blue and yellow macaws and howler monkeys swinging through the trees. When I stop and think about the fact that I saw all of these animals in the wild, not in a zoo, it makes me realise how lucky I have been and certainly made the early mornings worth it!
I was also quite adventurous with my food choices while I was there and even tried piranha soup! Piranha are very common in the Pantanal and it was served on my last night. I am not a fan of soup in the slightest and I am not a big lover of a lot of fish either so the combination did not exactly whet my appetite, however, as it was a local delicacy and it had been prepared for me I did not want to be rude and not even try it at all. I had a small spoonful...it did not taste as 'fishy' as I thought it might but it was not to my taste and I had no more than the first spoonful, I felt glad that I had at least tried it though. Battered catfish, another local fish, on the other hand, tasted great!
Did You Know?: The Pantanal is the largest flooded, freshwater wetland on earth and although most of it is in Brazil it also stretches into Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina too!
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