“Excellent value and wildlife viewing.”

We stayed here for 4 nights and saw lots of wildlife on the ranch including jaguars, tapir, marmots, macaws etc. The lodge itself is comfy with AC in the large rooms, a nice small pool, adequate buffet and everything relatively cheap. We are from the UK and our travel company had arranged a private… Több

We stayed here for 4 nights and saw lots of wildlife on the ranch including jaguars, tapir, marmots, macaws etc. The lodge itself is comfy with AC in the large rooms, a nice small pool, adequate buffet and everything relatively cheap. We are from the UK and our travel company had arranged a private guide who also stayed at the lodge and took us out on all the excursions. He also came with us for a day trip to Porto Jofre where we saw 9 jaguars on the Cuiaba river. Well worth a visit. It’s not a lodge that is commonly used by UK tour operators but we found it excellent and much better value and better wildlife viewing than other lodges.

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“A mini Pantanal”

This is a special place in so many ways. First and foremost, the wildlife. We didn’t think we’d have much luck seeing lots of animals outside of the park but boy, were we wrong. The property was huge with a lot of different types of landscapes. We only spent one night here and explored the proper… Több

This is a special place in so many ways. First and foremost, the wildlife. We didn’t think we’d have much luck seeing lots of animals outside of the park but boy, were we wrong. The property was huge with a lot of different types of landscapes. We only spent one night here and explored the property day and night, in safari vehicles and on foot. We were amazed by everything we saw in such a short visit: 4 giant anteaters, including a baby on mom’s back, within 15 minutes of our morning drive; a jaguar, foxes, and an ocelot during a night drive; marmoset and capuchin monkeys; and most amazingly a pair of jaguar mating! The biodiversity here is incredible. After already spending 6 days in Pantanal, we were blown away by our experience at Pivual. If you enjoy wildlife and beautiful birds, definitely stay here. Another highlight was the cowboys and the livestock. These were not tourist attractions, this lodge is a working farm with thousands of cows and many horses. We enjoyed watching cowboys running the horses back and forth across the property grounds and the huge herd of cows coming home at sunset. It was beautiful. Last but not least, this is a well-kept and well-run lodge with big and comfortable rooms, delicious (and a huge variety of) food, and friendly and helpful staff and guides. We regret our schedule only allowed us to spend one night here. We would have liked to enjoy the pool and other facilities if we had more time.

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“Good property but food options not good”

The property is fantastic, the staff at the reception was very helpful. It’s unfortunate that One needs to know Portuguese or Spanish make the most of your stay and no one speaks English . Now in my opinion when you are on a safari or a holiday and that too staying in a resort who has been informe… Több

The property is fantastic, the staff at the reception was very helpful. It’s unfortunate that One needs to know Portuguese or Spanish make the most of your stay and no one speaks English . Now in my opinion when you are on a safari or a holiday and that too staying in a resort who has been informed vegetarians are coming, one should be prepared. All Main meals had between 4-6 options of various forms of meat - for vegetarians every meal was rice beans and one veg mostly squash. Usually in buffest around the world one has 4-5 different vegetables and a couple of meats for the job vegetarians to add on. Very very disappointed with the food and if you are a vegetarian I would suggest you carry your own food as you won’t get much here. Other than that the property, as I said, is the best in the region. Wish they do something on the food front. I am quite sure they are happy with their present ‘clientele’ which I noticed, but it’s always good to have people from other parts of the world too…

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“Tour Group Host Lodge”

We spent three nights at this property primarily designed for hosting a revolving influx of tour groups The A/C rooms were modern, clean but very small with no chairs in the room, however there were two chairs outside the room adjacent to the common walkway. The room also accommodated a small frid… Több

We spent three nights at this property primarily designed for hosting a revolving influx of tour groups The A/C rooms were modern, clean but very small with no chairs in the room, however there were two chairs outside the room adjacent to the common walkway. The room also accommodated a small fridge and the large king size bed was quite comfortable. The property consisted of a large inviting pool, however there were only four lay down chairs around the pool that were quickly used up between safaris. The restaurant was basic tour group semi functional buffet, consisting of highly salted and tasteless fair that often became a zoo with tourists bumping and jockeying for position at the food dishes. Breakfast juices were highly watered down and had the consistency of colored water! The restaurant staffs are awesome and very attentive, immediately taking drink orders on ones arrival. Electricity and internet were intermittent and often went down for short periods…… On safari we would see a range of animals and birds including giant anteaters, foxes, leopards, weasels etc. The safari part is interesting and the restaurant a necessary evil for a stay here.

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