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'Bradt Travel Guides simply have the best wildlife coverage of any of the popular guide books.' BBC Wildlife
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Bradt's fully illustrated wildlife guides focus on regions of the world particularly celebrated for their amazing and often unique species. With spectacular photography or exclusive watercolour drawings throughout, each visitors' guide provides an introduction to the region's principal flora and fauna alongside suggested wildlife itineraries, practical information on when to go and what to take and photography tips. Written in a deliberately engaging way, they offer something different from dry field guides, and will appeal to the interested layman as much as the wildlife devotee. Ideal as a lightweight companion to any wildlife trip they also make a handsome souvenir. The Pantanal of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay is South America's Serengeti: its wetlands are the largest on earth (they're half the size of France) and, in the dry season, crocodiles and storks jostle to gobble the last of the dying fish. Here, the continent's largest cat, the jaguar, lives alongside giant otters, anacondas and the world's largest parrot. A comprehensive introduction to the best place to watch wildlife in South America, and beautifully illustrated throughout, Bradt's Pantanal Wildlife is the only portable book to cover all the main wildlife groups while focussing exclusively on the Pantanal.
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Straddling Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, the Pantanal is often hailed as the world's largest wetland. Its aquatic habitats are home to a wealth of animal life, which in recent years has become a magnet for growing numbers of ecotourists, wildlife enthusiasts and birders. Until now there was no easy way for the curious visitor to identify and learn about the animal life of this unique region. This guide fills the niche admirably.
After opening chapters on the Pantanal environment, the fauna is treated by taxonomic group: mammals, birds, herps, fish and invertebrates. Species are depicted by high quality photographs, many of which have been taken by the author, himself an accomplished nature photographer. Coverage is given to distinctive species most readily encountered and recognised by the non-specialist: from the cockroach-eating Brown Huntsman spiders that startle lodgers in their rooms, to the upside down perching Cracker butterfly; and from sociable Coatis and Proboscis Bats to mollusc eating Limpkins and Snail Kites. The concise text provides just enough natural history to satisfy the curious visitor: Toco Toucans relish Hyacinth Macaw eggs, for example, yet they are also the main disperser of the seed of the Sterculia tree that the macaws nest in.
Such has been the growth in tourism to the Pantanal in recent years that there are now many dedicated lodges that provide bed, board and guide services in different parts of the region. The book offers a useful 30 page overview of Pantanal accommodation, including local maps, contact information and prices. It concludes with a section on finding wildlife, including tips on how to see a Jaguar - an animal that is now easier to find here than anywhere else.
All in all a very handy, portable guide that will ensure that visitors make the most of their Pantanal wildlife experience.
Chris Sharpe, 5 May 2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-84162-305-4
After opening chapters on the Pantanal environment, the fauna is treated by taxonomic group: mammals, birds, herps, fish and invertebrates. Species are depicted by high quality photographs, many of which have been taken by the author, himself an accomplished nature photographer. Coverage is given to distinctive species most readily encountered and recognised by the non-specialist: from the cockroach-eating Brown Huntsman spiders that startle lodgers in their rooms, to the upside down perching Cracker butterfly; and from sociable Coatis and Proboscis Bats to mollusc eating Limpkins and Snail Kites. The concise text provides just enough natural history to satisfy the curious visitor: Toco Toucans relish Hyacinth Macaw eggs, for example, yet they are also the main disperser of the seed of the Sterculia tree that the macaws nest in.
Such has been the growth in tourism to the Pantanal in recent years that there are now many dedicated lodges that provide bed, board and guide services in different parts of the region. The book offers a useful 30 page overview of Pantanal accommodation, including local maps, contact information and prices. It concludes with a section on finding wildlife, including tips on how to see a Jaguar - an animal that is now easier to find here than anywhere else.
All in all a very handy, portable guide that will ensure that visitors make the most of their Pantanal wildlife experience.
Chris Sharpe, 5 May 2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-84162-305-4
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book offers a great introduction to Pantanal wildlife - in a broad overview and with plenty of colour pictures.
It falls on practicalities. There is nothing on tour operators in the Brazilian Pantanal, nothing on designated specialist guides (for wildlife - for instance) and only a handful of the Pantanal lodges are reviewed - albeit fairly well. There is also nothing on facilities in the Pantanal gateway cities - notably Cuiaba, Corumba, Caceres, Miranda and Campo Grande (from where tours are organised) and the book favourably reviews a lodge which is currently being investigated by the Brazilian authorities for bad environmental practice.
There is also nothing on Bonito or the Chapada dos Guimaraes both of which are often visited in conjunction with the Pantanal and which lie on its fringes.
To be useful the book needs to be used in conjunction with a more comprehensive guidebook which does include this missing information - like the Footprint Brazil.
It falls on practicalities. There is nothing on tour operators in the Brazilian Pantanal, nothing on designated specialist guides (for wildlife - for instance) and only a handful of the Pantanal lodges are reviewed - albeit fairly well. There is also nothing on facilities in the Pantanal gateway cities - notably Cuiaba, Corumba, Caceres, Miranda and Campo Grande (from where tours are organised) and the book favourably reviews a lodge which is currently being investigated by the Brazilian authorities for bad environmental practice.
There is also nothing on Bonito or the Chapada dos Guimaraes both of which are often visited in conjunction with the Pantanal and which lie on its fringes.
To be useful the book needs to be used in conjunction with a more comprehensive guidebook which does include this missing information - like the Footprint Brazil.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who travels a fair bit and looks for wildlife wherever I go, I'm hoping Bradt brings out more books in this brilliant series as quickly as possible. This one is a great addition - packed with detail but not overwhelming, it covers one of the most exciting wildlife-watching areas in the world, Brazil's Pantanal wetland. This is the home of the jaguar, maned wolf, giant anteater and nearly 500 species of birds. The chapters about the main animal groups help you make sense of what you see with easy-going but informative text, and are full of lovely photos of the more interesting species. Perhaps the best bit comes next, the detailed chapter on how to get around, places to go and what you'll see there. There's also a chapter about how to make the most of your experience. This one's the real appetite-whetter, showing you exactly what it's like when you meet your first jaguar or find yourself surrounded by a swarm of technicolour butterflies. If you haven't already started searching for your flights this one will inspire you to do so. Anyone visiting the Pantanal, whatever their interest in wildlife (but let's face it, there's no better reason to visit the area than wildlife-watching) will be very grateful they chose this book.
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I have just returned for a wonderful trip to the Pantanal in Brazil and took this book with me - it was a very useful and informative little book with lots of tips and good photos... Read more
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