All 4 in 3 days here: >90%
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
🇧🇷 Brazil
Pantanal, Brazil 992 spp. recorded
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas sits in the heart of Brazil’s Pantanal, a sprawling wetland where rivers braid through seasonally flooded grasslands and forested islands. Boardwalks and low‑rise trails wind across shallow channels, through stands of aquatic vegetation and scattered trees, giving easy access to the water‑edge and open savanna patches.
-17.089° S 56.711° W
🦜 Nature
476 Species sighted
122,269 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Aug Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 640 more species with insufficient data
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Recent sightings in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
6.9Jan
7.5Feb
6.7Mar
8Apr
68May
65Jun
71Jul
77Aug
60Sep
70Oct
50Nov
57Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries
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Recanto do Jaguar
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
4+
daysTrails
Easy
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 World-class
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
ExcellentHow rich is the wildlife?
4.8
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 606
🐒 Mammals 169
🦎 Reptiles 161
🐸 Amphibians 56
992 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
27 Threatened 41 Endemic
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Sighting
ExcellentHow likely to see animals?
5.0
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
83% 📊
Coverage (228 species at ≥5% of 992 in the inventory)
23% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (8 bird, 3 mammal, 1 reptile)
65% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
171 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
22 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
72 🏕️
Experience
ExcellentHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.8
Climate Pleasant High
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Easy High
World Heritage No —
Before you go
What animals can you see in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
992 species
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas has 992 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Jaguar (about 90%), Cocoi Heron (about 90%), Giant Otter (about 90%), Anhinga (about 90%) and Yacare Caiman (about 80%). Among amphibians, the most-seen is Chaco Tree Frog (about 20%).
When is the best time to visit Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas for wildlife?
July and August
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 90% on a given day, against about 60% in November. Those are among Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Can you see a Jaguar in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
Yes
About 90% of wildlife watchers report a Jaguar sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 713 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is July (over 90%).
Can you see a Giant Otter in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
Yes
About 90% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Otter sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 307 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is February, April and June–October (about 90%).
Can you see a Yacare Caiman in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Yacare Caiman sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 226 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is June–July, October and December (about 90%).
Can you see a Hyacinth Macaw in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
Yes
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Hyacinth Macaw sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 678 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is June (about 50%).
Where in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries
The richest sighting zone is around Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries, followed by South park edge and San Pedrinho, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas good for wildlife watching?
5.0 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas rates 5.0/5: 2nd of 316 parks worldwide and 1st in South America. 80 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
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