Skip to main content

'I went on safari in Brazil and it was just as good as any in Africa'

Destinations
Katherine Masters
12 December 2024

In the Pantanal – the world’s largest tropical wetland – eco-tourism pioneer Casa Caiman is surrounded by an immense area of nature, with a dazzling array of flora and fauna to discover with the help of expert guides

Caiman guides

Katherine with Caiman guides Édson Aparecido Dias de Souza and Rafael de Andrade

I catch such a fleeting glimpse of Steve Backshall at Campo Grande airport that I doubt it is really him. But a check of his Instagram confirms that the TV naturalist has just been filming Deadly 60 in the Pantanal and so it must have been him I spotted at the region’s gateway airport.

Well, if that’s not a good omen for wildlife viewing, I don’t know what is.