With more than 20 years of experience in guiding tours, professional photographer Octavio Campos Salles and naturalist Larissa Pantanal founded this company to provide exclusive small-group wildlife photography and natural history tours. Each of our itineraries is designed to immerse you in the natural wonders and rich biodiversity of our destinations, guided by the best tour leaders in the field.
WHY BOOK WITH US?
- 24 years of experience guiding tours.
- Fully licensed tour company and guides.
- We represent prominent photography tour agencies around the world.
- Vast photography, birding and natural history knowledge by all our guides.
- Very high customer return rate.
- The best boat drivers and Jaguar/Puma spotters booked a year in advance.
- The best accommodations in the areas we visit.
- Hassle-free planning and logistics, so you can fully enjoy your trip.
- Very comfortable exclusive boats.
- All inclusive, worry-free itineraries.
- Novel itineraries carefully planned for wildlife photographers and nature enthusiasts.
- High experience with exclusive custom tours.
FEATURED TOURS
COMPLETE PANTANAL HOUSEBOAT – 2025
US$ 9.900
Sept 23 – Oct 06, 2025
The Pantanal has a variety of different landscapes and attractions. To fully explore it this tour will visit different regions with private airplanes.
PUMAS OF PATAGONIA MAY 2025
US$ 10.550
May 21 to 29, 2025
Photograph Pumas and other surprising southern wildlife among the amazing landscapes of Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia on this Ladies Only tour.
COMPLETE PANTANAL I – 2025
US$ 9.100
Jun 24 – Jul 07, 2025
The Pantanal has a variety of different landscapes and attractions. To fully explore it this tour will visit different regions with private airplanes.
TRIPADVISOR TESTIMONIALS
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Amazing experience with Pantanal Photo Tours - My wife and I booked a 10 day private custom tour with Pantanal Photo tours and couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Our stays included Trilha Dos... read more Tucanos in the Atlantic Rainforest (very basic lodge but with amazing birds and opportunity for multiflash hummingbird photography), Aymara lodge, and Piuval lodge. For the jaguar excursions, we stayed on the the Panoramico House Boat which I would strongly recommend. It's comfortable, and knocks off about 30 mins each way on jaguar excursions.
Our primary focus was jaguars, and boy did we see them. Twenty one sightings over 5 days of probably 17 different jaguars in total, including a rare mom with 2 cubs. The boats Pantanal Photo Tours use have seats that are taller than normal and rotate 360 degrees, perfect for photography. A tripod is pretty useless on the boat, take a Wimberly monogimbal and monopod instead.
Tourism seems to be an afterthought for the Brazilian administration and there is no 5 star luxury in the Pantanal. But the birding and jaguar sighting is absolutely phenomenal.
Brazil is very difficult to navigate for those that don't speak Portugese. Our guide Guilherme was very attentive to our needs, ensured we were comfortable (daytime temps averaged 105F in the Pantanal), and was quick to contact management and resolve any issues that arose at the lodges we stayed at. By the end of the trip, we felt we were saying goodbye to a dear friend. He is an ornithologist, and a photographer, that made bird photography even more interesting.
While the company is geared towards photo enthusiasts, my non-photographer wife had a fabulous time and i would enthusiastically recommend them. The transportation logistics were handled extremely well. and if their group tours are sold out, ask if they can put together a custom tour.
10 de March de 2024Perfekt! - Ich war schon mehrmals mit Larissa und Octavio unterwegs und bin immer wieder begeistert, von ihren perfekt organisierten Fotoreisen. Beide sind äußerst kompetente Tourguides!
5 de March de 2024Excelente experiência - Mais uma experiência marcante com Octavio e Larissa. Participamos de vários passeios fotográficos no Pantanal para ver onças e nunca ficamos desapontados. Cada um é fantástico e este não foi... read more exceção. Octavio conhece muito a vida selvagem desta bela área - animais e pássaros e como fotografá-la. Mesmo quando você usa um telefone celular como nós! ! Toda a viagem foi muito bem organizada e adoramos o hotel que ele escolheu, além de passear em pequenas lanchas observando as muitas onças nas margens do rio. Octavio e Larissa têm anos de experiência nesta área e isso mostra a qualidade excepcional da viagem. Mal posso esperar pela próxima ! ! Começamos com eles há anos por recomendação de um amigo e os recomendamos fortemente a outras pessoas.
29 de February de 2024 -
Larissa é INCRÍVEL! - Em primeiro lugar – o Pantanal é um lugar incrível para ver a vida selvagem! Mas, o mais importante: os passeios fotográficos de Larissa e Pantanal também foram incríveis! Larissa... read more em particular foi tão atenta ao nosso grupo, e tão sintonizada com a vida selvagem ela ganha nota 10 de 10!
2 de March de 2024O melhor tempo - Minha esposa e eu nos divertimos muito no safari com Octavio. Tudo correu muito bem e a quantidade de pássaros e vida selvagem, com muitos avistamentos de onças, foi maior... read more do que poderíamos esperar. O alojamento e os transportes eram de qualidade ideal e a organização excelente. Viagem perfeita para fotógrafos profissionais e amadores.
29 de February de 2024A Pantanal Photo Tours nos levou a um excelente safari brasileiro. Visitamos a Mata Atlântica e depois o Pantanal. Aves maravilhosas em ambos os lugares. O Pantanal também proporcionou avistamentos... read more de mamíferos e répteis. As estrelas do show foram as 12 onças diferentes, incluindo um casal de acasalamento. As ariranhas foram outra vantagem, entre muitas outras. Nossa guia, Larissa, trabalhou duro para garantir que conseguíssemos ótimas fotos, ajudando com configurações e dicas de pós - processamento quando solicitado. Os lugares onde ficamos eram todos muito bons - o barco fluvial (flotel) nos permitiu ser os primeiros e últimos a sair de muitos avistamentos. A comida era sempre farta e saborosa.
4 de March de 2024
octavio@pantanalphototours.com
Phone/WhatsApp
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Campos Salles Turismo e Fotogr. Ltda.
CNPJ/Cadastur: 07.452.401/0001-21
Rua Benedito Garcez, 65
Ilhabela, SP - Brazil